The jug goes to the well...
Pierre C. Meier on the change in editors-in-chief in Bern and Berlin.
Pierre C. Meier on the change of editor-in-chief in Bern and Berlin Hanspeter Spörri, editor-in-chief of the Bund, is leaving his job. As Hans Lauri, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bund Verlag AG and SVP member of the Council of States, told the Bund editorial team, Spörri had felt increasingly uncomfortable implementing the decisions of the management. The official media release then reads as follows: "In recent months, different views have emerged regarding the management and further development of the newspaper." It seems that the various drastic cost-cutting measures and organizational changes of recent months were too much for Spörri. A new editor-in-chief is now being sought. As the NZZ is still in charge of publishing the Bund, it will probably have to bite the bullet and find a successor. This will not be an easy task, as he will have to try to keep the Bern model (two newspapers, each with independent editorial teams under one publishing house) alive under immense cost pressure.
The Berliner Zeitung maintains the same unagitated style of a serious quality newspaper as the Bund. Here, too, there has been a change of chair. The previous editor-in-chief, Uwe Vorkötter, is leaving his job and moving to the Frankfurter Rundschau. The newspaper's new owners (including British newspaper investor David Montgomery) have found an internal successor in Josef Deppenbrock. Deppenbrock will not only become editor-in-chief of the Berliner Zeitung, he will also remain publisher of the Hamburger Morgenpost and will be responsible for the editorial affairs of the entire group on the management board of BV Deutsche Zeitungsholding.
Today, an editor-in-chief must obviously have strong management skills above all else. This is the only way to get the jug to the well.
Pierre C. Meier, Editor-in-Chief
The Berliner Zeitung maintains the same unagitated style of a serious quality newspaper as the Bund. Here, too, there has been a change of chair. The previous editor-in-chief, Uwe Vorkötter, is leaving his job and moving to the Frankfurter Rundschau. The newspaper's new owners (including British newspaper investor David Montgomery) have found an internal successor in Josef Deppenbrock. Deppenbrock will not only become editor-in-chief of the Berliner Zeitung, he will also remain publisher of the Hamburger Morgenpost and will be responsible for the editorial affairs of the entire group on the management board of BV Deutsche Zeitungsholding.
Today, an editor-in-chief must obviously have strong management skills above all else. This is the only way to get the jug to the well.
Pierre C. Meier, Editor-in-Chief
