Marco Genepretti leaves Radio 24 and TeleZüri

Another departure at the top of TeleZüri and Radio 24: Marco Genepretti, ad interim Head of Marketing and Sales of the two stations, is terminating his contract with Tamedia as of April 2008. According to a statement from the publishing house, he wants to develop his career outside Tamedia. Genepretti joined the two broadcasters in 2006 from Dresdner Bank. Following the departure of the previous Head of Marketing and Sales, Tarkan Özküp, at the end of November, Genepretti took over the management ad interim (see ). A successor has not yet been found: Radio 24 and TeleZüri intend to announce a successor in the coming weeks, according to a press release.
In addition to Ökzüp and Genepretti, Tamedia also lost Andreas Meili, Head of Electronic Media. The lawyer will become self-employed and open a media law firm.
Is TeleZüri and Radio 24 in trouble if the number of departures is now so high? "No," Marco Genepretti told Werbewoche. "These changes are unrelated. The mood here is good". The search for a successor is now underway.

Genepretti himself is looking for "new tasks and new perspectives", as he went on to say. He has received a concrete offer, but it has not yet been finalized. He will definitely remain in the media sector. Genepretti did not want to comment on whether the potential new employer was a radio station. Only this much could be elicited from him: "It's not Radio 1".