jobs and personal ads. Since spring 2016 la Mobilière holds 50% of shares in Scout24 Switzerland AG. Ringier however still consolidates the company. Internet Ringier also holds e-commerce platforms like DeinDeal.ch and geschenkidee.ch. In cooperation with bank zweiplus, Ringier manages the platform cash.ch. Ringier School of Journalism In 1974, Hans Ringier founded the first journalism school in Switzerland. Since then, many of today's prominent media-creators have learned the journalistic trade at the «Jou-Schu». Even publisher Michael Ringier and Ringier's CEO Marc Walder attended the in-house school. The journalism school is operated by the Hans Ringier Foundation. The president of the foundation board is Frank A. Meyer. Hannes Britschgi heads up the Ringier School of Journalism. Printing plants Essential to the main business of the company are several printing plants in Switzerland (Zofingen and Adligenswil). The printing plant in Zofingen was founded in 1833 and has since then been integrated into Swissprinters. Since 1975 Ringier Print in Adligenswil prints internal and external newspapers. Other activities Ringier holds a minority shareholding in Sat. 1 Schweiz AG, in SMD Schweizer Mediendatenbank and in Schober Direct Media AG. History In 1833 Johann Rudolf Ringier purchased a printing plant in the Swiss town of Zofingen and began by printing regional gazettes and school curriculums. The small workshop soon evolved into a national newspaper-publishing house. Schweizer Illustrierte was first published in 1911 using letterpress. It was Switzerland's most successful people magazine and remains so to this day. Ten years later the equivalent for French-speaking Switzerland L’Illustré was launched. Between 1948 and 1994 Ringier published comic stories of Ringgi and Zofi. In 1959 Ringier took the Swiss public by surprise launching the country's first tabloid, Blick. With SonntagsBlick appeared the first Sunday Paper in 1969 on the market. In 1974, Hans Ringier founded the first journalism school in Switzerland. In 1977 Schweizerische Allgemeine Volkszeitung became Glückspost. The Ringier-Pressehaus in Zurich Seefeld was opened in 1978. In the 1970s, the Swiss Ringier AG acquired the Munich publisher “Heering-Verlag” and changed the name to “Ringier Deutschland GmbH” (Ringier Germany). The publishing house primarily focused on photography for books and magazines. Ringier Germany employed around 100 people and published eight monthly magazines plus special editions (e.g. Globo, Kundenmagazin BMW, fotoMagazin). In 2001 Ringier Germany closed its doors. In 2004, Ringier Publishing GmbH in Berlin launched the magazine Cicero and thus returned to the German market. The printing plant Times-Ringier in