Das Magazin: Thomas Estermann becomes publishing director
Effective February 1, 2008, 39-year-old Thomas Estermann will assume the newly created position of publishing director at the magazine.
On February 1, 2008, Thomas Estermann will take over the newly created position of Publishing Director at the magazine. The previous managing director Res Strehle, who is also deputy editor-in-chief of the Tages-Anzeiger, will concentrate on his tasks at the Tages-Anzeiger and the News and Online News Network projects from May 1, 2008.39-year-old Thomas Estermann has been working for Tamedia since 1999. After five years at Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich and Zürich Express, Estermann joined Facts in 2004 and took over as advertising manager in 2006.
There will also be a change in the magazine's advertising management next year: in summer 2008, the current sales manager Monika Brändli will take over as advertising manager. Long-time advertising manager Fridolin Holdener is retiring.
The magazine is to be integrated into Tamedia's Media Switzerland division. Together with the editorial team under the management of Finn Canonica, Estermann, Holdener and Brändli will continue the course taken by the weekend supplement of Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung and Tages-Anzeiger, according to a press release from Tamedia.
