Thomas Passen is not moving to Tamedia after all
Ringier's head of marketing, Thomas Passen, will not be moving to rival Tamedia after all. As recently as October, the media group had announced that Passen would be leaving to become head of the national media advertising division.
Passen should have taken up the new position at the end of 2016. However, he has now decided to become self-employed, Tamedia announced on Thursday evening.
According to the press release, Tamedia is waiving the fulfillment of the current employment contract. Thomas Passen is quoted as follows: "In recent weeks, a new opportunity has opened up for me that I do not want to turn down. I would like to thank Marcel Kohler and Tamedia for their flexibility and their willingness to accommodate the termination of our contract."
Tamedia will now announce in due course who will take over the management of the national media advertising market from the end of 2016. According to Tamedia, however, all other management positions in the future organization have been filled.
