Thomas Kaiser will take over the management of the Ringier subsidiary Media Swiss Group on October 1, 2011. He succeeds Daniel Grossen, who will continue to chair the company as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Kaiser has been with Publigroupe since 2006, initially as Head of Corporate Development, since 2008 as CEO Digital & Marketing Services and since 2009 also as Deputy CEO of the entire group. Prior to this, he spent several years in management positions in the media industry, including at Hubert Burda Media and Bertelsmann. Thomas Kaiser holds a degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen.

Following his resignation as CEO of the Scout Group, which he announced on March 29, 2011, the former head of Media Swiss Group, Daniel Grossen, will also step down from his current operational activities at the company at his own request in order to pursue new entrepreneurial challenges. Grossen will, however, remain active as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Media Swiss Group and will be available to Ringier as an advisor.

The Media Swiss Group operates online marketplaces, geographic information systems, electronic directories and the marketing of advertising space. The Group includes the online offerings of the Scout24 Group - a joint venture with Deutsche Telekom - Anibis, Gate24, Xmedia, Omnimedia, Geomatic, Baugate24, Mapgate24 and international holdings.

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