Tom Talent Holding acquires majority stake in Cinergy

 The investment company Tom Talent Holding is taking over 80 percent of the cross-media publisher Cinergy. The remaining 20 percent will remain with the current owners Tobias Asch and Martin Glauser, who will continue to manage the company. No details were given about the purchase price. According to the announcement, there will be no job cuts: On the contrary, Cinergy plans to expand further and expand its business areas with the help of Tom Talent's participation, the communiqué says. Cinergy was founded nine years ago and currently employs 30 permanent staff and about the same number of freelancers. The company operates the cinema portal Cineman, the online TV guide Teleboy and the event database Eventbooster, in addition to offering services such as content providing and consulting. Customers include Swisscom, SBB, Ringier, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Tamedia and Orange.
The investment company Tom Talent Holding was founded last year by media entrepreneur and Jobs.ch initiator Thomas Sterchi. Its holdings include Condor Films AG and the newly founded film investment company Millbrook Pictures AG.