New advertising management at the Berner Zeitung

Matthias O. Hütköper (36) will take over as Head of Advertising at the Berner Zeitung (BZ) on July 1. Hütköper is currently Managing Director of Schleswig-Holsteinischer Druck und Verlagsservice. He previously worked as advertising manager at the Oldenburgische Volkszeitung and was head of advertising sales at the Berliner Zeitung. The qualified business economist will take over the management of the entire advertising market (commercial advertisements, classifieds and online sales on espace.ch) for the entire BZ edition (including Thuner Tagblatt, Berner Oberländer, Solothurner Tagblatt and Der Bund). The previous advertising manager Michael Seiler is moving at his own request to the German Switzerland/International sales department, where he is responsible for sales. Stefan Hostettler, who has been responsible for sales in the Zurich area for two years, will become the new sales manager in Berne.