[1] He then went through several positions in the local editions and in the central editorial office of this newspaper.

From 1992 to 1998, Lindner was the local manager of the Rhein-Zeitung's edition Westerwälder Zeitung [de].

[2] In a tweet from 18 July 2019, Lindner announced that he would leave Bild am Sonntag, but remain true to journalism.

[4] In 1997, Deutscher Jagdverband (German hunting protection association) awarded Lindner the Journalistenpreis by Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJW) for its long-term series Das Jahr eines Jägers (The year of a hunter), which was published in the Westerwälder Zeitung.

[5] In 2011 and 2013, Lindner was voted Chefredakteur des Jahres (chief editor of the year) in the category Regional/Lokal (Regional/Local) by a specialist jury from the trade journal Medium Magazin.