AZ Medien: Handover to the new CEO - management structure adjusted
The Board of Directors of AZ Medien AG approved the new top management structure at its last meeting. The handover from Peter Wanner to Christoph Bauer as CEO of the AZ Medien Group will take place on January 1, 2010.
As CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, Christoph Bauer will be responsible for the operational business. Peter Wanner will in future devote himself primarily to strategic tasks as publisher, as the publishing house announced on Monday. At the same time, the structure of the company management will be adjusted: With "Systeme&Services" under the management of Rainer Sauser a new division was created. Human Resources, IT, Prepress, Systems, Process Optimization and Mittelland Newspaper Printing are integrated into this division.
The "E-media" division (Radio Argovia, Radio 32, Tele M1, Mobile) will in future be managed by CEO Christoph Bauer. Roland Baumgartner, previously Head of the "E-media" division, will concentrate on expanding the radio business again following the new license and the development of Tele M1 activities and will hand over the management of TV activities to Marc Friedli who will join the AZ Medien Group from Espace Media Groupe. Roland Baumgartner and Marc Friedli will report directly to the CEO.
As before, the "Aargauer Zeitung/Sonntag" division, which includes the editorial offices and publishing houses Aargauer Zeitung and Sonntag, Mittelland Zeitung, a-z.ch/Multimedia and Crossmedia, will be managed by Christoph Marty managed. For "Medien Nordwestschweiz" (Solothurner Zeitung, Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, various advertisers and customer printing of the Vogt-Schild Group) Peter Buri responsible. The "Anzeiger/Zeitschriften/Bücher" division (Limmattaler Zeitung, Weiss Medien, Stadtanzeiger Aarau/Baden, Bezirksanzeiger Dietikon, Lenzburger Bezirksanzeiger, Der Seetaler/Der Lindenberg, Stadtanzeiger Olten, Zeitschriftenverlag, Buchverlag) is responsible for the following areas Dietrich Berg before. The CFO is responsible for "Financial Services/Sales". Roland Tschudi responsible.
The "E-media" division (Radio Argovia, Radio 32, Tele M1, Mobile) will in future be managed by CEO Christoph Bauer. Roland Baumgartner, previously Head of the "E-media" division, will concentrate on expanding the radio business again following the new license and the development of Tele M1 activities and will hand over the management of TV activities to Marc Friedli who will join the AZ Medien Group from Espace Media Groupe. Roland Baumgartner and Marc Friedli will report directly to the CEO.
As before, the "Aargauer Zeitung/Sonntag" division, which includes the editorial offices and publishing houses Aargauer Zeitung and Sonntag, Mittelland Zeitung, a-z.ch/Multimedia and Crossmedia, will be managed by Christoph Marty managed. For "Medien Nordwestschweiz" (Solothurner Zeitung, Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, various advertisers and customer printing of the Vogt-Schild Group) Peter Buri responsible. The "Anzeiger/Zeitschriften/Bücher" division (Limmattaler Zeitung, Weiss Medien, Stadtanzeiger Aarau/Baden, Bezirksanzeiger Dietikon, Lenzburger Bezirksanzeiger, Der Seetaler/Der Lindenberg, Stadtanzeiger Olten, Zeitschriftenverlag, Buchverlag) is responsible for the following areas Dietrich Berg before. The CFO is responsible for "Financial Services/Sales". Roland Tschudi responsible.
