Ringier

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Ringier AG is the largest media corporation in Switzerland based in Zofingen. It publishes several newspapers and magazines in both German and French. It has a yearly income of approximately 1.1 billion CHF with profits around 55.6 million and over 6,000 employees.

The political orientation of the group is towards Socialism. It can be easily noticed by reading the articles appearing through the various magazines and publications it owns. As well as the fact that among its consultants is Gerhard Schröder. The former German chancellor is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. This party is a member of Socialist International.


The Owners of the company are:

Evelyn Ling-Ringier, Annette Ringier and Michael Ringier.


The Board of Director is made up of:

-Michael Ringier (president),

- Dr. Uli Sigg (vice-director) [Honorary member of the China-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce, which he founded in 1980, he served as ambassador in China as well.]

- Oscar Frei, [president of Infront Sports & Media AG - Zug. “Infront, the international sports marketing company that handles the broadcasting of the FIFA World Cup™, has its corporate headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. It employs more than 80 people and has additional offices in Kreuzlingen (Switzerland), Ipswich (United Kingdom) and Helsinki (Finland).” Source : site de Infront ]

- Jan O. Froshaug, [ex-director of Scandinavian media octopus Egmont, it is also active in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania ...]

- Dr. Hans-Olaf Henkel [ex-president of the German Fédération of Industry (BDI) ; president of IBM Europe. Presently, Dr. Henkel is a member of numerous Supervisory Boards, such as IBM Deutschland, AUDI AG and Continental AG as well as co-founder of the German-Japan Initiative, for which he was highly awarded by the Japanese Government and other organizations. He is also Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Industriebank AG (IKB) and took on a Visiting Professorship at the University of Mannheim, Germany. Dr Henkel also is Senator of the "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft", as well as of the "Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz", two leading institutions promoting scientific research in Germany . He received the Cicero-Rednerpreis Prize 2001. Cicero is ...the German magazine of Ringier . ]
- Martin Werfeli (Secretary)


[edit] Publications

Among others, in Switzerland, in German:

  • Blick and Sonntags-Blick
  • Betty Bossi Zeitung
  • Bolero
  • CASH
  • Cicero
  • edelweiss
  • Gesundheit Sprechstunde
  • Glückspost
  • heute
  • Schweizer Illustrierte
  • Tele
  • TV täglich
  • TV vier

in Switzerland, in French:

in Slovakia

  • Nový čas
  • Nový čas Víkend
  • Nový čas Nedeľa
  • Nový čas pre ženy
  • Nový čas Ľudia
  • Život
  • Eurotelevízia
  • Telemagazín
  • Eva
  • Rebecca
  • In

in Romania

in Serbia

in China

  • Cityweekend

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