Pierre-André Schmitt steers Fachmedien Mobil

Pierre-André Schmitt will take over as editor-in-chief of Tamedia’s Mobil trade media on July 1, 2008. The 49-year-old is currently deputy editor-in-chief of the business magazine *Bilanz*. Previously, he held the same position at the news magazine *Facts*.

Pierre-André Schmitt will take over as Editor-in-Chief of Tamedia's specialist media Mobil on July 1, 2008. The 49-year-old will be responsible for the journalistic management of Automobil Revue/Revue Automobile and the motorcycle magazine Moto Sport Schweiz/Moto Sport Suisse. Schmitt is currently deputy editor-in-chief of the business magazine Bilanz. He previously held the same position at the news magazine Facts.
Schmitt will join Fachmedien Mobil even before he starts as Editor-in-Chief: From spring, he is to define the future strategy of Fachmedien Mobil together with the new Managing Director Lorenz Brügger. Schmitt will replace the current Editor-in-Chief Max Nötzli at Automobil Revue. He took over as Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director on an interim basis last year and will return to his role as Senior Editor at Automobil Revue from July, according to a press release. The editors-in-chief of the French-language magazine Revue Automobile and the motorcycle magazines Moto Sport Schweiz and Moto Sport Suisse will continue in their current roles.
Since January 1, 2008, Fachmedien Mobil has been part of the magazine division of Tamedia headed by Uli Rubner and belongs to the new "Media Switzerland" division. Rubner is leaving Tamedia at the end of April 2008 and will be succeeded by Christian Haberbeck.

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