The online agency Bytix was commissioned with the technical development of the HarbourClub. The aim is to The aim is to support the personal exchange of experiences and informal contacts even more strongly online, as the agency writes in a press release. A complete CMS has now been integrated, which is based on event and member administration.
Part of the new website is the members' forum, which comprises various areas and allows interactivity and the exchange of documents. In addition, the website is now available in two languages and includes a messaging tool for members to easily send messages to each other.

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Gruner + Jahr will bring the parents' magazine Nido to newsstands monthly from April 9, 2010. From the following year, 10 issues per year are planned, with double issues for July/August and December/January, as Kress.de writes. The reason for the decision: The pilot issue from April 2009 had exceeded expectations in the sales and advertising market.
According to G+J, it has sold 67,000 copies, with the first issue featuring 24 advertising pages. For the second issue, which will be published on October 16, 30 advertising pages have been sold. The parents' magazine will continue to be managed by editors-in-chief Timm Klotzek and Michael Ebert, who will also remain editors-in-chief of sister magazine Neon.
New family magazine: Nido - We are a family

Nobody should stop laughing when looking for an apartment in St. Gallen, according to the slogan of the new campaign by the agency at the airport. The campaign is intended to interest apartment seekers in a new development in St. Gallen. The name of the district is also the program: the agency has launched the campaign for the new development in the district called Lachen in St. Gallen. The Smile campaign from the agency at the airport not only shows what St. Gallen and the district in particular have to offer, but also smiling St. Gallen residents.
The campaign has been running since August in the form of teaser advertisements, building site plans, apartment advertisements, flyers and on a website.
Responsible at BFW liegenschaften, Frauenfeld: Michael Müller (CEO). Responsible at Agentur am Flughafen, Altenrhein: René Eugstair (Creative Direction), Dominique Rutishauser (Art Direction), Benita Sutter (Graphics), Désirée Schmid (Text). Photo: Hans Scherrer, Rorschach.

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The starting signal for the Swiss Poster Award 2009 poster competition has been given. From October 1 to November 30, 2009 poster creations can be submitted directly online. The Swiss Poster Award trophies will be presented at the APG Poster Night on March 4, 2010 in the Maag Event Hall in Zurich. In addition to the previous categories "Commercial", "Public Service" and "Culture", the jury has created a fourth evaluation category: "Poster Innovations". According to a press release, the committee recognizes the rapid development of the poster medium and is taking this into account.
All ideas and innovations outside the standard sizes F4, F200, F12 and F24 are eligible. All posters from all categories can be viewed online at www.swissposteraward.ch be submitted.
With François Canellas from Atelier BLVDR and Olivier Girard from M&CSAATCHI, two specialists from French-speaking Switzerland are now involved in the Swiss Poster Award. The aim is to give due recognition to the creative work of French-speaking Switzerland.
The categories:
Commercial posters: Posters that provide some form of information about products and services.
Public service posters: Posters for charities, public institutions, trade fairs, exhibitions, sporting events and similar.
Cultural posters: Posters for cultural institutions or events such as theater and the like.
Poster Innovations: New ideas for posters. These do not correspond to the standard sizes F4, F200, F12 and F24.
Jury:
?Othmar Casutt, Casutt Plus, Kirchlindach (head of the jury)
?Jürg Aemmer, Creative Director, Zurich
Urs Althaus, Hausgrafik, Zurich
?Sven Bänziger, Bänziger-Photography, Zurich
?Christian Brändle, Museum of Design, Zurich
?François Canellas, Atelier BLVDR, Geneva
Markus Cavegn, Cavegn Advertising, Zurich
Erich Brechbühl, Mixer, Lucerne
?Olivier Girard, Creative Director, M&CSAATCHI, Geneva
Markus Gut, Y&R Group Switzerland, Zurich
Ralph Halder, Publicis Werbeagentur AG, Zurich
?Peter Hebeisen, Photographer, Zurich
Priska Heger, Sunrise Communications AG, Zurich
Ernst Hiestand, Hiestand+Partner AG, Zollikerberg
Alexander Jaggy, Jung von Matt/Limmat AG, Zurich
Beat Holenstein, APG AG, Zurich
Manuela Pfrunder, design, visual communication, Zurich
Remy Fabrikant, JWT+Hostettler+Fabrikant
Markus Ruf, Ruf, Lanz Werbeagentur AG, Zurich
?Martin Spillmann, Spillmann/Felser/Leo Burnett AG, Zurich

Ad Link sells its stake in Zurich-based Goldbach Media to the internet service provider United Internet. The German online advertising service provider is also parting with Hi-media. As Ad Link announced on Wednesday, the total proceeds from the sale amount to 45.1 million euros.
The sale is intended to reduce debt. According to SDA, the company held a 14.99 percent stake in the company. Ad Link has reoriented itself and wants to focus on performance marketing and domain marketing. The Management Board and Supervisory Board have also decided to pursue the realignment.
by renaming the company, according to an Ad Link press release. The final decision on the planned change of name and the future company name will be made at the company's Annual General Meeting in 2010.
As part of the realignment, the composition of the Ad Link Group's Management Board is changing: the previous board members Stéphane Cordier and Marc Stilke will leave at the end of September 2009. Tim Schumacher, Managing Director of Sedo, and Alexander Röthinger, Managing Director Technology of affilinet, will be appointed as new members of the Management Board and will take on the roles of CEO and CTO respectively. Schumacher and Röthinger will form the company's Management Board together with Andreas Janssen, CFO of the Ad Link Group.
Goldbach Media, based in Küsnacht, Zurich, markets advertising for electronic, interactive and mobile media. In the first half of 2009, the company generated sales of CHF 139.4 million.
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The order obliges Switch to remove the naming and linking of the newly launched subsidiary Switchplus on the homepage. The Swiss registry for domain names considers the criticism of Switchplus' market entry to be unjustified and is disappointed that legal action has been taken. According to a press release issued on Tuesday, the providers were offered various solutions to resolve the problem and it was made clear in a joint discussion that Switchplus is organizationally, legally and financially separate from Switch. In the coming weeks, Switch will work with the Internet providers willing to discuss the matter to find satisfactory solutions.

The newspaper may appear more text-heavy at first glance, but it is clearer and more modern than before. The reduction to two fonts (previously: five) also contributes to this. The five-column structure has been retained. The main story of a page is no longer accompanied by a lead, but by a one- to two-line subtitle.
This is the first comprehensive redesign of the Tagi since 1997 and is intended to sharpen the content profile of the most widely read daily newspaper, the TA announced on Tuesday. It was created by Zurich designers Tom Menzi and Daniel Stähli.

4-Bund newspaper
The first bundle includes the topics Switzerland, Abroad, Background, Analysis and the previous flip side. The daily commentary is no longer on the front page, but has been moved to page 2. This gives the front page more design freedom, said Andreas Dietrich, who helped shape the redesign process, in an interview with the internet portal Newsnetz on Monday.
The second volume focuses on the Zurich region. Also integrated into the second bundle are the regional broadsheets. Previously, local reporting on the city of Zurich, the Zurich Oberland, the Zurich Unterland and the left and right-hand sides of Lake Zurich were placed at the back of the newspaper. Finally, the agenda pages, which draw attention to daily events, are at the very back.
The third section contains reports on culture, society and travel. The knowledge section and service topics can also be found here. The fourth section is divided between business and the stock market and sport. Sport is read from back to front.

Later closing times
According to TA, the new newspaper architecture allows for later closing times in regional reporting. With the alternating pages, regional topics could also be included in all newspaper bundles in future, according to the press release.
These elements will help to strengthen TA as "Switzerland's leading regional newspaper". In future, the TA - together with the Newsnetz and the commuter newspaper News - also wants to make even more targeted use of "the possibilities of a comprehensive media network". This also includes the gradual expansion of cooperation between the editorial offices.
It remains to be seen how the new layout will be received by readers. However, the TA also assumes that there will be complaints: On Tuesday, as a precaution, it published a full-page advertisement with the telephone number for complaints.
Another relaunch is scheduled for October 15 at Tamedia. Then appears The Covenant in a new look for the first time. According to Tamedia spokesman Christoph Zimmer, the layout of the traditional Bernese newspaper will basically be based on that of the Tagi. However, the Bund will continue to feature characteristic elements such as the color scheme.

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Baublatt, together with its French-language sister magazine Batimag, is the highest-circulation construction magazine in Switzerland. Now the publisher Docu Media Schweiz wants to dovetail print and online in a meaningful way and attract new readers. On Baublatt.ch users can now find the latest industry news and building applications. The website also features films, photo galleries, comments and polls that complement the print articles. Print and online are managed by the same editorial team. News and events as well as articles from the magazine are available online free of charge. However, additional information on the articles is reserved for subscribers. The French-language version will be available on Batimag.ch in October.
Orange8 Interactive delivered a basic concept for the Baublatt with input on marketing and commercialization options for online portals. The Biel agency team developed a flexible portal design based on the jointly developed structure.

After studying business administration, Christof Marti initially worked on research projects in the field of association management before joining Pro Sport & Leisure as a marketing planner and sponsorship project manager. In 1989, he moved to the former Union Bank of Switzerland - first as Team Leader Corporate Advertising and Sponsoring, later as Managing Director of the Global Sponsoring and Events department. Christof Marti also held a number of board and foundation mandates.
Farner Consulting is a communications agency specializing in public relations in Switzerland, with offices in Zurich, Bern, Basel, Lausanne and Geneva. The agency is divided into several market divisions, including Corporate Communications, ICT Communications, Financial Relations, Public Affairs, Advertising, Sponsoring and Events. The agency employs over 60 people and generates net fee income of around CHF 14 million.

The aim of the relaunch is to create an innovative, fresh and dynamic business card for the Zurich-based family business. The entire website will be completely revised conceptually and visually. The launch of the new website is planned for spring 2010.

Responsible at Schulthess: Marcel Häfner (project manager). Responsible for co-links: Patrizia Lehmann (project management), Lorenzo Mutti (CD).

The requirement profile is actually that of an "egg-laying woolly milk sow", said Chairman of the Board of Directors Jean-Bernard Münch to the media in Bern. In the knowledge that such organizations do not exist, Switzerland's largest electronic media company is looking for someone with management experience in a large company. He or she should also be a leader with a high level of sensitivity for the Swiss situation and a strong commitment to public service.
A high frustration potential is also recommended, explained Münch. The ideal age is between 45 and 55. Party affiliation and origin from a certain language region are irrelevant.

Head-hunter commissioned
After the last CEO from French-speaking Switzerland was Marcel Bezençon from 1950 to 1972, the Chairman of the Board of Directors can certainly imagine a French-speaking person again. According to Münch, the salary is in line with that of his predecessor Armin Walpen, i.e. around half a million francs a year plus fringe benefits. This is modest compared to the rest of the economy.
The position will be advertised in mid-October. In addition, targeted approaches will be made to potential candidates. SRG will be assisted in the search process by a head-hunter company. The deadline for applications is November 13.
The Nomination Committee, consisting of Münch, Viktor Baumeler, Jean-François Roth and Ulrich Gygi, will draw up a shortlist of five candidates in January 2010. Two candidates are to be presented to the Board of Directors in April, with the choice being made in May. The Assembly of Delegates then confirms them. Only the Board of Directors is the election body.

Superdirectors appointed later
A new Deputy Director General will only be appointed afterwards. According to Münch, the new Super Directors for the merged activities of the language regions will also only be appointed in collaboration with the new Director General.
SRG is looking for a new management team because Director General Armin Walpen is retiring at the end of 2010. Deputy Director General Daniel Eckmann is leaving the company at the end of January 2011. Walpen took up his post as 7th Director General in 1996 and, like his two direct predecessors, is close to the CVP.

SRG in the red
SRG, which is financed by licence fees, closed 2008 with a deficit of CHF 79 million. A deficit of CHF 57 million had been budgeted. The European Football Championships and the Olympic Games in Beijing had a negative impact, as did the decline in advertising revenue during the crisis. Münch said that the company was therefore not in need of restructuring.
SRG employs over 6,100 people in 4,800 full-time positions. Annual turnover amounts to around CHF 1.6 billion. The company has eight television channels, 18 radio stations as well as supplementary Internet offerings and teletext services.
A number of challenges await those who follow. With the media convergence project, the company will be merging television and radio from around mid-2010. There will then only be one company unit per language region.

The magazine was launched by Nadine Stofer, author of the Shopping Guides. Stofer is the editor-in-chief of Happy & Smart. The monthly magazine contains only editorial contributions and is - apart from the product descriptions - free of advertising. When asked by Werbewoche, the publisher did not want to provide any further details about the new magazine.