Last but not least: Rothenbühler highlights shadow men

Not only the University of Zurich is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, but also Ringier, Switzerland's largest media company. Of course, this does not go without comment. Long-time Blick employee Karl Lüönd wrote about the company's history on behalf of the company in the thick volume "Ringier bei den Leuten" ("Ringier with the people"), while the other media companies have published commentaries and anniversary publications in their newspapers in the last few days - shortly before the relaunch of Blick, by the way. In the NZZ am Sonntag, Peter Rothenbühler, the former editor-in-chief of Schweizer Illustrierte, shed light on the structures and figures of the company, which is very profitable in Eastern Europe but only moderately successful in Switzerland. Michael Ringier himself is not a real doer or visionary, but has always had the grace to gather talented people around him, Rothenbühler wrote, for example, and described the publishing house as a circus-like royal court. He also pointed out that Lüönd's book, in which "a laudable attempt" is made to "attribute far-sightedness to the publishing activities of the respective management team", exclusively praises the merits of the Ringier carpet floor. For this reason, the current editor-in-chief of Le Matin takes the liberty of naming some important shadow men from the editorial offices of the Ringier company. However, in addition to names such as TV doctor Samuel Stutz, Urs Heller, head of the magazine department, or Formula 1 expert Roger Benoit, Rothenbühler does not forget to praise himself several times in the text in the NZZ am Sonntag, which is well worth reading. Good PR work.