Andrea Rieder is the new editor-in-chief of Central Bavarian newspaper (MZ) in Regensburg. The “Mediengruppe Bayern” announced this on Monday. The flagship publishing group includes the Passauer Neue Presse as well as the MZ and the Danube Courier from Ingolstadt. Rieder, 37, comes from the MZ editorial team and replaces Gerd Schneider, 60. Schneider headed the company for two years MZ in dual function, he is also editor-in-chief of Danube courier. Since 2022, he has been responsible for the integration of MZ, which was taken over by the Passau publishing group, into the new “Mediengruppe Bayern”. Now he’s concentrating again on his job Danube Courierthe statement said.
After her traineeship at MZ, Rieder worked there as an editor and was later product manager for the website. After a stint with the Nuremberg News She returned as editor-in-chief in December. Rieder is supported by Christian Eckl, 46, as a member of the editor-in-chief. According to the information, he remains chief reporter at the same time.
According to figures from the information community for determining the distribution of advertising media (IVW), the sold circulation of the MZ in the third quarter of 2023 was 83,172 copies.