Dr. Mathias (* 15 January 1963 in Bonn) is chief executive of the German Media group of Axel Springer AG.

The studied Germanist, theatre and attained a doctorate music scientists began its career 1982 as a music critic of the feuilleton of the Frankfurt general newspaper. After he had worked as FAZ correspondent in Brussels, changed 1992 to Gruner + year - first as an assistant of member of the board Axel whole, later than assistant of the chief executive Gerd train Hillen.

In April 1994 editor-in-chief of the citizens of Berlin weekly paper week post office became, 1996 took over he the editor-in-chief post Hamburg boulevard sheets Hamburg morning mail. In March 1998 it changed the world of the Axel Springer AG as an editor-in-chief to the daily paper - alleged on recommendation of its promoter at that time Leo Kirch.

Since July 2000 it is member of the Springer executive committee, since 1 January of 2002 chairmen of the board and executive committee newspapers. Before with Claus Larass a weighty competitor around this post the house Springer had left.

As a company head demanded immediately the redemption of an option to sell of Springer portions of Leo Kirch enterprise the ProSiebenSat.1. The for this due 770 millions euro could not the Munich film dealers however apply - the beginning of the end of the Medienimperiums KirchMedia, which went in April 2002 into insolvency. The unloved Springer partners Leo Kirch held at that time 40 per cent at the Springer publishing house.

Up to the spring 2006 reduced the number of the coworkers by a third - from 14000 to 10000. At the same time Springer sold subsidiaries involving a loss. The pool of the editorships of "world" and "citizen of Berlin morning mail", arranged by it, was disputed. With these measures it led by the publishing house concerned by the indicator decrease in the printed media particularly again into the profit area.

Under auspice was contrived in August 2005 - in the long run failed - the assumption of the TV-transmitter-conglomerate Sat.1-ProSieben.

Important posts occupied with familiar ones of many years from its generation: Dock Diekmann became editor-in-chief the "picture" - newspaper, Claus Strunz became a boss the "picture on Sunday". In the Springer executive committee Steffen Naumann is responsible for finances, Andreas Wiele for the magazines.

Mathias is considered as a personal friend of the Axel Springer widow peace Springer, which is Patin one of its children at the same time. and its wife Ulrike (born white) live in potsdam - in direct neighbourhood of peace Springer.

curve

The curve is a term from Print-Journalismusund describes the phenomenon that, where Mathias the edition of a newspaper sinks.

The term was daily paper-coined/shaped 1998 of. It plays on its activity as morning mail Hamburg editor-in-chief with the reorganization that and the Wochenpostan - without these failures of its career geschaden have.

Editor-in-chief Gnadenlos: The curve goes to the "world". 14. March 1998 taz

Honors

• 2000 golden feather/spring for its activity as an editor-in-chief of the world

Related links

• "That inheritance in "citizen of Berlin newspaper", 13 January 2006
• "A man for each kind of clay/tone" - from Hamann in the "time" No. 20/2002
• Quality costs money - interviewt from Nile Minkmar into the time No. 43/2000
• I sweat as the latter - Stephan Lebert meets Mathias into the time No. 43/2000
• The economics, part of I in taz 18 December 2001

• Detailed personal record in focus-on-line

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