Peter Hartmeier leaves the Tages-Anzeiger
Editor-in-Chief Peter Hartmeier will step down as head of the *Tages-Anzeiger* sometime in 2009. A successor has not yet been named. The 56-year-old will become publisher of the *Thurgauer Zeitung*, which is also part of Tamedia.
After six years as editor-in-chief, Peter Hartmeier will hand over the reins of the Tages-Anzeiger in the course of 2009. A successor has not yet been appointed. The 56-year-old will become publisher of the Thurgauer Zeitung, which also belongs to Tamedia. Under Hartmeier, the regional editions of the Tages-Anzeiger were launched and the news portal Tagesanzeiger.ch was expanded as part of the news network.
After his position as editor-in-chief, Hartmeier will become publisher of the Thurgauer Zeitung in the newspaper association Nordostschweiz. He is to be elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Huber & Co. in Frauenfeld as early as the next General Meeting. The company belongs to Tamedia. In his role as Chairman of the Board of Huber & Co., Peter Hartmeier will report to Rolf Bollmann, who heads the Media Zurich & Northeastern Switzerland Division.
Further development of the tagi
Before his departure, Peter Hartmeier will work with a steering group to drive forward the further development of the Tages-Anzeiger, Tamedia announced on Wednesday. The aim is to strengthen the Tages-Anzeiger's regional roots and position in Zurich. A new design and the introduction of a compact paper architecture with four newspaper bundles are also being examined. The group is headed by publisher Pietro Supino. Martin Kall, Chairman of the Executive Board, and Rolf Bollmann, Head of the Media Division Zurich & Northeastern Switzerland, are also members of the group.
Peter Hartmeier joined Tamedia in 2001 from the Swiss Press Association and was Head of Corporate Communications at the media company until he took over as Editor-in-Chief of the Tages-Anzeiger in 2002. Prior to that, he worked as foreign editor for Weltwoche from 1979 to 1985. He then moved to the Luzerner Neuesten Nachrichten as deputy editor-in-chief. In 1991, Hartmeier became publisher and co-editor-in-chief of Bilanz.
Longest-serving editor-in-chief since Peter Studer
Hartmeier has led the editorial team of Tamedia's flagship Tages- Anzeiger longer than his four predecessors. After the long-standing TA editor-in-chief Peter Studer, Viktor Schlumpf had taken over as editor-in-chief in 1987 and was removed in 1991 amid protests from the editorial staff. Roger de Weck then moved from Hamburger Zeit to Zurich's Werdstrasse in the summer of 1992. He left the Tages-Anzeiger after just under five years following disagreements with the management.
De Weck's successor, Esther Girsberger, held the Tagi chair for just one and three-quarter years until the fall of 1999. She left as a result of discussions about the journalistic orientation of Tamedia's products, as was said at the time. Philipp Löpfe was then editor-in-chief for two and a half years, making way for Peter Hartmeier in the fall of 2002 and taking on other responsibilities within the Tamedia Group.
After his position as editor-in-chief, Hartmeier will become publisher of the Thurgauer Zeitung in the newspaper association Nordostschweiz. He is to be elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Huber & Co. in Frauenfeld as early as the next General Meeting. The company belongs to Tamedia. In his role as Chairman of the Board of Huber & Co., Peter Hartmeier will report to Rolf Bollmann, who heads the Media Zurich & Northeastern Switzerland Division.
Further development of the tagi
Before his departure, Peter Hartmeier will work with a steering group to drive forward the further development of the Tages-Anzeiger, Tamedia announced on Wednesday. The aim is to strengthen the Tages-Anzeiger's regional roots and position in Zurich. A new design and the introduction of a compact paper architecture with four newspaper bundles are also being examined. The group is headed by publisher Pietro Supino. Martin Kall, Chairman of the Executive Board, and Rolf Bollmann, Head of the Media Division Zurich & Northeastern Switzerland, are also members of the group.
Peter Hartmeier joined Tamedia in 2001 from the Swiss Press Association and was Head of Corporate Communications at the media company until he took over as Editor-in-Chief of the Tages-Anzeiger in 2002. Prior to that, he worked as foreign editor for Weltwoche from 1979 to 1985. He then moved to the Luzerner Neuesten Nachrichten as deputy editor-in-chief. In 1991, Hartmeier became publisher and co-editor-in-chief of Bilanz.
Longest-serving editor-in-chief since Peter Studer
Hartmeier has led the editorial team of Tamedia's flagship Tages- Anzeiger longer than his four predecessors. After the long-standing TA editor-in-chief Peter Studer, Viktor Schlumpf had taken over as editor-in-chief in 1987 and was removed in 1991 amid protests from the editorial staff. Roger de Weck then moved from Hamburger Zeit to Zurich's Werdstrasse in the summer of 1992. He left the Tages-Anzeiger after just under five years following disagreements with the management.
De Weck's successor, Esther Girsberger, held the Tagi chair for just one and three-quarter years until the fall of 1999. She left as a result of discussions about the journalistic orientation of Tamedia's products, as was said at the time. Philipp Löpfe was then editor-in-chief for two and a half years, making way for Peter Hartmeier in the fall of 2002 and taking on other responsibilities within the Tamedia Group.
