Theo Zingg

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Theo Zingg (1992)

Theophil "Theo" Zingg (born February 22, 1925 in Pfyn , † January 5, 1993 in Birmensdorf ; resident in Sitterdorf ) was a Swiss newspaper publisher and publishing manager. From 1958 to 1969 he was editor of Basler Nachrichten , from 1978 to 1991 he was president of the Swiss dispatch agency .

biography

Zingg grew up in Diessenhofen and attended primary and secondary school there. He completed the cantonal school in Schaffhausen and Frauenfeld . He then began studying economics at the University of Lausanne . After completing his studies, his first function in the media was administrative tasks at the publishing house of the Gazette de Lausanne .

After the Second World War , he stayed in Lisala in the Belgian Congo for three years , where he managed a plantation.

From 1958 to 1969 he was the successor to Karl Sartorius as director of Baslerberichthaus AG and thus editor of Basler Nachrichten . From 1958 to 1987 he was also a member of the board of directors of Verlag Schiffahrt und Weltverkehr AG, from 1967 as president.

From 1966 to 1991 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Dispatch Agency (SDA), from 1969 a member of the committee, from 1970 Vice-President. In 1978 he was elected President of the Board of Directors and, after his resignation in mid-1991, Honorary President. From 1976 to 1993 he was also a member of the board of directors of Sportinformation Si (today sda-Sport), from 1986 until his death in 1993 as its president. He was Vice President of the Swiss Association of Newspaper Publishers (now the Association of Swiss Media ) and the «Society for the Promotion of the Press», which it founded together with the Union romande de journaux .

From 1969 to 1973 he was Vice Director (and until 1978 member of the Board of Trustees) of the Zurich magazine publisher Conzett & Huber, u. a. Editor of the cultural magazine Du, taken over by Tamedia in 1989 (today owned by Oliver Prange ). From 1970 to 1976 he was a member of the board of the picture agency Illustrations- und Photopress AG, in which SDA was involved at the time.

In 1970 the family moved to Bonstetten , where Zingg joined the Liberal Democratic Party and became president of the Bonstetten / Stallikon / Wettswil senior high school .

In the spring of 1980 he took over the management of the ailing companies of the failed publisher of the women's magazine Frau , Paul Feissli, Albis Verlag AG, Albena AG and Graphische Betriebe Albena AG, for the purpose of liquidating them until the end of 1980. Half of the woman went to the publishers of Annabelle / Elle and femina , Weltwoche Verlag AG and Conzett & Huber Verlag AG, the printing operations were sold.

Theo Zingg died in a traffic accident at the age of 69. He skidded in his car on an icy road near Filderen-Birmensdorf and collided head-on with an oncoming truck. According to the police, he succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the accident.

Zingg had been married to Joanna Boschloo from Utrecht († 1997) since 1951 and had four sons and a daughter with her.

literature

  • Gottlieb F. Höpli : death of the SDA honorary president. Theo Zingg - a life for the media. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . January 7, 1993, p. 15.
  • In memory of Theo Zingg, SDA Honorary President. In: Annual Report 1992 of the SDA, p. 5.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aux «Basler Nachrichten». In: La Liberté . December 31, 1958, p. 4.
  2. ^ Gottlieb F. Höpli : Death of the SDA honorary president. Theo Zingg - a life for the media. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . January 7, 1993, p. 15.
  3. ↑ L'Association suisse des éditeurs de journaux opposée aux journaux gratuits. In: La Liberté. May 12, 1969, p. 5.
  4. ↑ The act asks. In: The deed . March 8, 1967, p. 3.
  5. ↑ Création d'un center de recherche et de promotion de la presse suisse. In: La Liberté. March 6, 1967, p. 4.
  6. ^ Deuil à sports information. In: Le Nouvelliste . January 7, 1993, p. 24.
  7. ↑ Getrouwd: J. Boschloo en Th. Zingg. In: Utrechtsch Nieuwblad. January 23, 1951.
personal data
SURNAME Zingg, Theo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zingg, Theophil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss newspaper publisher and publishing manager
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Pfyn
DATE OF DEATH 5th January 1993
Place of death Birmensdorf