SR DRS Editor-in-Chief: Matter succeeds Färber
On Wednesday, the SRG Board of Directors made a decision and appointed Rudolf Matter (52) as editor-in-chief of SR DRS.
The SRG Board of Directors made its decision on Wednesday and elected Rudolf Matter (52) as Editor-in-Chief of SR DRS. Matter will also become a member of the Executive Board. Matter succeeds Rudolf Färber, who will retire at the end of September after 20 years as Editor-in-Chief. Matter is currently Director of Business and Program Planning at German news television n-tv and has a long and intensive career in journalism. The historian started out as an editor at the Basler National Zeitung, then worked for 12 years at Swiss television as editor, producer and presenter of Tagesschau and the magazine Karussell. In 1993, he joined Ringier, where he set up and managed the Cash-TV program as editor-in-chief and presenter. Four years later, he moved to n-tv in Berlin and was initially responsible for the station's business formats as editorial director. He then took on responsibility for the restructuring of the company, the move to Cologne, the digitalization of TV production and programme planning and purchasing. According to the press release, Matter will take over the journalistic, personnel and financial management of the SR DRS information department, which currently comprises 120 full-time positions and a budget of around CHF 25 million.
