\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twocolumn,landscape,openany]{memoir}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%% Document-wide settings

\pagestyle{empty} % no page number
\parskip 7.2pt    % space between paragraphs
\parindent 12pt   % indent for new paragraph
\textwidth 6.5in  % width of text
\columnsep 0.5in  % separation between columns

% Load packages

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\input{pdfSettings.tex}

\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{left=0.7in,top=0.7in,right=0.7in,bottom=0.7in} %margins
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{xcolor,framed}
\usepackage[colorlinks = true, % Set color of links to red
            linkcolor = red,
            urlcolor  = red,
            citecolor = red,
            anchorcolor = red]{hyperref}

\usepackage{tikz} % for \gradientbox below.
\usepackage{eso-pic}

\usepackage{titlesec}

\pagenumbering{gobble} % Disable page numbers

% Set title formats using titlesec ----------------------------------

\titleformat{\chapter}
  {\huge\bfseries\color{red}} % format
  {}                % label
  {0pt}             % sep
  {\huge}           % before-code

\titleformat{\section}
  {\huge\bfseries} % format
  {}                % label
  {0pt}             % sep
  {\huge}           % before-code

\titleformat{\subsection}
  {\Large\bfseries} % format
  {}                % label
  {0pt}             % sep
  {\Large}          % before-code

%%%%%%%%%%
% Set font

\renewcommand{\familydefault}{cmss}

%%%%%%%%%%
% Macro for setting background on start page.

\newcommand{\centerVertically}[1]{

    \topskip0pt
    \vspace*{\fill}
    #1
    \vspace*{\fill}
}

%%%%%%%%%%
% Macro

\newcommand\BackgroundPic{%

    \setlength{\fboxrule}{0,1pt}%
    \put(-3pt,0){%
        \color{black!5}\fbox{\rule{.6\paperwidth}{\paperheight}}}

    \put(0,0){%
      \parbox[b][\paperheight]{\paperwidth}{%
          \vfill
          \includegraphics[width=.6\paperwidth,height=\paperheight,%
          keepaspectratio]{../../media/Screenshot-Startpage.png}%
          \vfill}
    }

}


\begin{document}%
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%% Title Page
%
\begin{titlingpage}%
%
    \AddToShipoutPicture*{\BackgroundPic}

    \color{black}%
    \vspace{1.5cm}%
    \mbox{}\hfill
    {\Huge\bfseries\color{black} \pageTitle}

    % \vspace{1cm}

    % \mbox{}\hfill\color{black!70}{\Large{Publikation}}
%
    \let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\end{titlingpage}%
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%% Introduction
%


%
\input{contentsIntroductionPress.tex}%
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%% Vorletztes: German Language texts
%
\input{contentsPressGerman.tex}%
%
%
\end{document}