FUNKE Mediengruppe

Johannes Boege to lead Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Johannes Boege will succeed Thomas Lindner as chair of the executive management of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) on 1 January 2027. Boege, currently deputy CEO of the Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) and responsible for core business and strategic development, will move to Frankfurt; until then FAZ co-executive Volker Breid will run the publisher on an interim basis. The change follows internal tensions reportedly between Lindner and Ulrich Wilhelm, chair of the Fazit-Stiftung. The FAZ supervisory board also saw leadership reshuffling: Andreas Barner stepped down and Marika Lulay took over as supervisory board chair on 3 July; the publisher announced other board departures and the planned retirement of publisher Gerald Braunberger in September. The FAZ frames the appointment as a generational handover and highlights continuity of its digital and commercial strategy.

Funke acquires Erento and Campanda

Funke Mediengruppe has acquired two European listing marketplaces, Erento and Campanda, and integrated them into the Listaro Group within Funke Digital. Erento handles roughly 500,000 rental inquiries per year across categories such as automotive, event equipment and services; Campanda lists about 26,000 motorhomes across more than 40 countries. The transaction — including the roughly ten-person staff — closed effective June 30; the previous largest shareholder was Austria’s Russmedia. Funke has not disclosed the purchase price. Funke Digital’s managing director Alexander Rüben called the move an important milestone and signalled further product launches and acquisitions in the listing sector. Operational responsibility sits with Carsten Wich (Listaro Group), while Hussein Kolait, the prior portals’ CEO, joins Funke Digital as head of sales for all Listaro portals.

Funke Appoints Jesper Doub and Stephan Thurm

Funke Mediengruppe has expanded its group executive management from two to four members, effective July 1, 2026, adding Jesper Doub and Stephan Thurm to join Simone Kasik and Christoph Rüth. The company said the new structure ensures all market-facing business areas are directly represented in the corporate management team while retaining the existing divisional setup. Jesper Doub will lead the National Brands unit, Stephan Thurm will head Funke Digital, Simone Kasik remains Chief Financial Officer for Corporate Services, and Christoph Rüth continues to oversee regional media and IT. In parallel, shareholders appointed entrepreneur and digital strategist Philipp Wachter to Funke’s supervisory board and shareholders’ committee; publisher Julia Becker praised his strategic vision and execution capability. Funke framed the moves as a way to strengthen cross-division collaboration, accelerate innovation and better network content, products and monetization offers across the portfolio.