Oliver Käsermann becomes Managing Director of News 1

The Board of Directors of News 1 has appointed Oliver Käsermann as managing director. Käsermann will assume his position on April 1, 2009. The current project manager, Sam Müller, will step down in April but will continue to support the development of News1.ch on a limited basis.

The Board of Directors of News 1 has appointed Oliver Käsermann as Managing Director. Käsermann will take up his position on April 1, 2009. The previous project manager Sam Müller will retire in April, leaving the development of News1.ch but on a reduced scale.
Oliver Käsermann studied business administration at the University of Bern, majoring in marketing and graduating with a degree in economics. After starting out in the e-business environment at Swissair, where he helped to set up the Beyoo Internet travel portal, among other things, the 38-year-old has held various positions at Cablecom since 2003. Most recently, he was responsible for the specification and development of complex Internet applications. As News 1 writes in a press release on Friday, he has built up numerous Internet portals over the last ten years.
It is still unclear when the news platform of the six regional publishers (Schaffhauser Nachrichten, St. Galler Tagblatt, Mittelland Zeitung, Südostschweiz, Zürichsee Zeitung, Neue Luzerner Zeitung) will definitely go live. When asked by Werbewoche on Friday, no concrete answer could be given.

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