Daniel Ettlinger becomes CEO of Rheintal Medien AG

At the beginning of February 2018, Daniel Ettlinger took over operational responsibility for Rheintal Medien AG as CEO. The eastern Swiss media company includes the two regional daily newspapers "Der Rheintaler" and "Rheintalische Volkszeitung", the regional online portal rheintaler.ch, Copydruck Rheintal AG and the subsidiary Galledia AG with its commercial printing, specialist publishing and digital divisions, which also includes the specialist magazine MK Marketing und Kommunikation. With a turnover of around CHF 50 million and 250 employees, Rheintal Medien AG is one of the largest medium-sized media companies in Switzerland with locations in Berneck, Flawil, Frauenfeld, Zurich, Lucerne and Chur. "We are delighted to have Daniel Ettlinger, an extremely competent and experienced industry expert, at the helm of Rheintal Medien AG in the future. His task will be to transform our well-positioned company in difficult times and lead it into the digital future," says Urs Schneider, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rheintal Medien AG.Daniel Ettlinger has held various management positions at the NZZ Media Group since 2006. He began as Managing Director of BuchsMedien AG, headed Multicolor Print from 2008 and NZZ Print in Schlieren from 2013, as well as the Printing and Specialist Publishing division of LZ Medien Holding. In January 2016, he took over responsibility for the entire publishing services of the NZZ Media Group. These include NZZ Media Services AG, Multicolor Print AG and Maxiprint.ch AG. In mid-June 2017, he joined the Reach Media division with radio and TV in Central and Eastern Switzerland as well as the FM1Today online portal. Before Daniel Ettlinger joined the NZZ Media Group, he managed the Eastern Switzerland branch network of Allgemeine Plakatgesellschaft APG for ten years. He also worked as an editor for Tagblatt Medien and as an advertising salesman for Orell Füssli Werbe AG (Publicitas).