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Raphaela Birrer: Will be the new "Tages-Anzeiger" editor-in-chief
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The Swiss publishing house Tamedia has revised the editorial management structures surrounding its journalistic flagship, the "Tages-Anzeiger" published in Zurich.
In future, there will no longer be a central editorial department responsible for the national content of the various Tamedia newspapers.
The supra-regional departments of the Tamedia editorial team are merged into a new »Tages-Anzeiger« editorial team.
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"Tages-Anzeiger" publishing house in Zurich
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According to Tamedia, it wants to »strengthen the positioning of the Tages-Anzeiger as a leading national brand«.
Raphaela Birrer, previously head of the domestic editorial team, will be the new editor-in-chief of the »Tages-Anzeiger« editorial team.
»Traditionally leading brand in German-speaking Switzerland«
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Only responsible for the "SonntagsZeitung": editor-in-chief Arthur Rutishauser
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In the course of these structural changes, there are other personal details, one of which is particularly striking: Arthur Rutishauser, previously head of the Tamedia editorial team, will in future only be editor-in-chief of the »SonntagsZeitung«.
Behind this division of tasks is "the basic idea of the new Tamedia structure, according to which clear responsibilities are to be created for each title at the journalistic level and the focus of the individual chief editors is to be sharpened," according to the publisher's press release.
In his previous role, Rutishauser was the superior of Finn Canonica, the former editor-in-chief of the magazine, whom the journalist Anuschka Roshani had accused of sexism and abuse of power in a guest article in SPIEGEL.
Her text caused a stir in the Swiss media scene.
In addition, Arthur Rutishauser was one of the addressees of the protest letter from 78 Tamedia employees on International Women's Day in 2021.
It complained about a male-dominated, sexist working atmosphere, listed discriminatory quotes from male managers and described abusive behavior.
At the time, Rutishauser replied: "Any kind of harassment and discrimination is not tolerated here," but denied a structural problem with sexism.
According to the »Republic«, a third of the signatories have now left the media company.
Mathias Müller von Blumencron, formerly SPIEGEL editor-in-chief and now head of journalism at Tamedia D-CH, says in the press release that the new structure will "strengthen the 'Tages-Anzeiger' as a traditionally leading brand in German-speaking Switzerland.
We are convinced that this will enable us to achieve the digital transformation better and faster.«
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