Blick Group: Integrated newsroom launched
After a planning phase of just over two years and a construction phase of ten months, the Blick Group’s Integrated Newsroom began operations on schedule during the second week of March. The editorial teams of Blick, Sonntagsblick, Blick am Abend, and Blick.ch, together with the Web TV Center, form the largest editorial team in Switzerland.
In response to changing media usage behavior and in preparation for future developments, Ringier Switzerland has merged the four editorial teams of Blick, Sonntagsblick, Blick am Abend and Blick.ch into one integrated newsroom.
will be merged. The aim of this new organizational form is to be able to offer media consumers information and entertainment around the clock on the most suitable channel, Ringier wrote in a press release on Thursday.
Great importance will be attached to maintaining the individual character of each title, the statement continues. This will be ensured by the four editors-in-chief Ralph Grosse-Bley (Blick, ad interim), Hannes Britschgi (Sonntagsblick), Peter Röthlisberger (Blick am Abend) and Rolf Cavalli (Blick.ch). Together with the department heads Andrea Bleicher (News), Hannes Britschgi (Politics), Daniel Meier (Business), Dominik Hug (People), Ilja Kaenzig (Sport) and Roland Grüter (Lifestyle), they manage the largest editorial team in Switzerland with around 200 employees.
The newsroom offers the journalistic and technical possibilities to optimally coordinate and further develop the offerings of Blick, Sonntagsblick, Blick am Abend and Blick.ch. Particularly in the area of the Internet and the increasingly popular mobile applications, the range of moving images, for example, is being expanded in a targeted manner. For this reason, one of the most modern web TV studios in Switzerland is an integral part of the Blick Group newsroom.
will be merged. The aim of this new organizational form is to be able to offer media consumers information and entertainment around the clock on the most suitable channel, Ringier wrote in a press release on Thursday.
Great importance will be attached to maintaining the individual character of each title, the statement continues. This will be ensured by the four editors-in-chief Ralph Grosse-Bley (Blick, ad interim), Hannes Britschgi (Sonntagsblick), Peter Röthlisberger (Blick am Abend) and Rolf Cavalli (Blick.ch). Together with the department heads Andrea Bleicher (News), Hannes Britschgi (Politics), Daniel Meier (Business), Dominik Hug (People), Ilja Kaenzig (Sport) and Roland Grüter (Lifestyle), they manage the largest editorial team in Switzerland with around 200 employees.
The newsroom offers the journalistic and technical possibilities to optimally coordinate and further develop the offerings of Blick, Sonntagsblick, Blick am Abend and Blick.ch. Particularly in the area of the Internet and the increasingly popular mobile applications, the range of moving images, for example, is being expanded in a targeted manner. For this reason, one of the most modern web TV studios in Switzerland is an integral part of the Blick Group newsroom.
