Prepress
German group VRM to use Protecmedias Milenium Cross Media suite from 2010
Thursday 25. June 2009 - The publishing group Rhein Main (Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main - VRM) will install Protecmedias multi-channel editorial system Milenium Cross Media in January 2010. After completing the preparatory specification phase, the implementation of version 6.5 has now been put in motion.
Prior to that, the contract was signed in Mainz by Hans Georg Schnücker, spokesman for VRMs Board of Management, Dr. Jörn W. Röper, Managing Director of VRM and Manuel Fernando Gomez, Managing Director of Protecmedia (Madrid), and Dr. Erik Bennewitz, Managing Director of Protec Software-Service GmbH (Munich).
Once implemented, at least 400 of the companys editorial staff will be working with the system in a media convergent environment. The system implementation is accounted for by Protecmedia and will be realized in close cooperation with the Hamburg-based company ProPublish with Ole Schlüter as Project Manager. ProPublish is Protecmedias implementation partner in Germany. The system will be functional at the following newspapers, amongst others: Allgemeine Zeitung, Wiesbadener Kurier, Wiesbadener Tagblatt, Gießener Anzeiger and Oberhessische Zeitung. The Web CMS by Polopoly will be linked to Milenium Cross Media using a bidirectional interface to provide the content for VRMs internet portals.
“In Protecmedia we have found a reliable and innovative partner”, explained VRMs Managing Director Hans Georg Schnücker. “We are now well prepared for the future.” Dr. Erik Bennewitz emphasised that “the joint team entrusted with the project completed the specifications document within the given time period. The editorial system will be installed in keeping with the budget stipulated in the contract and the project time frame. “
Protecmedia is the market leader in Spain and Portugal and has one German language installation in Austria. Other customers are situated in France, Poland and South America. More than 300 newspapers and magazines worldwide are produced using Milenium Cross Media and approximately 11,500 editors and journalists work with this system.
The publishing group Rhein Main based in Mainz is one of the most important and well-established regional publishers in Germany. VRM publishes a total of 22 daily newspapers with a total circulation of 200,000 as well as numerous local and district newspapers. At the same time it publishes eleven weeklies with a total circulation of approximately 650,000 copies. The newspaper Gießener Anzeiger and its local editions sells nearly 65,000 copies. Together with its eight internet portals, VRM is one of the leading information providers in the economically powerful Rhine Main area.