Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)

Felix Graf on Swisscom TV's rocky launch

Felix Graf, today CEO of the NZZ, recalls his role as project lead for Swisscom TV and the turbulent 2004 product introduction. Graf describes a failed live demo minutes before a press conference, the strategic decision to retire the Bluewin brand because Swisscom was spending CHF 60 million yearly on its marketing without a clear brand link to the parent, and conflicts arising from exclusive sports rights with the public broadcaster SRG. The article also mentions the closure of the Bluewin chat network amid abuse concerns and the platform decline after Facebook's rise. Christoph Brand (now Axpo CEO) is recalled as an early leader of the portal when it began as “the blue window.” Blue News marks its 30th anniversary on 16 September 2026.

Award‑winning Reporter Joins SRF Impact

Sascha Britsko is leaving Tamedia after nearly six years to join SRF Impact as a producer and editor, starting 1 September 2026. SRF Impact bundles SRF's documentary and reportage formats for a younger audience, primarily distributed on YouTube and Play SRF. Britsko announced the move on LinkedIn and said she will work in a young team under Olivia Gähwiler and Lena Oppong to produce documentary films. She joined Tamedia in January 2021, most recently reporting for Das Magazin, and has received journalistic awards including the Zürcher Journalistenpreis for a joint investigation into the influencer ‘Travis the Creator’. Britsko has prior experience in documentary filmmaking (co-director of a 2024 SRF documentary) and previously completed a 2018 internship at Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen and a Volontariat at the NZZ.

Daniel Germann, Swiss Sports Editor, Dies

Daniel Germann, a longtime Swiss sports journalist and sports editor at the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), died on 14 August 2026 at age 62 after a prolonged illness. Germann worked earlier for Sportinformation, the magazine Sport, the Tages-Anzeiger and the Bund before joining NZZ's sports desk in 2009, where he specialised in ice hockey, tennis and sports policy. He received the Zürcher Journalistenpreis in 2002 and is noted for exposing improper commission payments by the then-president of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation, which led to that president's resignation. His reporting brought him into close professional contact with figures such as former national coach Ralph Krueger and tennis star Roger Federer.