Rudolf Matter faces election as "Super Director"
Rudolf Matter is expected to be elected on Monday as the chief executive in charge of the SRG's German-language radio and television programs.
According to reliable sources, the Board of Directors of SRG Deutschschweiz has submitted this proposal to the national SRG Board of Directors, writes the NZZ am Sonntag. It is said to be virtually impossible that the board will reject the choice. Matter is currently editor-in-chief of Radio DRS. He won the race for the new position against Ueli Haldimann, Iso Rechsteiner and Filippo Leutenegger.
The 57-year-old is considered business-friendly and was criticized internally for this. However, this image may have been an advantage in the race for the new post, as the Sonnagszeitung writes. Especially as the SRG regional council, which submitted the proposal, is dominated by the middle classes. Matter is intended as a counterweight to the new left-liberal SRG Director General Roger de Weck. Another argument in Matter's favor is that he has both radio and television experience. Before joining Radio DRS, he worked for SF, the consultancy firm McKinsey and the commercial German news channel n-TV, among others.
The 57-year-old is considered business-friendly and was criticized internally for this. However, this image may have been an advantage in the race for the new post, as the Sonnagszeitung writes. Especially as the SRG regional council, which submitted the proposal, is dominated by the middle classes. Matter is intended as a counterweight to the new left-liberal SRG Director General Roger de Weck. Another argument in Matter's favor is that he has both radio and television experience. Before joining Radio DRS, he worked for SF, the consultancy firm McKinsey and the commercial German news channel n-TV, among others.
