Marc Görtz leaves Ringier

Marc Görtz, who was previously Head of Electronic Media at Ringier, is leaving the media company at his own request at the end of September. "It's time for something new," explained Görtz at the request of Werbewoche. The media professional was Managing Director of the Ringier subsidiary Sat.1 Switzerland for several years, Managing Director of RingierTV since 2005 and was a member of the Executive Board from July 2007, where he was responsible for the then newly created Electronic Media division with the Television, Film, New Media and Radio departments. When Marc Walder takes up office as Head of Ringier Switzerland, the former management divisions Electronic Media and Business Media will be merged to form the new "New Media" division, which will be headed by Christoph Bauer, a member of the Executive Board. Görtz would therefore no longer have been represented on the Executive Board. "Such reorganization phases open windows for personal changes," explained Görtz, who could have continued to be responsible for the Electronic Media division. "I am now looking at various interesting options, but nothing has been decided yet."
From September 1, Christoph Bauer will directly manage the two radio stations Radio Energy Zurich and Radio BE1. The New Media division also includes RingierTV and Ringier WebCenter, which will be managed by Mathias Ruch.