Score Media Group names Ströer’s Christopher Kaiser as CEO from January

Score Media Group, which sells advertising for German regional newspapers, has named Christopher Kaiser as chief executive. He starts on 1 January 2027, German trade site Adzine reported on 15 September 2026. Kaiser is now co-CEO of Ströer Media Solutions and sits on the Ströer executive board.

Carsten Dorn moves to audio marketer RMS after eight years

Kaiser replaces Carsten Dorn, who has led Score Media Group for more than eight years. Dorn will run RMS, which sells radio and audio advertising, from early 2027. There he takes over from Stefan Mölling, who moves to Ströer as chief commercial officer by 1 March 2027, Meedia reported. In effect, three German media sellers are swapping leaders.

Herbert Dachs, who chairs Score Media Group’s advisory board, said Kaiser would help the company “build on the strengths” of its print and digital portfolio.

Kaiser spent 17 years at Mediacom before joining Ströer

Kaiser joined Ströer in 2015 and ran its digital group. Before that he spent 17 years in media consulting at Mediacom, part of GroupM and WPP, where he managed the Hamburg office. He told Adzine that his predecessor’s work gives him a strong base.

Ströer is best known for outdoor advertising and also works outside Germany, including Poland, where digital outdoor ads grew 27.6% this year.

Score Media sells ads for Rheinische Post and WAZ

Score Media bundles ads across print, e-paper and websites of regional titles such as Rheinische Post, Berliner Morgenpost, Augsburger Allgemeine, Hannoversche Allgemeine and WAZ. It covers more than 200 news websites. The company says it reaches 60 million people a month across these channels.

Regional news media face deep change in the ad market, Meedia noted. Advertisers are also rethinking how they buy, as a GWA paper on German firms moving marketing in-house showed.

The changes take effect in stages: Kaiser at Score Media on 1 January 2027, Dorn at RMS early in 2027 and Mölling at Ströer by 1 March 2027. Until then, advertisers buying regional newspaper packages in Germany keep dealing with Dorn’s team.