as new CEO New CEO Ingo Kästner Takes Control of X-CAGO in Management Shift

Berlin/Roermond – In a recent development, it has been announced that Ingo Kästner, Managing Director of PMG Presse-Monitor, will also be taking over the management of X-CAGO starting January 1, 2025. X-CAGO is a leading international specialist for data and content conversion in the publishing industry. The current Managing Director and founder, Koos Hussem, will be retiring at the end of the year but will continue to provide his expertise to the company.

Ingo Kästner has been at the helm of PMG Presse-Monitor since 2019 and played a crucial role in the acquisition of X-CAGO in 2021. He has been jointly responsible for the Dutch company’s business with Koos Hussem since then.

Olivera Kipcic, Chairwoman of the PMG shareholders’ meeting and shareholder representative of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, praised Kästner’s capabilities, stating, “Ingo Kästner is an accomplished manager and expert in digital content marketing. Under his leadership, PMG and X-CAGO have become a strong strategic unit. His takeover of the management is the next logical step in continuing this success story.”

Kästner expressed his gratitude towards Koos Hussem and his vision, stating, “I would like to thank Koos warmly for the trusting collaboration over the last few years. With his commitment and vision, he has made X-CAGO one of the most sought-after providers of content management and data conversion since its founding in 2001. It is an honour for me to continue on this successful path.”

Together with his team, Kästner plans to further expand X-CAGO’s role as a technical pioneer and provide top-notch solutions for successful digital marketing to content producers worldwide.

PMG Presse-Monitor GmbH & Co. KG and X-CAGO B.V. are leading providers of digital media monitoring, press review creation, and media analysis. PMG has the largest daily updated press database in the German-speaking world and markets the content and rights of around 900 newspaper and magazine publishers. The company supplies over 5,000 customers from companies, associations, public institutions, media monitoring services, and PR agencies from its base in Berlin.

Founded in 2001, PMG is a joint venture of German newspaper and magazine publishers, with shareholders including Axel Springer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Gruner + Jahr, Handelsblatt Media Group, Hubert Burda Media, Spiegel-Verlag, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger, and Medienverband der freien Presse.

In 2021, PMG took a significant step towards becoming a central data hub for content publishers with the acquisition of Dutch data converter X-CAGO B.V. The company is internationally renowned for converting and standardising various content formats, and its digital archive solution, ArchiveExpress, is used by publishers worldwide as a distribution platform for their content.

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