The former Deputy Managing Director Andreas Schaub has been promoted to CEO with effect from April 7, 2014. The 49-year-old joined JRC-Zurich in 1999, where he steadily took on more responsibility. He has been a member of the Executive Board since 2005.

Schaub has a scientific career behind him: after studying biology at the University of Zurich and a second degree in sociology and psychology at the Fernuni Hagen, he completed his doctorate in 2008 at the ETH Zurich on the methodology of dietary surveys. Andreas Schaub is married and has two sons. He lives in Benglen ZH.

Peter Spichiger-Carlsson, who holds a doctorate in psychology, has managed the institute for 20 years and is securing the future of the renowned market and social research institute in good time with this succession plan. However, he will remain on the management board, thus ensuring a careful transition and the necessary continuity in customer care.
 

Thrown off course, caught off guard by fate, caught in a dead end or at the end of their rope with a project - in the third season of "Beobachter TV", presenter and expert Jürg Keim and the "Beobachter" magazine advisory team help various people who are daring to make a new start and seize their chance. The new eight episodes will be broadcast from April 13, 2014 every Sunday at 6.15 pm on SRF 1 and on Wednesdays at 6.30 pm on SRF Zweit.

The Internet platform Observerv.ch accompanies "Beobachter TV". There, the audience will find further information and service packages on the topics of the eight episodes. The team is led by the editor-in-chief of "Beobachter" and "Beobachter TV" is produced by Faro TV on behalf of Swiss Radio and Television.
 

The eye-catching, unobtrusive Teleclub campaign comprises just 14 posters and just as many individual subjects that will catch the eye of even those weary of advertising. The elaborate series was conceived and implemented by the agency Advico Y&R. Since March 31, the posters can be seen in highly frequented locations in Zurich, Basel and Bern. They show that it is possible without advertising that disturbs. (sis) 

(Image: David Gaus)

(Image: Teleclub)

This year, a breath of fresh air is blowing through the event: a surprising and exciting show under the motto "Heroes" awaits guests at the Award Night on June 6, 2014, according to a press release issued by the agency on Monday.

Rufener is now responsible for the conception, organization and realization of the Award Night. The association opted for the agency in March due to its innovative and future-oriented concept, the press release explains further.
 

The new image campaign underlines the competence of the total energy specialist in all energy matters. According to the press release, the print campaign is based on independent, cheeky subjects and a strong, consistent style: "Any questions? Ask us." It will be launched in mid-April.

Responsible at Energie Wasser Bern: Florian Knapp (Head of Marketing Communications). Responsible at Polyconsult: Silvio Truffer and Roger Ghezzi (concept), Ramon Niederhauser (art direction), Caroline Bühler (consulting), Mediafactor (media).

 

The eight-page excerpt of "The FIFA Weekly" has been inserted in the Basler Zeitung (on Saturdays) and in BaZ Kompakt (on Tuesdays) since Saturday, April 5. The total circulation is 130,000 copies.
 

"We are beginners when it comes to expansion," Scott Lamb told the Sonntagszeitung. If Buzzfeed were to do something like this, it would be because they are interested in the people who work there. In principle, it would be possible, he concludes.

According to Lamb, three things are needed for success: a good editorial team, solid technology and an advertising product that people will buy. "If you only have two of these, it's going to be tough," he tells the Sonntagszeitung.

For Buzzfeed, the most valuable content is the content that has been shared the most. Data analysis is therefore essential. The company has already started using its own analysis tools to study how far people scroll down a story or how much time they spend on a piece of content. "I think it's increasingly about analyzing what people are actually doing on the site," he explains in an interview with the Sonntagszeitung. This also means that media companies will have to focus more on data analysis in the future. Anything else would be short-sighted. Data analysis not only makes the product better for the reader and can help journalists to approach their work differently, it can also deliver better advertising products. "You can improve everything if you can measure," says Lamb.
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The cinemas had illegally advertised narcotics, judge Yelena Fyodorova in Novosibirsk told the Itar-Tass agency on Friday. The cinema operators, however, emphasized that the Ministry of Culture in Moscow had approved the Hollywood film. The film had not been objected to in other Russian cities.

Yelena Fyodorova would probably have liked this little comic better:

 
 
But the judge probably hasn't even seen the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street". Otherwise she would hardly be talking about "drug advertising". Otherwise, perhaps someone should explain to the judge what is actually meant by the word "advertising". (uma/SDA)

These showed selected European cities, including the travel time from the respective departure station. All signposts naturally pointed in the direction of the respective station.

Responsible at SBB: Petra Thomann (Marketing Communications Passenger Transport). Responsible at Statement: Renato Auer (overall responsibility), Philipp Brunner and Roger Gebert (strategy and concept), Till Ramstein (graphic design).

Last year, no major sporting event on the scale of the Olympic Games or a football World Cup took place, SRG announced on Friday. Such major events would always drive up costs.
 
Personnel expenses amounted to CHF 673.9 million in 2013, compared to CHF 814 million in the previous year. Program and production expenses fell by around 11.4 million francs to 593 million francs. Overall, operating expenses amounted to CHF 1.60 billion last year.
 
Less advertising revenue
 
However, it is not only expenditure that has fallen, but also income. This was mainly due to falling advertising revenue. At CHF 348.5 million, SRG took in around CHF 11 million less from advertising in 2013.
 
SRG blames this partly on the fact that audience figures could not be published in the spring due to measurement problems. This had a significant impact on advertising revenue. Following the switch to a new measurement system for TV audience figures, publication of the figures had to be postponed last year.
 
However, the most important source of income for SRG is reception fees. Last year, SRG collected CHF 1.2 billion from these fees - around CHF 15 million more than in the previous year. This means that reception fees still account for around three quarters of revenue.
 
In total, operating income amounted to CHF 1.62 billion last year - compared to CHF 1.64 billion in the previous year.
 
Pension fund reorganized
 
SRG had still reported a deficit of CHF 117 million for 2012. Provisions for pension fund benefits amounting to CHF 160 million weighed on the accounts at the time. The majority of these provisions related to the reduction in the technical interest rate from 4 to 3.25 percent.
 
The pension fund is now positioned for the future and can react better to fluctuations on the investment markets, SRG announced. The 2013 Annual Report will be submitted to the SRG Delegates' Meeting for approval on April 25. (SDA)

On Saturday, May 10, 2014, the Zurich Doctors' Ball will take place for the third time at the Dolder Grand. This glamorous social event is a charity gala. The proceeds will be used to help those who need help the most: mentally ill children and their families. This year, the total proceeds will be donated to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service for the construction of a parent/child "Hüüsli".

The new appearance is characterized by conciseness and elegance, thus giving the event the glamor it deserves.

Responsible at the Aerztegesellschaft des Kantons Zürich: Roger Wanner (Ball President 3rd Zurich Doctors' Ball), Dr. med. Urs Stoffel (President Aerztegesellschaft Kanton Zürich). Responsible at Catherine Martin Art Direction: Catherine Martin (Concept and Art Direction)

The company Habegger from Regensdorf (ZH) has already implemented three huge event projects in Qatar and founded its own branch office with a European managing director in Doha in January 2014. The company has been realizing complex event projects in an international environment for years. In the Arab region, this included a comprehensive technology and lighting project for the Asian Games in 2006, an elaborate lighting project for an entire city district in Doha in 2013 and a decoration project for National Day with large-scale flower carpets in Doha's public spaces. The collaboration in Qatar has resulted in trusting business contacts in the Gulf state, which have encouraged Habegger to establish itself directly on site as a service provider and tackle new large-scale projects, as the company writes in a press release. Qatar's national vision (Vision 2030), which aims to position the country as a sports and knowledge center in the Arab region and for which major international events and congresses are planned, has contributed to this. As Managing Director, Thomas Wasshuber manages the business of Habegger Productions LLC in Doha on a daily basis. Habegger sees the future of the event in the Arab region and is anticipating major projects for sporting events and congresses in Qatar.

The Export Award was presented for the seventh time as part of S-GE's annual foreign trade forum in front of around 700 guests. With this award, S-GE (formerly OSEC) honors companies whose market entry or strategy for market entry abroad is considered successful and innovative. A ten-member jury assesses the projects submitted and honors one Swiss company in each of the "Success" and "Step-in" categories with this recognition award. Ruth Metzler-Arnold, President of S-GE, presented the award to the two winners at Messe Zürich.