Ringier board member Christiane zu Salm leaves Burda

Ringier board member Christiane zu Salm is turning her back on the German media company Hubert Burda Media. The former MTV and Neun-Live boss and current head of the cross-media division only joined Burda in April. She was responsible for improving the link between print and online and had developed an offer and marketing platform for the company. The official reason given for the termination of the employment relationship is that zu Salm wants to "focus more on her own entrepreneurial activities in future and will move the center of her life to Berlin", according to a Burda press release published by the industry service Horizont. Publisher Hubert Burda himself spoke of a "personal decision that we very much regret but accept". Zu Salm will now work as an external consultant for Burda for another year.
According to Horizont, the return of board member Philipp Welte to Burda is likely to be closely linked to his departure. After Welte's return, who most recently built up the central marketer Media Impact at Springer, the responsibilities at Management Board level were not specified for a long time. Among other things, there was probably a need for discussion regarding responsibility for the marketer Burda Community Network. Welte and not Salm was to be given responsibility at Management Board level. In future, Welte will be responsible for expanding the company's cross-media activities.
zu Salm will retain her position on the Board of Directors of the Swiss media company Ringier. On the board, which is chaired by Michael Ringier, the German will sit with Vice Chairman Uli Sigg, Oscar Frei, Jan O. Frøshaug, Hans-Olaf Henkel and the new addition Martin Werfli .