Philipp Landmark (born 1966) is a Swiss journalist and former editor-in-chief of the ''

St. Galler Tagblatt ''St. Galler Tagblatt'', commonly shortened to ''Tagblatt'', is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in St. Gallen. History and profile The newspaper was first published in 1789 as ''Tagblatt der Stadt St. Gallen''. Its current na ...

'' newspaper. He took up the post in 2009 and stood down at the end of April 2016.

Life and career

Philipp Landmark grew up in

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and was educated at the

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there, where he took

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examinations (A-level equivalent) in 1987. After graduation he started working as a volunteer trainee for the Schaffhauser Nachrichten newspaper,Rolf App
''«Unglaubliche Reihe von Tests».''
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.'' 4. Juli 2008 (Interview with Philipp Landmark) having acquired initial work experience with the newsroom whilst still at high school. In 1993, Landmark finished a one-year stint as a

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in Oslo, and shortly after was recommended for promotion. He advanced to deputy editor of the Linth-Zeitung newspaper in

Rapperswil Rapperswil ( Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dia ...

, and subsequently assumed the editorship. At that time, he also worked on the merger of the

Zürichsee-Zeitung ''Zürichsee-Zeitung'', commonly shortened to ''ZSZ'', is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in Stäfa. History and profile In 1845 the precursing "Wochenblatt vom Zürichsee" was founded as a liberal newspaper by the ''Lesegese ...

newspaper. Landmark returned to

in 1999, where he joined the Schaffhauser Nachrichten as head of the regional department and later became a senior editor. In 2006, he started working for

newspaper as head of editorial office, succeeding Gottlieb F. Höpli, who retired in the spring of 2009. Landmark held the post of editor-in-chief, as well as sitting on the board of directors. In February 2016, Landmark announced he would step down as editor of the

following a major reorganisation within the NZZ-Mediengruppe (NZZ Media Group), which involved a merger of several departments of the

with the Luzerner Zeitung. However, he remained available to work for the group on a number of media projects thereafter. In the spring of 2017, Landmark founded Landmark Media GmbH with headquarters in the Innovation Center Startfeld in

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website ...

. The firm specializes in communications consultancy and training. In addition, Landmark continues to work as a journalist.

References

External links

Philipp Landmark auf der Website der Landmark Media GmbH
* Rolf App
''«Unglaubliche Reihe von Tests».''
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.'' 4 July 2008 (Interview with Philipp Landmark) * Edith Hollenstein
''«Der künftige Chefredaktor hat weniger zu melden».''
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