Sep 22, 2015 11:40 UTC Lotta Edling Appointed New Editor-in- Chief of Dagens industri

Lotta Edling has been appointed new editor-in-chief and publisher of Dagens industri by the paper's board of directors. She succeeds Peter Fellman, who is leaving his position at the end of the year after more than six years as editor- in-chief to be Dagens industri’s proposed correspondent in New York.

“I am convinced that Lotta Edling will continue with great success to develop and consolidate Dagens industri's unique position as Sweden’s top business newspaper,” says Tomas Franzén, board chair for Dagens industri. “During Peter Fellman's leadership, Dagens industri has set the agenda for all business journalism, both on paper and digitally.”

Lotta Edling, who has been head of the news desk for Dagens industri since 2009, will take over as editor-in-chief from January 1, 2016. She has extensive experience as a journalist and editorial leader from business publications such as Affärsvärlden, Ekonomi24 and Veckans Affärer.

“I am very proud and happy to have the opportunity to lead Dagens industri into a new exciting era,” says Edling. “Dagens industri has a fantastic position. It’s an extremely strong brand and an important voice in Swedish trade and industry business. I look forward to strengthening this position even further together with our many talented employees, by developing and renewing our journalism and our offer to readers in all our channels.”

Says Peter Fellman: “I am pleased to hand the position over to Lotta and am confident that she will take Dagens industri forward to continued success. I am also proud that we have strengthened our position in business journalism on all of our platforms, particularly our conference and event business. Now I hope to realize a long-standing personal dream to work as a correspondent in New York and thus be able to contribute to Dagens industri’s future.”

Gunilla Herlitz, CEO of Dagens industri says: “I have worked closely with both Peter and Lotta for many years and know that this change guarantees continuity. The challenges are many, but Dagens industri has such a unique position among both readers and advertisers that the opportunities to continue to develop the newspaper's content and accessibility are huge.”

Dagens industri is the leading business newspaper in the Nordics with the largest business news office, with more than 100 journalists. The newspaper reaches more than 300,000 readers daily, while di.se has about 1.2 million unique visitors and some 25 million page views per week. Operating profit for Dagens industri in 2014 amounted to SEK 171 million, representing an operating margin of 23 percent. Dagens industri is part of the business area Bonnier News along with Dagens Nyheter, Expressen, Sydsvenskan/Helsingborgs Dagblad and Bold Printing.

Bonnier is a multi-channel media group with companies and brands across 16 countries.

Contacts

Lotta Edling Redaktionschef och tillträdande chefredaktör, Dagens industri [email protected] +46 8 573 650 70

Peter Fellman Chefredaktör Dagens industri [email protected] +46 8 573 650 86 David Salsbäck Director of Communications Communication, Public Affairs [email protected] +46 (0)8 736 40 47