Cofina Media, which also owns CM and CMTV, announced on Tuesday that it is streamlining its organizational structure, no longer having overall editorial leadership. The group said that “given the context in which the media are located, they will have editors in charge of brands, television and Correio da Manhã on the one hand, and other publications on the other.” The goal of this reorganization is “to optimize its television segment by adding the main group name, and, on the other hand, to strengthen the identity of the rest of the media segments, while avoiding group interaction.”
Carlos Rodriguez, who until now was the CEO, will take over the editorial staff of CM and CMTV, while the rest of the titles will be transferred to the current directors. The new director worked at RTP, TVI and SIC, where he was Deputy Director of Information. He has been on CM and CMTV since 2012.
With this change, Octavio Ribeiro, from 2017 the CEO of all Cofina publications – CM, CMTV, ‘Jornal de Negócios’, ‘Saturday’, ‘Record’, Flash, ‘TV Guia’, Máxima and That Machine – will be gone. office. Since 2007, he has been the director of Correio da Manhã. However, on Sundays he will be a regular columnist for the Mil Palavras newspaper and will be a consultant to the group (where he has been working since 2002).
In her statement, Kofina thanked Octavio Ribeiro for “all the commitment, dedication, professionalism and loyalty that has provided the group for over two decades, being an indispensable factor in its success, growth and sustainability”. “Octavio Ribeiro has been a professional for many years, always distinguished by courage, dedication and focus on the development of an independent media group, with a clear positioning in favor of the reader and viewer, to whom we will always be“ grateful, ”says Paulo Fernández, CEO of Cofina SGPS.
For Octavio Ribeiro, “Cofina has been the home of freedom and responsibility from the very beginning.” “Over the years, I have reinforced the idea that this is the best place for journalism in Portugal, without limits, without fear, with the courage and desire to contribute to the improvement of Portugal every day. I believe that at the end of these years to give my best. But life consists of stages, and I leave with the feeling that the Cofina teams will continue to fulfill their mission even better and better every day. ”
