XING establishes editorial team: Roland Tichy appointed publisher with Jennifer Lachman as editor-in-chief

Hamburg, 30 September 2015 – XING AG, operator of the leading online business network in German-speaking countries, is establishing an editorial team for journalistic content. Roland Tichy (59), former editor-in-chief at German weekly business news magazine WirtschaftsWoche, will assume the role of publisher for XING’s new news offerings. Jennifer Lachman (33), former team leader and editor at Financial Times Deutschland, has been appointed editor-in-chief. Thomas Vollmoeller, CEO at XING AG, said: “We’re extremely happy to have Roland Tichy and Jennifer Lachman – both of whom are highly experienced journalists – on board so we can continue to grow our content offering. Thanks to our Industry News and news pages, we’re already one of the largest distributors of business and career news in German-speaking countries. Now we want to complement all of this with journalistic content and various other new offerings. And, in true XING style, all of this will be tailored to the German-speaking market.” A new media offering is set to be launched during the MEDIENTAGE MÜNCHEN convention in Munich from 21-23 October. It will present current relevant topics from skilled business authors and continue the discussion with XING members with the aim of making 9 million users’ business expertise available for public debate and putting their personal career to use. With this new planned editorial offering, XING is continuing its content offensive in order to help members stay up to date with the latest career news. XING already provides its members with tailored news for 25 industries, thereby reaching around 2 million regular readers every month. XING also introduced its news pages during the first half of the year with over 100 publishers, e.g. manager magazin, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, WirtschaftsWoche and various specialist industry services, already providing XING users with their content. These pages have already amassed more than 500,000 followers, and this figure is set to continue rising. Roland Tichy and Jennifer Lachman both have a wealth of business journalism experience. Tichy has worked for several well-known German business magazines and was editor-in-chief at WirtschaftsWoche until July 2014. He is the founder and author of the German-language blog “Tichys Einblick”, is a columnist for various newspapers, and chairman of the Ludwig Erhard Foundation (Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung). Business journalist Jennifer Lachman’s previous positions include team leader and editor at Financial Times Deutschland, and posts as a US correspondent and at German public radio and television broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Tichy and Lachman will both be attending the MEDIENTAGE MÜNCHEN convention where they will talk with other experts about

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