Rainer Nowak leads the VÖZ group now. All members voted for him on Thursday. Nobody voted against him. Nowak is the boss of the newspaper Die Presse. He follows Maximilian Dasch. Dasch is a publisher of Salzburger Nachrichten.
Maximilian Dasch stays in the group. He is the vice president now. Other media bosses work in the board too. They lead Kronen Zeitung and Der Standard. Nowak wants more cooperation. He sees hard times for newspapers.
Rainer Nowak has much experience. He worked at Kronen Zeitung before. He works at Die Presse since mid-2025. Die Presse belongs to the Styria group from Graz. Experts talk about the future in September. They meet at the ministry.
