Andreas Waldis leaves Ringier and sets up his own business

After five years in leading positions in the areas of television and new media, Andreas Waldis is leaving the Ringier media group on May 31, 2007. The 40-year-old marketing and media specialist will take up an independent position in the area of digital media and cross-media marketing, as Ringier announced on Wednesday. Over the past twelve months, Waldis has been responsible for the development and management of the New Media competence center at Ringier. He networked Ringier's online activities, established the digital committees at Group and country level and oversaw the launch of new products and services in the field of new media. At the same time, he played a key role in the development of Ringier's new digital strategy, acted as an internal consultant and project manager and transformed the New Media staff unit into a separate department. Prior to this, he was responsible for marketing and sales in the management of the television division for four years and made a significant contribution to the commercial success of RingierTV. Waldis' successor will be appointed in the coming weeks.