Raiffeisenbank wants to expand its media portfolio. PR-Man Wolfgang Rosam is working on a deal with the Gable Cruisers. Baas Michael Höllerer has long been on a shop tour at the local media market.
Wolfgang Rosam is known as a busy PR consultant and lobbyist of the ÖVP-related environment. He has also worked for the property René Benko and therefore earned it well.
His PR agency is one of the largest in the country. At the same time, he created a publisher for Noble Gastronomy with the Falstaff magazine, who also awarded countless prizes and publishes the Falstaff Restaurant Guide. Now the Raiffeisenbank LoWower Austria is interested. Participation is in the room. There have been confidential discussions for weeks, as the “crown” of insiders has learned.
Raiffeisen on Shopping Tour on the MediaMarkt
It would not be the first media participation of the Gable Cruisers who are currently on the market on the market. Because already with the “Kurier”, the “profile”, the farm leaf and the “Nön” different media are part of the portfolio of the Raiffeisen -Rijk.
In 2024 the bank participated in the Finanzmedium Börsian and the Society Platform Leadernet with about a quarter each. When the Börsian took over, Raiffeisen-Nö Baas Michael Höllerer also explained his “growth strategy”. He wants to “develop” and “try out new things” and “try out new things”. The holding is said that it is an “active holding company”, it said.
Rosam holds most of the Falstaff
A deal with Raiffeisen can also be useful for Falstaff -Baas Rosam. The 68-year-old released his majority in 2023, then fully focused on his magazine and expanded it, for example to Italy. Now New Times could start at the Falstaff. In addition to Rosam and his wife, a company of Tyrolean Christian Kleringer, former VW manager and wineries, also has shares with the publisher.
Falstaff In 2023, for the last time an annual turnover of 18.41 million euros reported, according to the commercial register, the total active was 13.5 million euros. Rosam and Raiffeisen did not want to comment. The deal should still negotiate.
Source: Krone
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