Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins the CEO of Ringier AG, Marc Walder. They discuss where media is heading next and what our constantly evolving relationship with news means for consumers and business-owners alike.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As 2022 begins, Monaco's ambitions are as global as ever.
But we kick off the new year with the Chiefs a little closer to home.
Just a stone's throw from our Zurich headquarters on Du Vorstrasse lives Switzerland's largest internationally operating media company, Rigny Age.
Though perhaps not a household name for all, Ringje is home to prominent Swiss news outlets such as Blick and has a significant media foothold in countries across Eastern Europe.
Today, Ringje CEO Mark Valder joins me for a lively discussion about where media is heading next and what our constantly evolving relationship with news means for consumers and business owners alike.
From journalistic neutrality to how to navigate the necessary evils of social media, we get to the heart of the questions, both practical and philosophical, that those in the media business are wrestling with today.
I'm Tyler Brulee in Zurich and this is the Chiefs on Monocle 24.
Mark, great having you here.
We should probably tell our listeners first.
We've been up in Helsinki, we've crossed to Bal harbor, we've been everywhere with this very short series.
You've got the shortest commute because we are neighbors.
I mean, you're a much, much bigger media house than we are.
But it was an easy trip to get here today.
It's my favorite trip.
It's the best coffee and the best clothes I get here.
So whenever I have time, I come here to the Monocle and to the trunk store.
Okay, well, listen, Ringye as a company, as a business, because we're neighbors for our listeners, where you're not a household name.
And of course many people will know the group through some association, maybe just set it up for us.
What space do you occupy within a Swiss context, within a European context and within a global context.
Today Ringja is a still family owned company, fifth generation, so 180 years old.