Marcel Kohler to step down as head of 20 Minuten at the end of 2021

Marcel Kohler has decided to take over the operational management of 20 minutes at the end of 2021. Until the handover of management responsibility, Marcel Kohler, together with the approximately 300 employees, intends to maintain the position of 20 minutes and expand it in the area of moving images in particular.

Marcel Kohler took over the management of 20 minutes For almost fifteen years, he shaped the development of the commuter newspaper, which now reaches almost 3 million readers daily, both online and offline. He introduced convergent working methods both in the editorial department and in the publishing house. According to the press release, this was the basis for the successful digital transformation of the 20 minutes Media Network.

Marcel Kohler has been responsible for the expansion of commuter newspapers in Switzerland and abroad: The launch of 20 minutes in French-speaking Switzerland in 2006 and from 20 minuti in Ticino in 2011, the launch of commuter brands in Luxembourg, Denmark as well as the participation in the commuter newspaper Heute and the development of the digital offering in Austria.

Since January 1, 2020, Marcel Kohler has been Managing Director within the decentralized structure of TX Group of 20 minutes. He was previously a member of the Executive Board and Head of Advertising and Commuter Media between 2013 and 2019. In 1982, he began his career in the media world at Schaffhauser Bock, and from 1985 he worked for over 20 years at the publishing house of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. After training as a sales manager at SAWI in Biel, Marcel Kohler completed further training in systems marketing at the University of St. Gallen.