Le Temps: Editor-in-chief Jean-Jacques Roth relinquishes functions
Jean-Jacques Roth, director and editor-in-chief of the French-Swiss newspaper *Le Temps*, is stepping down from his positions. Deputy Director Valérie Boagno will take over as managing director. The newspaper is seeking a new editor-in-chief to lead the editorial team.
Jean-Jacques Roth will remain in office until his successor is appointed, Le Temps announced on Friday. His main task will be to continue the process of reorganizing editorial activities that began this autumn. Roth has been both managing editor and editor-in-chief for five years. These two functions will now be separated. Roth told the SDA news agency that he himself had proposed the split to the Board of Directors because the workload had become too great. The new structure would allow him to concentrate fully on his editorial work. Roth left open the question of whether he would remain at Le Temps after giving up his position as editor-in-chief. The Geneva-based newspaper in French-speaking Switzerland is currently undergoing a reorganization - both in terms of structure and content.
Jean-Jacques Roth and Valérie Boagno were involved in the founding of Le Temps in 1998 and have managed the company in close collaboration over the past five years: she as Sales Director and then Deputy Director and he as Deputy Editor-in-Chief, then Editor-in-Chief from 2002 and finally Director and Editor-in-Chief since 2004.
Jean-Jacques Roth and Valérie Boagno were involved in the founding of Le Temps in 1998 and have managed the company in close collaboration over the past five years: she as Sales Director and then Deputy Director and he as Deputy Editor-in-Chief, then Editor-in-Chief from 2002 and finally Director and Editor-in-Chief since 2004.
