Carousel for BaZ chair turns

Publishers Since July, the Basel media group has been examining internal and external candidates to succeed Hans-Peter Platz as editor-in-chief of the Basler Zeitung (BaZ), who could lead the paper out of the crisis of falling circulation figures, NZZ am Sonntag has taken a closer look. One of the favorites is the head of the domestic editorial team, Lukas Schmutz. If an external candidate were to be appointed, it would definitely have to be someone from Basel. Roland Schlumpf, member of the editorial team at Tages-Anzeiger (TA) and Urs Buess, TA correspondent in Paris, are among those with a good chance.