Axel Springer Switzerland completes reorganization of TV magazines

Six months after acquiring Ringier’s TV titles, Axel Springer Switzerland has announced that the organizational and personnel restructuring of its TV magazines is complete. In addition to the names already known, Roger Baur, Christof Auer, and Mathias Neu joined the editorial management team as of the beginning of 2008.

 
Six months after the takeover of the titles Tele, TV2 and TVvier and their merger with TV-Star and the Swiss edition of TV Digital, Axel Springer Switzerland has announced that the organizational and personnel changes in the TV magazine division have been completed. As previously announced, Editor-in-Chief Gion Stecher (see ) is responsible for the overall management of the TV guides. His deputy for the entire division is Urs Padel, who is also Tele Editor-in-Chief. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Roger Kuster has taken over the management of the newly created Entertainment department, which produces content for all five titles. In addition, Roger Baur was appointed Deputy Editor-in-Chief as of January 1, 2008. He is also responsible for the new Infotainment department. This department works primarily for the flagship Tele.
Since the beginning of January, the editorial management has also included Christof Auer, who as art director is responsible for the visual appearance of the TV magazines, and Mathias Neu, who is head of copywriting for all titles. Christof Auer is responsible for the central graphics and photo editing departments, while Mathias Neu is in charge of proofreading and central program editing.

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