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New media manager at Valiant
Effective immediately, Valérie Bodenmüller is responsible for corporate communications at the Swiss retail bank Valiant. She serves as the point of contact for the media and is in charge of general public relations.
Wirz: Creating a vegetable paradise for Tibits
Wirz hat für das Zürcher Gastrounternehmen Tibits eine neue Kampagne realisiert: Die Sujets aus der Agenturküche zeigen paradiesische Gemüselandschaften.
Responsible at Tibits: Anna M. Di Maio (advertising management), Reto Frei, Daniel Frei (overall responsibility). Responsible at Wirz Advertising: Barbara Hartmann (AD), Tom Zürcher (copywriter), Matthias Freuler, Thomas Kurzmeyer (CD), Nicole Suter, Sasa Loepfe (art buying), Mirco Cardinale, Petra Dreyfus (consulting).



World Cup special: Global Nike campaign launched
The upcoming World Cup is not just a sporting event, but also a marketing event. In the coming weeks, we’ll be featuring various soccer movies and ads in our «World Cup Special» to get you in the mood for the spectacle. Kicking things off is sportswear manufacturer Nike with its global soccer campaign «Write the Future.».

Production: Independent Films London/Anonymous Content: Alejandro G. Iñarritu (director). Creative agency: W+K, Amsterdam.
Last but not least: BP gets a new logo
The logo of the BP oil company looks beautiful. And so green. Could almost be mistaken for an environmental protection organization. No wonder it is a thorn in the side of Greenpeace. The environmental organization has now had the BP logo rebranded.


Twitter: Paid tweets only via its own advertising system
Twitter only wants to allow itself to advertise in future. The guidelines have been revised to the effect that third parties and developers will no longer be allowed to integrate ads into users' streams in future.
SF: "Arena" now with subtitles
On Friday, May 28, 2010, Swiss television will broadcast the program "Arena" with subtitles for the first time. This completes the expansion of subtitling and more than a third of all programs on SF 1, SF zwei and SF info are now subtitled.

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Peter Hartmeier joins UBS
Peter Hartmeier, the former publisher of the Thurgauer Zeitung (TZ) and chairman of the editorial board, is joining UBS as managing director. In his new role, Hartmeier will be responsible for corporate communications at UBS Switzerland. He will assume his new position on June 1, 2010.
Upheaval at TZ
Until the integration of TZ into Tagblatt Medien at the beginning of 2011, the current deputy editor-in-chief Andreas Bauer will head the editorial team ad interim. He will report to the Editor-in-Chief of the St. Galler Tagblatt, Philipp Landmark. Once the integration program has been completed, Bauer will take on a new role in the St. Gallen central editorial office.
Urs Bucher, the former Publishing Director of TZ and Huber & Co. will be appointed as the new Publishing and Marketing Director of St. Galler Tagblatt AG as of January 1, 2011. He will succeed Daniel Ehrat, who will take over the overall management of the company following the retirement of Hans-Peter Klauser.
Google: Distribution of advertising revenue disclosed
Google has revealed how the internet company shares advertising revenue with its partner websites. According to this, the company keeps either just under a third or just under half of the revenue, depending on the type of advertising.
The disclosure was probably triggered by a competition investigation in Italy, where newspaper publishers accused Google of abusing its dominant market position. Observers also saw this as a preparation for the upcoming launch of Apple's advertising platform iAds, where partners are to receive 60 percent of the revenue.
Walker: A love story staged for Kein & Aber
Seit einigen Tagen lassen sich Em und Dex, ein mysteriöses Paar, über Plakate und Zeitungsanzeigen (Hass-)Liebesbotschaften zukommen. Die Teaser sind Teil einer Kampagne der Walker Werbeagentur für einen neuen Roman, der bei Kein & Aber erschienen ist.
Responsible at Kein & Aber: Peter Haag (publisher). Responsible at Walker: Pius Walker (CD), Heinz Helle, Martin Arnold (text), Stefanie Huber (AD), Signe Fleischmann, Rahel Witschi, Stefan Jandl (graphics), Cornelia Nünlist (consulting)






Stahel partner for ROC: Occasions are not a matter of luck
Stahelpartner has created an image campaign for the ROC regional used car centers belonging to the Amag Group. It dramatizes the safety and reliability of buying a used car.
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Responsible at Amag: Herber Oeller (Managing Director ROC Switzerland), Dino Graf (Head of Group Communication), Tülin Hanimann (Coordinator, Group Advertising). Responsible at Stahelpartner: Nick Schoberth, Franco Elsener (consulting), Reto Zollinger (AD), Raphael Koller (DTP), Mark Stahel (CD/overall responsibility). Strategy & Planning Media: Lars Hoffmann and Bianika Wiese, MediaCom. At Solid&Hallerfilm: Rudi Haller (3-D animation), Dany Bittel, Elefant Studios. At Selmi Tonstudio: Renzo Selmi, Chris Grunder (composition, sound engineering, sound design).


Switzerland Tourism: Swiss abroad on the road as "tourism ambassadors"
The marketing organization Switzerland Tourism aims to turn as many as possible of the approximately 700,000 Swiss citizens living abroad into so-called 'tourism ambassadors.«.
Swiss abroad who sign up for the campaign receive a free suitcase with posters, postcards, brochures, stickers and Swiss flags as well as a DVD with photos and PowerPoint presentations about Switzerland. In return, the tourism ambassadors receive monthly information and news from Switzerland. They can also benefit from exclusive travel offers.
The campaign has obviously been a success: according to Sonntag, 1,500 people have already registered since January 1, 2009. Every week, 25 new ones join. According to Kanel, the aim is to reach 4,000 members by the end of the year. The spokesperson does not reveal how much the campaign costs.
