The alternative radio station Lora celebrates its 25th anniversary on November 14. The advertising-free station still sees itself as a political alternative to commercial private stations, but has become more diverse. Lora lives up to its concession mandate "to give cultural and linguistic minorities access to the radio" with broadcasts produced by around 300 volunteers, including emigrants.
Radio Lora is still organized on a grassroots democratic basis. The association has around 1,000 members. In contrast to the first ten years, the financial situation has improved significantly. The Federal Office of Communications (Bakom) now contributes half of the annual budget of CHF 500,000. Seven part-time employees ensure the necessary continuity despite the diversity.

The Zurich agency Weber Harbeke has won the mandate for the Löwenbräu project in an agency evaluation. On the site of the former Löwenbräu brewery at Limmatstrasse 264 in Zurich, new offices and an extension to the gallery and museum space are currently being built in various new parts of the building, as well as a number of apartments. These include a 20-storey tower that will rise above the existing brick building.
Behind this project by architects Gigon/Guyer and Atelier WW are PSP Swiss Property as the developer and Rhombus Partner Immobilien AG, which is responsible for the sale. In order to publicize this major project to potential buyers, the two partners conducted an agency evaluation to find a suitable communications agency. The advertising agency Weber Harbeke was able to convince with its strategic considerations and its experience in the real estate sector, the agency writes in a press release on Thursday. The first results of the collaboration should be seen at the beginning of 2009.

And once again, the talking ibexes created by the Zurich agency Jung von Matt/Limmat are back. After a melancholy hymn of praise to their homeland, a snow-drenched statement and a slightly nasty comment about an exhausted biker, this time something outrageous has come to their attention: One of them is said to have actually gone into the fog. It's impossible to think that someone would leave the sunny, snow-covered Grisons mountains and enter the "underworld". "Gspunna" is their laconic summary, before a speaker corrects them that there is also fog in Graubünden, albeit only in the thermal baths.
Graubünden Ferien and the Engadin National Park Region are now advertising their winter and wellness region on SF1, SF2 and Tele Züri with the latest commercial.
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Responsible at Regionenmarke Graubünden: Gaudenz Thoma (CEO), Gieri Spescha (Head of PR/Brand Management), Mike Frei (PR/Brand Management). Responsible at Engadin National Park Region: Urs Wohler Engadin/Scuol Tourimus (Director). Responsible at Jung von Matt/Limmat: Alexander Jaggy, Michael Rottmann (creative direction), Livio Dainese (text), Fernando Perez (art direction), Christina Baeriswyl (graphics), Martin Fritsche, Claudia Camenisch, Felix Zürcher (consulting), Didi Knall, Ilonka Galliard, Erasmo Palomba (artbuying), Spans und Partner (film production), Jingle Jungle (sound design).

"If you already know you want this book, it's probably not for you.
You". With this line, printed on its banderole, a small
black booklet is currently attracting attention in bookshops. In 50 short chapters, the complex interrelationships of our lives are radically simplified and illustrated using simple graphic models. The book is published by Kein & Aber.
The Walker advertising agency, which won the publisher as a new customer, has realized an advertising campaign for Germany and Switzerland. The result is a series of entertaining subjects that announce the publication with a great deal of humor.
The first ad motif of the series can be seen in the current Sunday press
and picks up on a typical male insecurity. "How much to tip
me and how do I affect the staff?" With the help of a dry PowerPoint presentation
explains from what amount the tip for the waitress' daughter becomes a
becomes an invitation to sexual intercourse. And when you run the risk of
to be confused with the miser Ingwar Kamprad.
Further advice such as "What do I say during sex and what is better
not" will follow before Christmas. The book is now available to buy in bookshops.
Responsible at Kein & Aber: Peter Haag (publisher). Responsible at Walker Advertising Agency: Martin Arnold (text), Nik Hodel (AD), Marianne Friedli (AD), Pius Walker (CD), Patricia Meneghin (consulting).
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The book.

Per-Olof Attinger will become the new head of Corporate Communications at Roche, the company announced Thursday. The 48-year-old Swiss will replace Rolf Schläpfer, who is leaving Roche as previously announced, at the beginning of the year.
Attinger will also be a member of the Extended Group Management Board. He reports directly to CEO Severin Schwan. A chemical engineer by training, Attinger has been with Roche since 1992, most recently as the person responsible for the integration of Ventana.

New trouble for Swisscom: The Secretariat of the Competition Commission (COMCO) is of the opinion that the telecommunications group has abused its market power with regard to the prices for ADSL broadband Internet. Swisscom is charging other providers such as Sunrise, Tele 2, VTX or Green too much for its wholesale broadband Internet service compared to its own end customer prices, the Competition Commission announced on Thursday.
According to the Competition Commission, the excessively narrow margin between wholesale and retail prices meant that competitors were hindered in their competition with Swisscom's Bluewin. The high wholesale prices charged by Swisscom also contributed to the high price level in Switzerland.
Swisscom had abused its dominant market position, the Competition Commission Secretariat found, and wants Swisscom to be sanctioned for this.

The general meeting of the Swiss Interactive Entertainment Association SIEA has elected Daniel Hess as its new president. The Head of Interactive Entertainment at Microsoft Switzerland replaces the long-standing President Roger Frei. According to a press release issued on Thursday, Hess intends to continue the industry's current course and take effective measures to ensure age-appropriate gaming and the competent use of games.
The SIEA has also established three specialist commissions: Youth Protection, Media Literacy and Games Culture. The adjusted association structure enables SIEA to play a more active role in the social discussion in connection with new media, the press release continues.

Pro Sieben Sat 1 confirms the relocation of the Berlin station Sat 1 to Munich, where Sat.1, Pro Sieben and Kabel Eins are to be brought together under one roof in a new structure by June 2009. As a result of the move and other restructuring measures, the Group expects to cut 225 jobs across all functions. According to Horizont.net, this corresponds to seven percent of the approximately 3,000 employees in Germany. Group-wide, the figure is three percent.
However, the relocation of Sat 1 is only one component of far-reaching changes at Pro Sieben Sat 1. There will be personnel changes in the management of Sat.1, among others. As of January 1, 2009, Guido Bolten, previously Managing Director of Kabel Eins, will become the new Chairman. His successor as Managing Director of Kabel Eins as of January 1, 2009 will be Jürgen Hörner, previously Deputy Managing Director of Pro Sieben. Matthias Alberti will join Andreas Bartl as Managing Director of German Free-TV-Holding in Munich. Alberti has been the successor to Roger Schawinski as Managing Director of Sat.1 since January 2007. He has also been Chairman of the Management Board since the beginning of this year.
Although the private German TV group is moving, the editorial offices of N24 and the Sat.1 central editorial office will remain in Berlin. As CEO of N24, Torsten Rossmann will assume overall responsibility for both units at the Berlin location in future, according to the press release. With 450 employees, Berlin will remain the most important production location and the Group's journalistic competence center.

On Monday, November 17, "Hochparterre - the magazine for architecture and design" celebrates its twentieth anniversary. To mark the occasion, the publisher has redesigned the magazine.
With the anniversary issue, the editorial team and publisher are presenting a new Hochparterre. Sections such as "Opinions", "Raumtraum" and "Sammeln & Zeigen" are intended to reflect the magazine's sharpened cultural and political profile. Together with designer Barbara Ehrbar from Superbüro in Biel, Hochparterre's graphic designers have given the magazine a "fresh, playful and visually strong design", according to the publisher. The articles in the anniversary issue trace the most important developments in architecture and design over the past 20 years.
The anniversary will also be celebrated with a party: On November 17, 18 and 20, long-standing friends and supporters of the magazine will come together at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. They include Mayor Elmar Ledergerber, architect Theo Hotz and cultural entrepreneur Martin Heller. Hanspeter Lebrument, President of the Swiss Press Association, will give the keynote speech.

The private TV channel U1 TV is to be renamed Switzerland 5. "Following the example of France 5, Switzerland 5 will report on Swiss politics, business, culture and sport," writes U1 TV in a statement on Thursday. The expansion and restructuring of the program will take place in various stages. The speed of the conversion will largely depend on the progress of the must-carry regulation applied for by Bakom.
According to the broadcaster, the core of the new program will be a news flash every hour on the hour, a 25-minute "Focus Switzerland" report on people, landscapes or institutions in Switzerland, a daily 25-minute talk show called "Switzerland Live" and an interactive health magazine entitled "Vitalissimo". A debate is planned at 8 p.m. - 55 minutes of discussion on topics from politics, business and culture. This is followed at 9 p.m. by Alpenwelle, which also lasts 55 minutes. The latest from the world of pop and folk music will be presented here.
Switzerland 5 is taking over all cable slots and frequencies from U1 TV, according to the press release. "U1 TV will remain a pure TV and internet content producer, working not only for Schweiz 5, but also for other TV stations in Switzerland, Germany and Austria".

Andreas Schlauch has been appointed Head of Media Partner Relations and Sales Controlling at Publicitas Switzerland. In this position, the 42-year-old publishing specialist will be responsible for relations with media owners and reporting processes within the Switzerland sales region, according to a statement on Thursday. Schlauch thus takes over the responsibilities of Alexandra Kasper and Heinz Bischof, who are leaving the company. He will take up his post on Nov. 17.
The business economist and marketing manager was most recently publishing manager at Oltner Tagblatt and played a key role in the realization of a 7th edition (Sunday). Previously, as Marketing Manager at Fachpresse/Vogel Medien Group, he was responsible for reader and advertising marketing for various special interest and trade magazines. At Hubert Burda Verlag, he completed a two-year in-house management program.
Heinz Bischof has been Head of Crossmedia at Publigroup and Head of Sales Support at the new Publicitas for the past three and a half years. He is leaving the company as part of the reorganization.
Alexandra Kaspar first joined Publicitas Germany and then moved on to Publicitas Swiss Press, Publimedia and the new Publicitas. She is leaving the company at the end of 2008 to return to Germany with her partner.

The USA has elected the first black president in its history, the financial markets are in a crisis of the century and Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid has become the victim of "social lynch law" (quote from sociologist Kurt Imhof on Tagesanzeiger.ch). But the government of the Grisons winter sports and climatic health resort of Davos has a completely different problem: horse manure that is incompatible with tourism, and lots of it. 18 horse-drawn carriage companies trot through the popular ski resort in winter, depositing a number of brown bombs in the process. Mixed with rain or snow, this results in "the unsavory situation that has provoked numerous reports from the population", writes the small district council in a press release. The committee therefore passed an ordinance on Thursday. From December, all coachmen working in Davos must collect the manure themselves. Otherwise the men in blue will be in real trouble. Violations will not simply be punished with fines, but with a proper procedure including a report to the cantonal road traffic office. The new practice is intended to strictly adhere to the polluter-pays principle that applies in the traffic sector. Perhaps the cantonal council should start thinking about making it compulsory for horses to wear diapers.