Katja Ostrowsky becomes Managing Director of radio.de GmbH.

Since 1 January 2023, Katja Ostrowsky (43) has been the new Managing Director of radio.de GmbH. Under the international umbrella brand radio.net, radio.de GmbH operates more than 20 localized services worldwide. The audio service radio.de is the leading radio aggregator in Germany and, since 2019, has also operated a dedicated podcast service under the GetPodcast brand.

Katja Ostrowsky has been part of the management team of radio.de GmbH since 2016 and, most recently as Director Business Operations, took over operational responsibility from Bernhard Bahners. She was appointed Managing Director with effect from 1 January 2023. Long-standing Managing Director Bernhard Bahners remains closely connected to the company and will accompany its further development in his new role as Group Managing Director and Chief Digital Officer of the MADSACK Mediengruppe.

The media manager began her career in 2002 and held positions at tagesschau.de, Deutsche Welle, the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) and the management consultancy SCHICKLER, among others. In 2016 she moved to radio.de GmbH, where, as part of the executive management, she has since been developing and implementing the company’s strategy and objectives.

“With her many years of media and digital expertise, Katja Ostrowsky will lead radio.net into its next phase of growth. I am very pleased that she is now taking on overall responsibility. The use of online radio and podcasts has developed strongly in recent years, radio.net has been successful in the market for 15 years, and we see significant growth potential, particularly for podcasts and in growing our international reach,” says Bahners.

This year, radio.de celebrates its 15th anniversary. From a radio website, the service has developed into the leading radio aggregator in Germany and is active worldwide with radio.net and GetPodcast. Every day, the team works on giving users convenient and fast access to online radio and podcasts from all over the world. radio.net is part of the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) of the MADSACK Mediengruppe; the podcast services of radio.net and GetPodcast are integrated into the publishing platform RND OnePlatform.

About radio.de GmbH

radio.de GmbH is a company founded in-house by the MADSACK Mediengruppe, offers the leading radio service in Germany with radio.de and is active internationally with the brands radio.netand GetPodcast. With over 38 million downloads worldwide, 60,000 stations and more than two million podcasts, the services offer the easiest access to the digital audio world. In total, the service is available in over 20 languages, in the browser, on smartphones and tablets, as well as on connected devices and smart TV platforms.

About the MADSACK Mediengruppe

The MADSACK Mediengruppe focuses on the future potential of regional and local media. Its portfolio includes 19 newspaper titles, the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND), RND OnePlatform, high-reach digital offerings and free advertising papers. Today, the titles of the MADSACK Mediengruppe already have more than 200,000 digital and more than 140,000 print/e-paper subscribers. The group also includes various subsidiaries specializing in publishing services. In addition, there are in-house start-ups and holdings in the areas of digital business, mobility, postal services and logistics, film and television production, and advertising and communication.