Roger de Weck

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Roger François Philippe de Weck (born 17 October 1953) is a Swiss journalist, publicist and executive.

Life

He is a son of former Swiss Bank Corporation president Philippe de Weck and a prominent member of the De Weck family.[1]

From 1982 to 1993, de Weck worked as reporter for German weekly Die Zeit. From 1993 to 1997 he worked as editor-in-chief for Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger and from 1998 as editor-in-chief for Die Zeit.[2] From 2001 to 2010 he worked as a free journalist for different newspapers.

At a public meeting organized by de Wecke and writer Adolf Muschg in September 2002, more than 1,500 people signed a petition calling for Christoph Marthaler's reinstatement as artistic director of the Schauspielhaus Zürich.[3]

De Weck later served as CEO of Swiss Radio and Television from 2011 to 2017.[4][5][6]

In 2023, de Weck was appointed by Germany’s state governments as a member of an expert group advising on a reform of country’s public broadcasting.[7]

Works by Weck

  • Der Fall Chiasso (together with Max Mabillard). Tribune, Geneva 1977.
  • Kuhschweizer und Sauschwaben. Schweizer, Deutsche und ihre Hassliebe (ed. together with Jürg Altwegg). Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-312-00315-6.
  • Nach der Krise. Gibt es einen anderen Kapitalismus? Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-312-00454-6.
  • ÄÄSind die Schweizer die besseren Deutschen? Der Hass auf die kleinen Unterschiede (together with Jürg Altwegg). Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-312-00457-7.
  • Die Kraft der Demokratie – Eine Antwort auf die autoritären Reaktionäre. Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-518-42931-0.

References

  1. ^ "Base de données des élites suisses | Weck, de, Roger". www2.unil.ch. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  2. ^ Berliner Zeitung.de: Tiefe Gräben bei der "Zeit" Nach der Kündigung des Theaterredakteurs Benjamin Henrichs ist nun die gesamte Redaktion in Aufruhr, 18 September 1997
  3. ^ Alan Riding (12 September 2002), Zurich Theater Director Becomes a Public Issue New York Times.
  4. ^ "Roger de Weck wird neuer SRG-Generaldirektor". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  5. ^ "Steht Roger de Weck vor dem Rücktritt?". Berner Zeitung (in German). 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  6. ^ "Machtnetz von Roger de Weck: Der Unerwartete". Handelszeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  7. ^ Michael Hanfeld (10 March 2023), Reform von ARD und ZDF: Das ist ein Arbeitsgrüppchen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.