Newsnetz: Sales department reorganized
Newsnetz, the joint news portal of the Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung, Der Bund, and Tages-Anzeiger, is reorganizing its sales department. Claudio Lumbiarres will take over as head of the sales team, which now also includes Cyrill Hänggi. Denise Eggenberger will become deputy head of advertising sales.

As a first step, the new function of Head of Sales will be introduced at the beginning of April 2011. Claudio Lumbiarres, Key Account Manager at Newsnetz since June 2008, will assume this position and thus overall responsibility for the Sales team. He will also be responsible for business development. The 25-year-old has already completed his commercial training in the media industry and then gained two years of professional experience at Publicitas. Claudio Lumbiarres has been part of the sales team since Newsnetz was founded in 2008 and completed further training as a marketing specialist in parallel to his work at Newsnetz.

At the same time Denise Eggenbergerwho has been working for Newsnetz as Key Account Manager since May 2009, has been appointed Deputy Head of Advertising Market. In this role, she is also responsible for marketing. Denise Eggenberger succeeds Stefano Buzziwho took over the management of the
advertising market. Denise Eggenberger started out as a businesswoman at Mövenpick and then moved to Tilllate.com, where she gained experience in online marketing. The 29-year-old then worked as Communications Manager at Diesel Swiss.
advertising market. Denise Eggenberger started out as a businesswoman at Mövenpick and then moved to Tilllate.com, where she gained experience in online marketing. The 29-year-old then worked as Communications Manager at Diesel Swiss.

The sales team is also being strengthened by Cyrill Hänggiwho joined Newsnetz as Key Account Manager on March 21, 2011. Cyrill Hänggi has already completed his commercial apprenticeship at Tamedia. The 25-year-old then worked as a marketing assistant at the Tages-Anzeiger and at the same time trained as a marketing specialist.
