New to the team are:

Sandro Albin - Chief Operating Officer
Sandro Albin is moving from 20 Minuten to Adwebster. He worked for 20 Minuten for over six years in various management positions, most recently as Head of Mobile & New Business.

Martin Abt - Technical Manager
Martin Abt is moving from Serranetga to Adwebster. The technology expert was Head of IT at Serranetga.

Carlo Schmid - Product Manager
Carlo Schmid, most recently a consultant and project manager at Brandinghous, joined Adwebster in February. The all-rounder is responsible for marketing, products and communication.

Tobias Strassmann - Campaign Manager
Tobias Strassmann moves from Adisfaction to Adwebster and brings his online skills to campaign management.

Nora Chapero - Account Manager
Nora Chapero has worked at various international agencies, including Burson Marsteller (London) and Zenith Optimedia (Madrid). She strengthens Adwebster with her know-how as Account Manager

Adrian Seidl - Account Manager (Start March)
Adrian Seidl, who most recently worked as an interaction planner at MEC: cia, will join Adwebster in March 2014. The digital expert will support account management in customer consulting.
 

Claudia Cattaneo has many years of sales experience. Before joining the Tschuggen Hotel Group in Ascona as Director of Sales—her most recent position—she was an Area Manager at Ticino Turismo in Bellinzona and an advertising assistant at Publicis in Zurich. Claudia Cattaneo has been with Clear Channel since February 1, 2014, and, as branch manager, will report directly to the new Sales Director, Ivan Schultheiss.

Cristina Maeder, a long-time employee and, since 2011, manager of Clear Channel’s Locarno branch, will reduce her workload to 50 percent effective March 1, 2014, for personal reasons.
 

The short film, six and a half minutes long, highlights the police's work, which requires a great deal of tact, and the victim's struggle with herself and the fate of her family.

Element P tested a new approach for the script. Instead of extensive research, the story was developed in a one-day workshop together with around ten specialists from the cantonal police based on authentic cases. By the end of the day, not only was the script and dramaturgy in place, but the most important protagonists had also been cast and the filming locations determined. After two busy days of shooting, the film was ready.

For Andreas Mock, Head of Communications at the Solothurn Cantonal Police, it was an exciting experience: "The timing was sporty. But it allowed us to get to the heart of the matter quickly. The result speaks for itself."

Responsible at Cantonal Police Solothurn: Andreas Mock (Head of Communications). Responsible at Element P: Daniel Reichenbach (producer/cinematographer), Reto Waser (director), Michéle Zweifel (production manager).
 

Since the eager young man probably thinks that we journalists are not in a position to appreciate this new concept appropriately, he dutifully already suggests some topics and also points out that the new concept is running away via various channels and that various measures are planned. Aha, that's something completely new - groundbreaking, so to speak. He hurriedly points out to me that he would of course be happy to arrange a meeting with the person in charge, Mr. A.Z.. Okay, the young man can't know that I probably know A.Z. better than he does.

The next day, they follow up by phone. It has to be that way, because that's what his checklist says. After the obligatory introduction "Did you receive my mail?", the content of the mail is repeated verbally. So coherent is the boy, you have to give him that. I show interest in the subject and also tell him that I have known Mr. A.Z. for a long time and that I will therefore contact him directly to make an appointment. That was probably clumsy of me, because with that I offended him in his professional honor and he sees his promotion to spin doctor in danger. In order to cheer him up again, I give him the pleasure and tell him that he can make an appointment with A.Z. as a matter of course. He thanks me, but says apologetically that he does not have A.Z.'s appointments, he would get back to me.

After two days, he does the same. The only thing that is unclear is why he does it, because his message is only "Mr. Y from company XY would like to contact me about an appointment with Mr. A.Z.". Well, I'm really glad that the whole appointment process is going so smoothly. I thank the Spin-Assi for his efforts and am about to hang up the phone, but he still has a small request. I would certainly understand that the corporate communications department of company XY would like to have my questions for Mr. A.Z. in advance. Just so. That would simplify everything. That was the end of my patience and I explained to the young man that I was not prepared to deliver my questions in advance to the Corporate Communications people, who would have plenty of time after the interview with A.Z. to fiddle around with the text and knead it as boringly as possible, but in conformity with CC. As far as I was concerned, the story was dead and he should please make sure that all the departments involved were informed, so that no one would e-mail or call again.

That didn't work out then either.

 

 

Together with TBS & Partner, Migros Gastronomy has developed an image campaign that demonstrates the company's coffee expertise to existing and potential customers. It can currently be seen in many media titles and on billboards in all regions of Switzerland.

On a national level, the taste experience promised by Caruso coffee is staged using two emotional subjects and the main message is brought to the point: Migros Gastronomy offers coffee enjoyment at fair prices; to consume on site or to take away.

Parallel to the national campaign, the motifs will be made available to the Migros cooperatives for local product communication. The aim is to promote the coffee experience in combination with cakes and desserts produced in-house.

Responsible at Migros Gastronomie: Hans-Peter Oettli (overall responsibility), Yvonne Hiller (Head of Communications). Responsible at TBS: Beat Aeschlimann (overall responsibility), Kathrin Treml (AD), Claudio Caravina (AD), Gregor Herzig (text), Christian Senti (photography), Heini Fümm (image processing), Nadia Ermert (polygraphy), Marlen Gassler (consulting, project management).

Christian Buxhofer has played an important role in the media landscape in Graubünden over the last few decades. At the time when Christoph Blocher was publisher of the "Bündner Tagblatt", in the mid-1980s, he was appointed editor-in-chief. It was thanks to him that he gave the second daily newspaper a voice and profile.

My memories of Christian Buxhofer go back to the nineties. Back then, we decided to set up a three-title system in Graubünden. Bündner Zeitung, Bündner Tagblatt and La Quotidiana under one publishing house. This team of architects needed journalists who could give shape and content to such a vision, which was being pursued for the first time in Switzerland. It would have been easy to remove the old, competing forces from this project and entrust new ones with the task of the future. However, it turned out that personalities such as Christian Buxhofer were ideally suited to bring their own voice and direction to the large ensemble. Together with his crew, he has made the Bündner Tagblatt an important voice within an important media company.

As an analyst, together with his counterpart Andrea Masüger, he built up two independent German-language newspapers. He succeeded in creating a local and regional voice, organizing a variety of information and incorporating a new heavyweight commentary section into the Bündner Tagblatt.

Christian Buxhofer was a conciliatory, good conversationalist who always remained true to his desire to have his own newspaper and his own voice. He was very familiar with the history of his newspaper, which had grown out of the Catholic-Conservative tradition and is the oldest title in Graubünden. He continued to develop this legacy and adapted it to changing circumstances in the best possible way.

I will always remember this time of building up the three-title system with personalities like Christian Buxhofer. His early death has deeply affected us all. The employees of Südostschweiz Medien and I, as publisher, offer my heartfelt condolences to his wife Angela and his family.

Hanspeter Lebrument, Publisher and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Südostschweiz Medien
 

The purchase is to be paid for with four billion dollars in cash and Facebook shares worth twelve billion dollars, as Facebook announced on Wednesday. A further 3 billion dollars will later be paid to the founders and employees in the form of blocked shares. Smartphone users can exchange text messages or photos with each other via Whatsapp. Whatsapp has thus firmly established itself as an SMS alternative. The service has more than 450 million users per month, 70 percent of whom use it daily. "WhatsApp is on its way to connecting a billion people," explained Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg. That is why the service is so valuable. Facebook itself has more than 1.2 billion users.

Financed by subscription, among other things

This also marks the end of an experiment for a communication service that was not based on user data and was not financed by advertising. Co-founder Jan Koum, who is now joining the Facebook Board of Directors, had always emphasized that this was not the intention. Whatsapp was initially financed by the purchase price for the app and most recently by an annual subscription fee of one dollar. In view of its size, Koum claimed a few weeks ago at the DLD internet conference in Munich that there was still enough money to run the company. Around 18 billion messages are sent worldwide every day. WhatsApp turned this avalanche around with a small budget and just 50 employees. Measured against this, the 16 billion dollars is a very proud price.

Largest acquisition

Facebook already has its own messaging service with similar functions. However, Mark Zuckerberg also bought the photo platform Instagram for almost one billion dollars, even though Facebook users were already able to share images. The Whatsapp takeover is the largest for Facebook to date. According to reports, Facebook also recently wanted to buy the currently popular photo app Snapchat, where images disappear by themselves, but the founders turned it down. The Whatsapp deal comes just a few days after the Japanese online retailer Rakuten bought the communication app Viber for 900 million dollars. Viber has 300 million users. (SDA)

One third of the Master of Swiss Web is chosen by the expert jury in the form of the points they award, another third by the subscribers to the Netzticker and the final third from the live votes of the Award Night guests.

The Netzticker readers' poll begins on 21.2.2014. Anyone who has registered by tomorrow's deadline of 20.02.2014 is eligible to vote. Net ticker-are subscribers. The email with the voting links will be sent out the following day and entitles you to vote once. The master vote will run until February 28, 2014.

The winners of all eleven categories and the "Master of Swiss Web 2014" will be honored at the Award Night on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at the Kongresshaus Zurich.
 

During the birthday week from Monday to Thursday, Canal 3 will fulfill a music wish for 30 listeners. These can be submitted via the website form or by telephone. On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, the station invites five listeners to the studio. They will be part of the morning show over coffee, croissants and champagne. You can also register for this on the Website of Canal 3 log in.

As there is no February 29 this year, the first highlight of the celebration will be on Friday, February 28: "There will be 80s music all day, after all Canal 3 was founded during this time," says Denise Bolle, Head of Programs at Canal 3.

Denise Bolle announced in Wednesday's press release that a special event is planned for each month thereafter. March will continue with two people who have grown up at Canal 3: Mario Torriani, Head of Presentation at SRF 3, and Noah Veraguth, singer from Pegasus, will each present a morning show on Canal 3.

The highlight of the anniversary will be a party on Friday, October 24, 2014, at the Kufa Lyss with a showcase by Anna Rossinelli and Marc Sway. Tickets for this party are not available to buy, you can only win them at Canal 3. The first tickets will be raffled off on February 28, 2014 on the channel.

 

The cronut (you can find the recipe here) triggered a hype last year: On the "black market," the first Cronuts were reportedly traded for up to $100.

 

This cronut is now followed by the cragel (croissant bagel), the bruffin (brioche muffin), and the ramen burger (burger sandwiched between ramen noodles instead of hamburger bread). Apparently, it's not just the culinary experience that fascinates people. By combining popular traditional dishes in a new way, the people humorously question the common food culture.

Cronuts, ramen burgers and the like are not only eaten, but also shared with friends and acquaintances. The trend is spreading rapidly because everyone wants to show that they are part of it. Hermaphrodite snack chefs are targeting social media. The inventors of the Ramen Burger regularly post photos on their Facebook fan page. And the Bruffin even hired its own social media expert.

Unfortunately, there are no known hermaphrodite snacks in Switzerland. But the trend could perhaps inspire Sprüngli to create a Luxemgipfeli. (sis)

 

According to Impressum, around 100 people from all locations took part in the action. They presented a petition to Ueli Eckstein, Head of Regional Media German-speaking Switzerland at Tamedia, in front of the Landbote editorial building in Winterthur. In it, they demand that the redundancy plan from 2009 be applied to the planned redundancies. This was negotiated for Tages-Anzeiger employees.

The current social plan for regional newspaper employees is dramatically worse. For example, all severance payments and compensatory payments in addition to daily allowances have been cut. According to Impressum and Syndicom, the petition was signed by 443 people, including numerous colleagues from other Tamedia locations.

25 full-time positions to be cut

Tamedia acknowledges the protest, but emphasizes that the present redundancy plan should not be compared with previous benefits. The redundancy plan from 2009 was negotiated for the Tages-Anzeiger and cannot be transferred to other editorial offices. A total of 25 full-time positions will be cut at the Stäfa, Bülach and Winterthur sites. Redundancies are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Criticism of Imprint and Syndicom

In a press release issued by Syndicom and Impressum on Wednesday, it was asked whether the Group wants to assume its responsibility for the Winterthur media center and a healthy newspaper density, or whether it is still only interested in increasing profits. There is no reason why the editorial offices, whose substance is now under attack, should be treated less favorably. Especially as Tamedia has continuously increased its profits in the years since then.

Art & Fragrance creates, manages and distributes brands such as Lalique, Bentley, Jaguar, Alain Delon, Parfums Grès and Ultrasun worldwide. In connection with the development of the corporate design, Vizner Borel also developed the positioning. This finds its essence in the new claim: "Art & Fragrance, Made by Excellence".

Responsible at Art & Fragrance: Claudio Denz and Basil Duc. Responsible at Vizner Borel: Guillaume Borel, Lajos Vizner (overall responsibility), Hanna Zimmermann (art direction), Fabian von Rechenberg (consulting).