Markus Ruppe holds a Master's degree in Economics, and has been employed in the publishing business since 1990. This includes nearly seven years at Süddeutschen Verlag, most recently as Advertising Sales and Marketing Manager for the Süddeutsche Zeitung. In addition, he served as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher, Flensburg, from 1998 to 2001. Since September 2001, he has been the Managing Director of ZMG.

ZMG Zeitungs Marketing Gesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main

ZMG is the central marketing service of the German newspaper publishers. It provides research, planning and consulting services, as well as supporting advertising clients and agencies with practice-oriented services from media planning to assessing advertising impact.