Crtew/Roger Koeppel
Roger Köppel
Born (1965-03-21) March 21, 1965 (age 59)
Occupation(s)Swiss editor and journalist
OrganizationDie Weltwoche

Jürg Roger Koeppel (born 21 March 1965 in Zurich) is a Swiss journalist and media entrepreneur. He is editor-in-chief and publisher of the weekly magazine Die Weltwoche.[1] Previously, he worked for two and a half years editor of the German daily Die Welt.

Early life

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Roger Koeppel is the son of a contractor, and grew up in Zurich, Kloten, and Bulach. He is married, has two sons and lives in the Zurich canton of Küsnacht.[2]

Education

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Roger Koeppel studied economics and social history, and he graduated in 1995 with a degree in political philosophy. Koeppel wrote his master's thesis - entitled Authority and Myth: Carl Schmitt and the re-enchantment of state violence (1916-1938) - under the direction of philosopher Georg Kohler.

Early career

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Roger Koeppel began working at the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) in 1988, where he worked for seven years in various departments, including the sports and film editors.

In 1994, he was cultural editor for Tages-Anzeiger. Three years later, he was appointed chief editor of the Tages-Anzeiger magazine, where he led the weekend supplement from October 1997 to July 2001. In spring 2000, Koeppel became deputy editor of the Tages-Anzeiger.

In spring 2001, he was at Harvard University for postgraduate work in economy and culture while a New York foreign correspondent.

Die Weltwoche

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In June 2001, Koppel became the chief editor of Die Weltwoche, which for years had been suffering from decline. Shortly after he accepted the post, Die Weltwoche was sold to investors affiliated with financier Tito Tettamanti of Ticino. Under the new investors, the traditional newspaper was transformed into a magazine format and the editorial team was largely replaced as some editors and journalists left in protest.

Koppel turned the left liberal Die Weltwoche to the right, which he denied at first.[3] The magazine now contained politically provocative, belligerent, even polemical articles and comments that defied the "left-liberal mainstream journalism" (Koeppel). Journalists at Die Weltwoche said Koppel would cause the sheet to a neoliberal and for targeted old editors replaced by related persons.[4] Koppel accused the other Swiss media, the SVP politician Christoph Blocher fundamentally opposed to face.[3] Prior to the 2003 parliamentary elections Koeppel pleaded expressly that Blocher belong to the Federal Council. He also praised the Swiss People's Party (SVP) than those Swiss party that most closely promise a successful bourgeois politics. The criticisms voiced in much of Europe and at Blocher's SVP criticism critics judged the EU Koeppel to be wrong. Blocher was not Le Pen or Haider, but "a fusion of Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Franz-Josef Strauss".[5]

Economically successful in the world week after several years of losses, a win for the first time (2003). Circulation rose at first and then fell still during Koppels office again. In Koppels office in 2001, the world experienced a week circulation of 78,000, 91,000, and by the end of 2003 end of 2011, 77,800 copies.[6]

Die Welt

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In spring 2004, Koppel left Die Weltwoche because he had received an offer from Axel Springer publishing to become chief editor of the German daily Die Welt. There he worked under the guidance of the former executive editor and publisher Jan-Eric Peters.

Return to Die Weltwoche

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November 2006, Koeppel returned to Die Weltwoche. As a publisher and editor in chief, he took over the majority of shares. By the end of the year, he announced the acquisition of all shares of Die Weltwoche publishing company. Since then, the rest of Die Weltwoche commuting to the previous brands: 82,000 copies (2006) to 77,800 copies (2011).[7]

In addition to his duties at Die Weltwoche, he serves on various boards,[8][9] among others at the Koeppel Holding AG, Die Weltwoche Verlags AG and the AG Radio Basilisk operation.

Awards and public recognition

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In 2006, Koeppel was elected by the Swiss industry magazine Schweizer Journalist for "Journalist of the Year." And 2007 he was the editor of the Weekly World awarded the Swiss-Russian Journalist Award. [10]

In 2007 it was announced that he had rewritten his own Wikipedia article in his favor. [11]

Koeppel occurs frequently in German talk shows. In tough but fair on 2 December 2009 he defended the outcome of the Swiss referendum to ban minarets and declared to have voted for himself the minaret ban. Carried out referendum called Koppel as "a shining example of democracy in Europe". [12] [13]

To Koeppel expressed to purchase the data CDs with the data of suspected tax evaders in Switzerland to the effect that this "equivalent installation of a cross-border block warden system" of, and advised of Switzerland, the German government to sue for incitement to industrial espionage and German ministers who go to Switzerland to arrest. [14] The latter statement he repeated on 2 February 2010 in Munich broadcast round the Bayerischer Rundfunk. He represented selbige position also on 3 February 2010 a discussion in hard but fair, even if he repeated without the sharp formulations. [15]

In 2010, Koppel was awarded the Ludwig Erhard Prize for economic journalism.

On the Swiss Radio 1 he has a weekly column, which is broadcast every Thursday morning. In addition, he discussed with radio boss Roger Schawinski every Monday in the format against Roger Roger current issues. Web Links

   Marc Hujer: The Unschweizer. In Der Spiegel, 15 March 2010, No. 11/2010, pp. 104-108 (PDF)
   Cigdem Akyol: Biedermann and the Arsonists. In: the daily newspaper, 27 November 2010
   Beat Kuert and Michael Lang: Mountain and Spirit: A Portrait of Roger Koeppel. 11th May 2010, video portrait for 3sat (Video not available)
   Behind Hannes Meier Roger Köppel mission. Separate the chaff from the Swiss. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 8 July 2010, Portrait
   Philip Plickert: brushed on attack. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 19 January 2012, Portrait

References

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  1. ^ http://www.weltwoche.ch/ueber-uns/impressum-disclaimer.html
  2. ^ "Interview Roger Köppel". planer+installateur 8/2011 (PDF). 2011-08-10. p. 4. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  3. ^ a b Rosenbach, Marcel (October 18, 2004). "Seine Welt ist die Meinung". Der Spiegel. No. 43.
  4. ^ Heuberger, Barbara (January 2002). "25". Eine Baustelle. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  5. ^ "Blocher ist ganz anders als Haider". Der Standard. March 5, 2008.
  6. ^ "Weltwoche Tarife 2012" (PDF) (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  7. ^ http://www.wemf.ch/d/unternehmen/archiv/auflagebulletins.php
  8. ^ http://www.hr-monitor.ch/person.php?persid=118102
  9. ^ http://www.hr-monitor.ch/person.php?persid=372186

References

   ↑ About the World Week
   ↑ Interview Roger Koeppel. In: planner + installer 8/2011, p 4 (PDF)
   ↑ from Marcel Rosenbach: His world is the opinion. In Der Spiegel, 18 October 2004, No. 43
   ↑ Barbara Heuberger: A construction site, klartext.ch 25 January 2002. Accessed on 29 May 2011
   ↑ "Blocher is very different than Haider," derStandard.at, 5 March 2008
   ↑ World Weekly Rates, 2012. (PDF, 4.0 MB) Accessed on 30 April 2012
   ↑ WEMF edition Bulletin 2011
   ↑ Roger Koeppel in the Swiss Commercial Register
   ↑ Global Office Gate GmbH in the Swiss Commercial Register
   ↑ Swiss-Russian journalism prize awarded for the second time in cooperation Council of Switzerland / Russia of 5 June 2007
   ↑ Thomas Zaugg: Koppels Wikipedia. In: The Magazine, No. 36, 7 September 2007.
   ↑ sailor Daland: propagandists of fear. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, 3 December 2009.
   ↑ Reinhard Mohr: Dreaming of Toblerone Republic. Spiegel Online, 3 December 2009.
   ↑ Roger Koeppel: The greed dictates the law. stern.de, 2 February 2010.
   ↑ Melanie Ahlemeier: TV review: hard but fair. A Swiss calls only: Scandal! In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 4 February 2010.