Aargauer Zeitung loses its publishing director

 
Sabine Galindo, publishing director of the Aargauer Zeitung, is leaving the company at the end of the year to pursue a new career. The succession plan is not yet known, as AZ Medien spokeswoman Eva Keller told Werbewoche. The search for a successor is now underway. "We hope that we will be able to fill the position by the end of the year," said Keller. Sabine Galindo joined the AZ Medien Group's magazine publishing house in 2001 as Head of "Life and Enjoyment" and was responsible for the subscription service. From 2004, she was Head of Reader Market and managed the reader service activities. These two departments were merged smoothly under her leadership. As Head of Reader Marketing at Aargauer Zeitung, she played a key role in the launch of the AZ regional format (2004) and the additional cultural and social supplement "Foyer" (2005).
According to the AZ Medien Group's media release, Galindo was appointed Publishing Director in February 2006 and was a member of the extended management board of the AZ Medien Group. In this function, she supported the development of cooperation between the publishing house and advertising sales by Publicitas from January 2006 and expanded AZ's reader marketing activities.