Karl-Heinz Ruch (Manager)

Karl-Heinz Ruch (2016)

Karl-Heinz Ruch , called Kalle Ruch, (born February 24, 1954 in Löningen ) is a German publishing manager. Ruch studied at the Free University of Berlin economy and belonged in 1978 after Tunix Congress of the founders of the Berlin daily newspaper taz , of which he was to of 2019.

Little known to the general public, he is considered one of the most important, sometimes the most important person in the newspaper. “In truth he is taz,” wrote the former taz editor-in-chief Arno Widmann in a portrait in the Berliner Zeitung in 2012 . And the former editor Tom Schimmeck wrote about Ruch as early as 1999 in the week : "He is the power of the factual, the deus ex vacuo."

Ruch retired in December 2019 . He was adopted by a special edition of the taz at the weekend , which was entitled "kalle".

Web links

Commons : Karl-Heinz Ruch - Collection of images

Appreciations from numerous (former) leading taz employees on Ruch's 60th birthday , accessed on August 14, 2018
“Finally personality cult” Winand von Petersdorff: “In portrait: Karl-Heinz Ruch” in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from March 30, 2014, no. 13
Johannes Eisenberg: Mr. Ruch from the taz in Havelland. (PDF; pages 14–15) In: Taz, the daily newspaper publishing cooperative . October 2019 (taz Genossenschaftsinfo 2/2019).; accessed on November 10, 2019
kalle . (PDF; 18.2 MB)a left story. Die Tageszeitung, December 14, 2019: “Managing Director Karl-Heinz Ruch has shaped the taz like no other. Now, after 41 years, he is leaving the newspaper and moving to the country. To say goodbye a special edition "; accessed on December 21, 2019

Individual evidence

^ Karl-Heinz Ruch: First euphoria, then a crisis of ideas . In: taz.am weekend . November 7, 2009, p. 18 ( taz.de [accessed December 19, 2019]).
^ Entry in the Munzinger archive
↑ ^a ^b Alexander Krei: Farewell of the managing director: The "taz" becomes "kalle". In: DWDL. December 14, 2019, accessed December 19, 2019 .
↑ Arno Widmann : Immer am Abgrund , Berliner Zeitung, April 14, 2012 , accessed on August 5, 2018.
↑ Tom Schimmeck : The Half Head , Die Woche, April 16, 1999, republished on Schimmeck's personal blog , accessed on August 5, 2018.
↑ Georg Löwisch : On the farewell of the taz managing director: Today we are printing Kalle. After 41 years, taz managing director Karl-Heinz Ruch is retiring. The taz thanks you with a special edition. In: blogs.taz.de/hausblog. December 13, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ruch, Karl-Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ruch, Kalle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German publishing manager
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Loeningen

[1] Karl-Heinz Ruch: First euphoria, then a crisis of ideas . In: taz.am weekend . November 7, 2009, p. 18 ( taz.de [accessed December 19, 2019]).

[2] Entry in the Munzinger archive

[dwdl-3] Alexander Krei: Farewell of the managing director: The "taz" becomes "kalle". In: DWDL. December 14, 2019, accessed December 19, 2019 .

[4] Arno Widmann : Immer am Abgrund , Berliner Zeitung, April 14, 2012 , accessed on August 5, 2018.

[5] Tom Schimmeck : The Half Head , Die Woche, April 16, 1999, republished on Schimmeck's personal blog , accessed on August 5, 2018.

[6] Georg Löwisch : On the farewell of the taz managing director: Today we are printing Kalle. After 41 years, taz managing director Karl-Heinz Ruch is retiring. The taz thanks you with a special edition. In: blogs.taz.de/hausblog. December 13, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .