Tamedia: Eckstein succeeds Bollmann

The regional newspapers, gazettes and news platforms in the Zurich area and the Bern-based media company Espace Media will be brought together under the management of Ueli Eckstein within the new Regional Media German-speaking Switzerland division from Monday, September 10, 2012, as detailed in a press release. Ueli Eckstein, an experienced publishing expert, will take over the management of Regional Media German-speaking Switzerland. The 60-year-old has headed the Espace Media division since 2009 and previously held positions including Deputy CEO of AZ Medien, Deputy Publishing Director of Tages-Anzeiger and Publishing Director of Sonntags Zeitung.

Rolf Bollmann's retirement had already been announced in June, but was originally planned for 2013. The 64-year-old had been a member of Tamedia's Management Board since 2005 and took over as head of the Media Zurich division in 2008. Prior to his appointment to the Management Board, he founded the commuter newspaper 20 Minuten in 1999 and made a significant contribution to its successful development as Managing Director. Despite the change, Rolf Bollmann will continue to support Tamedia in the further development of the regional media in the Zurich area on a mandate basis until the end of 2014. In this context, he will also continue his mandates on the boards of directors of Glatttaler, Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich, Ziegler Druck- und Verlag and Zürcher Regionalzeitungen. As Tamedia Head of Communications Christoph Zimmer emphasized to Werbewoche.ch, this commitment is in no way related to Bollmann's commitment to Basler Zeitung Medien.