Tamedia sells Internet agency Backslash to the management
A management buyout is taking place at Backslash, an Internet and multimedia agency based in Thurgau: Four members of the current management team will take over the company from Huber & Co.—which has been part of Tamedia since 2006—effective March 1, 2008.
The Thurgau-based Internet and multimedia agency Backslash is undergoing a management buyout: four members of the previous management team will take over the company on March 1, 2008 from Huber & Co, which has belonged to Tamedia since 2006. The new owners intend to continue running the agency independently, according to a press release issued on Tuesday. The management team consists of the previous Managing Director Franz Schättin, the Head of Development & Programming, Mischa Sameli, and the two people responsible for Web Design & Multimedia, Markus Walter and Mathias Gamper. They have built up Backslash over the past few years. The new owners will continue to employ all 15 staff and both apprentices at the current location in Frauenfeld. Backslash has been in existence since 1996 and is active in the field of e-government; other strategic business areas are associations, healthcare and SMEs. According to the press release, the takeover by the management team will guarantee comprehensive support for existing customers and enable the continuous further development of services.
