Lausanne and Zurich, 4 November 2011 – Tamedia has named a successor to the de­signa­ted Chief Executive Officer Christoph Tonini. Effective 1 January 2012, Serge Reymond will also be responsible for the corporate division of media in German-speaking areas of Switzer­land with the Tamedia magazines, Finanz und Wirtschaft as well as Sonn­tagsZeitung. Serge Reymond, 48 years old, has been the managing director of Edi­presse Suisse since 2009 and has also been a member of the executive board of Tamedia as holder of this position since may 2011. He has played a decisive role in the successful merger of two companies in Switzerland over the past two years.

Christoph Tonini, who will take over from Martin Kall as Chief Executive Officer in 2013, will retain direct responsibility for the corporate division «Digital & 20 Minuten» until the end of 2012.

Under the management of Serge Reymond, teams from the two, still independently orga­nized corporate divisions will expand and implement the already developed projects for new media offers. In addition, exchanges of ideas and experience will be expanded further between Edipresse Suisse and media in the German-speaking areas of Switzerland across language barriers. The Board of Directors and the Management Board of Tamedia wish Serge Reymond and the project teams in the German- and French-speaking areas of Switzerland all the best.

Tamedia AG
Tamedia is a Swiss media company based in Zurich. Tamedia's daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and online platforms, together with its newspaper printing facilities make it one of Switzerland's leading media enterprises. Thanks to their independent reporting and critical investigations, Tamedia's media play a key part in shaping opinion and provide plenty of talking-points with entertaining stories from every area of life. The company was established in 1893 and has been listed on the Swiss stock exchange since 2000.
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