Pressetext Switzerland expands staff and services

Daniel Frey and Claude Weill are joining the team at the Pressetext news agency in Zurich. As of September 1, Frey will take over the management of Pressetext Switzerland and Weill will be responsible for the Swiss editorial team. The aim of the duo is to double both news production and the customer and subscriber base within two years, according to a press release. The media professionals will be supported by the Pressetext head office in Vienna.Frey worked for many years as a telemarketer for media companies, most recently as an independent communications consultant and publishing director. Weill worked as an editor for numerous print media, including Werbewoche and Persönlich. He also worked in the online editorial departments of Bilanz online and Swisscontent. According to Pressetext Switzerland, his task will be to put the Swiss Pressetext stamp on the news service in Switzerland in future.
The Pressetext news agency supplies almost 11,000 subscribers in Switzerland every day, around 2,000 of whom are journalists.