New York free daily amNewYork started advertising for a new editor-in-chief.
According to the ad, the readers of the paper “want their news quick and simple and amNewYork fills that niche with a vibrant, broad read that gets them ‘water-cooler’ ready.”
The Spanish organization for free media (Asociación Española de Prensa Gratuita, AEPG), elected a new Board on April 1.
New chairman is Sergio Crespo Gil, editor of the Sevilla Mediática group.,Other Board members are Javier Estrada (Revista Plácet), Miquel Pol (Part Forana), Isabel González (Grupo Ediciones y Comunicaciones de Canarias), Ángel Muñoz (Revista Bulevar), Sebastián Triviere-Casanovas (In Family) and Marina Izquierdo (Padres o Nones).
AEPG represents more than 300 free publications: daily newspapers, weeklies, monthlies and online media.
Metro-man Steve Auckland, who worked for Metro UK since 2002, is appointed as managing director of DMGT’s regional newspaper operation Northcliffe Media.
The regional media group is in need of restructuring according to The Guardian. Auckland saw the profits of Metro UK increase over the years, and contributed substantially to this.
Richard Schmitt will leave Austrian free daily Heute this month after serving the paper for six years. According to Die Presse Schmitt was already warned some months ago because his ‘raw’ ways of dealing with people did not fly with all staff members.
Schmitt’s successor will be Wolfgang Ainetter who currently works for German boulevard newspaper Bild Zeitung.
Dear all,
2010 has gone in a hazy shade of winter as the picture shows.
Thanks for the Xmas & New Years greetings I received from all over the word.
2011 will have the newsletter back – a computer crash messed up the mailing list – and will also introduce a new design for the website.
greetings,
Piet
Jonas Kuld Rahje (33 years old) is the new editor of Danish free dailies MetroXpress and 24Timer. (MediaWatch)
Before he worked for Jyllands Posten and was director of MediaMovers.
Former editor Jakob Høyer left the company in October. (photo LinkedIn)
Within two months, the Metro papers in Denmark lose both editors-in-chief. In October, Jakob Høyer, editor of MetroXpress announced his leave.
But also Susanne Sayers, editor of Metro’s second Danish free daily 24timer will leave the company according to MediaWatch.
Metro International appointed Global Editor-in-Chief Maggie Samways, Group Sales Director Johanna Öberg and Managing Director of Global Online Peter Holmlund as Executive Vice Presidents.
Maggie Samways started at Metro in 2003 as page editor, moved on to a news editor and subsequently became Editor-in-Chief for Metro US. Following a period at the New York Daily News, Ms. Samways returned to Metro International to serve as Global Editor-in-Chief.
Johanna. Öberg joined Metro in August last year and has since been engaged in developing sales on the global level, first as Sales Director for the Travel segment and later as Group Sales Director.
Peter Holmlund re-joined Metro in February as Managing Director for the Global Online Division. Holmlund has extensive experience from the online media industry with a background in the Schibsted group and most recently Microsoft, as Executive Producer for MSN Sweden.
Jakob Høyer, editor-in-chief of the Danish edition of Metro (MetroXpress) and 24timer, will leave the company at the end of the month.
Høyer worked for four years at Metro Denmark in this position. (MediaWatch)
The website Metromode.se is only slightly branded as a Metro spin-off. No direct links to Metro and not even the familiar green color. It has the look and feel of a typical blog. Metro Sweden just hired a new editor, Signe Siemsen, for the website. (Resume)
