Peter Uebersax

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Peter Uebersax (born June 1, 1925 in Hamburg ; † October 20, 2011 in Herrliberg ; legal resident in Thörigen ) was a Swiss journalist . He was editor -in- chief of the tabloid Blick for many years .

Life

Uebersax spent his childhood in Hamburg and Moscow , his father was a chemist, his mother came from Russia . The family emigrated to Switzerland. He attended schools in Binningen and Basel and graduated from the Trogen Cantonal School in 1945 . He then began studying physics at the ETH Zurich . A year later he left the ETH and worked as a travel journalist for various newspapers until 1948.

From 1949 he was an editor at the US news agency United Press International (UPI). His agency texts have appeared in the New York Times , among others . From 1955 to 1959 he was head of the European sports services in London and Paris , then until 1961 head of the office in Zurich .

From 1961 to 1962 he was editor-in-chief of the tabloid Blick . After he had to leave at the look , he went back to UPI and until 1967 again headed the European Sports Services in London and Paris. From 1967 until the newspaper was closed in 1969, he was editor-in-chief of the newly launched tabloid Neue Presse from Tamedia . From 1969 to 1978 he was back at UPI and responsible for Spain and Portugal .

From 1980 to 1986 Uebersax was editor-in-chief of Blick for the second time . During this time it ensured a marked increase in circulation from 40 percent to around 400,000 copies and increasing social acceptance in the 1980s. Uebersax described the turning away from blood "towards sex, because sex sells" as a recipe for success. Uebersax defended the photos of the half-naked women on page 3 of the recently introduced “Seite-3-Kiezen”, as he called them, and he hired the sex advisor Marta Emmenegger for the daily column “Liebe Marta”. During his time, Blick also launched the “Blick” bingo , which caused kiosk sales to rise by over 50,000 in some cases .

His political views were right-wing . He campaigns in view against the Tamils newly classified as asylum seekers came to Switzerland. He also led campaigns against the SRG , against speed limits , against fuel price increases and against Motel , the first soap opera of the Swiss television . From 1986 to 1990 he was a consultant at the Ringier media company , which publishes the Blick .

In 1984 Uebersax was interviewed by the television journalist Heiner Gautschy for the show Unter uns Said on Swiss television . After Gautschy harassed Uebersax in an indecent way in the live TV interview, refused to let him answer and completely lost his composure, Uebersax started a campaign against Gautschy and Swiss television in Blick . After two days, Gautschy apologized and resigned.

After retiring in 1995, he wrote the book Looking Back: Memories of an Editor-in-Chief , in which he reviews his work. He also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines, including Die Weltwoche . During this time he lived in Spain, in 2007 he came back to Switzerland.

Uebersax was married. He died at the age of 86 at home in Herrliberg.

Works

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Matthias Wipf: Uebersax, Peter. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . Retrieved October 26, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c d e Ex-boss Peter Uebersax died. In: persoenlich.com . October 25, 2011
  3. ↑ a b Jürg Ramspeck : Jürg Ramspeck on the death of Peter Uebersax. In: Klein Report. October 25, 2011
  4. ↑ Dear Marta, clarifies once more. In: look . November 6, 2008
  5. ↑ a b c Maurice Thiriet: A legend of Swiss tabloid journalism is dead. In: Tages-Anzeiger . October 25, 2011
  6. ↑ Jürg Frischknecht : Trustworthy source, wrong story. In: WOZ . November 3, 2011
  7. ↑ Karl Lüönd : The story instinct in person. In: Basler Zeitung . October 26, 2011
  8. ^ Gautschy interviews Übersax. Video excerpt from May 9, 1984 (2:22 minutes) on Swiss television
personal data
SURNAME Uebersax, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg , Germany
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 2011
Place of death Herrliberg , Switzerland