Major shake-up at Ringier Switzerland
Ringier Switzerland has officially started work following a far-reaching internal reorganization with new structures, divisions and people and with Marc Walder as the new Managing Director. The publishing house is focusing primarily on growth in the digital market.
Ringier Switzerland officially started work on Monday following a far-reaching internal reorganization with new structures, divisions and people and with Marc Walder as the new Managing Director. Walder succeeds Daniel Pillard, who led Ringier Switzerland on an ad interim basis for a year. As the publishing house announced in a press release, the previous and new management teams have been pushing ahead with the reorganization over the past few months. The aim was to create structures for the business in a dynamic market environment.
As the Group wants to continue to grow in the digital market, three new sub-divisions have been created in the New Media division by Executive Board member Christoph Bauer: The Media Site Center (MSC), headed by Thomas Huwiler, offers Internet services. New Internet business models and platforms are being developed in the Media Lab under the direction of André Maerz, while Ringier is setting up a central marketing unit for Ringier Internet pool products in the Media Sales sub-division. Ueli Weber will take over as Head of Media Sales on November 1, 2008.
A breath of fresh air is also blowing at "Cash": from October 1, Dietrich Berg, the former head of the magazine reader market, will become the new publishing director of the Cash multimedia platform. Christoph Bauer will retain overall management of the Cash Group, while Berg will be responsible for the further development of the integrated media company.
Roland Kühne, Head of the Customer Contact Center, is taking over the management of the Magazines reader market from Dietrich Berg in addition to his previous position. The Magazines division will be managed by Urs Heller. The previous interim Managing Director of Ringier Switzerland, Daniel Pillard, will return to his traditional Ringier Romandie division as a member of the new Executive Board.
Beniamino Esposito is taking over the management of the newspaper advertising market from Martin Tamas at the Blick Group. Esposito was previously Head of Advertising Market in the Magazines division for five years. The Editorial Services, Classified Ad Models, Online Sales (blick.ch) and Crossmedia departments will now report to the Blick Group's advertising market and will also be managed by Beniamino Esposito. In return, Martin Tamas will take over the Advertising Market Magazines division and will also head the International Sales division. The Blick Group division will be managed by Thomas Passen.
As the Group wants to continue to grow in the digital market, three new sub-divisions have been created in the New Media division by Executive Board member Christoph Bauer: The Media Site Center (MSC), headed by Thomas Huwiler, offers Internet services. New Internet business models and platforms are being developed in the Media Lab under the direction of André Maerz, while Ringier is setting up a central marketing unit for Ringier Internet pool products in the Media Sales sub-division. Ueli Weber will take over as Head of Media Sales on November 1, 2008.
A breath of fresh air is also blowing at "Cash": from October 1, Dietrich Berg, the former head of the magazine reader market, will become the new publishing director of the Cash multimedia platform. Christoph Bauer will retain overall management of the Cash Group, while Berg will be responsible for the further development of the integrated media company.
Roland Kühne, Head of the Customer Contact Center, is taking over the management of the Magazines reader market from Dietrich Berg in addition to his previous position. The Magazines division will be managed by Urs Heller. The previous interim Managing Director of Ringier Switzerland, Daniel Pillard, will return to his traditional Ringier Romandie division as a member of the new Executive Board.
Beniamino Esposito is taking over the management of the newspaper advertising market from Martin Tamas at the Blick Group. Esposito was previously Head of Advertising Market in the Magazines division for five years. The Editorial Services, Classified Ad Models, Online Sales (blick.ch) and Crossmedia departments will now report to the Blick Group's advertising market and will also be managed by Beniamino Esposito. In return, Martin Tamas will take over the Advertising Market Magazines division and will also head the International Sales division. The Blick Group division will be managed by Thomas Passen.
