Publishing director Christine Rennhard leaves AZ Medien

Christine Rennhard, Publishing Director of the Aargauer Zeitung and Sonntag since January 2008, is seeking a new direction and will leave AZ Medien on 31 December 2009. As part of the reorganization of the Aargauer Zeitung division, the position will no longer be filled in this form.

Christine Rennhard is handing over operational management with immediate effect, but will continue to manage various projects for AZ Medien in the reader and classifieds market until the end of the year and also in 2010. Christoph Marty will take over as Managing Director of Aargauer Zeitung/Sonntag. Ronnie Hürlimann (Aargauer Zeitung) and Tanja Laube (Sonntag, Mittellandzeitung) will be responsible for product marketing. They are also responsible for the important coordination tasks between the reader and advertising market, editorial office, production and sales. As of January 1, 2010, Paolo Placa will move from Publicitas to Aargauer Zeitung as Head of Sales Mittelland Zeitung, Aargauer Zeitung and Sonntag. Roger Knabenhans will take over as Head of Internal Sales, Marketing Service and a-z.ch on November 1, 2009.
Christine Rennhard has decided to hand over operational responsibility with immediate effect in order to be able to transfer the work for the launch of AZ/MZ/Sonntag as quickly as possible to the restructured Aargauer Zeitung division, the publisher announced on Monday.

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