Holtzbrinck: Internet platforms merged into Zeit Digital
The Holtzbrinck Publishing Group will consolidate the offerings of Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel.de, and Zoomer.de into the new Zeit Digital on February 1, 2009. The internet platform is intended to become the publisher’s nationwide brand for quality online journalism.
The Holtzbrinck publishing group is bundling the offerings of Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel.de and Zoomer.de into the new Zeit Digital as of February 1, 2009. The Internet platform will employ around 75 people and is to become the publisher's nationwide journalistic online quality brand, as reported by the online service Kress. A large capital city editorial office will be set up in Berlin under the management of Zeit Online, whose content will also benefit the other two platforms.
The managing director of Zeit Digital will be 37-year-old Christian Röpke, who comes from G+J. Peter Neumann, currently Managing Director of Zoomer.de, will also act as Head of Zeit Digital during the merger phase. Wolfgang Blau, previously Editor-in-Chief of Zeit Online, will become Editor-in-Chief of the three websites. Blau, Röpke and Neumann will report to Rainer Esser, Managing Director of Zeit Verlag. Mercedes Bunz, editor-in-chief of Tagesspiegel.de, and Frank Syré, editor-in-chief of Zoomer.de, will remain on board as editorial directors.
The managing director of Zeit Digital will be 37-year-old Christian Röpke, who comes from G+J. Peter Neumann, currently Managing Director of Zoomer.de, will also act as Head of Zeit Digital during the merger phase. Wolfgang Blau, previously Editor-in-Chief of Zeit Online, will become Editor-in-Chief of the three websites. Blau, Röpke and Neumann will report to Rainer Esser, Managing Director of Zeit Verlag. Mercedes Bunz, editor-in-chief of Tagesspiegel.de, and Frank Syré, editor-in-chief of Zoomer.de, will remain on board as editorial directors.
