MEDIA BRIEF: Wolfgang Munchau Times commentator

FINANCIAL TIMES: Wolfgang Munchau has been appointed European commentator on the Financial Times. Based in Brussels, Munchau joined the FT in 1995 as Frankfurt correspondent and was part of the launch team for FT Deutschland in 2000 - he was head of news. For three years to 1999 he was an economics correspondent on the FT. Prior to joining the FT, he worked for The Times as a correspondent in Washington and Brussels.