Döpfner told me in an emailed statement.īut as the reports on the Bild investigation suggest, the company’s workplace culture may be stuck in a time warp. Axel Springer aims “to become the leading digital publisher in the democratic world,” Mr. This summer, it announced that it had purchased Politico for $1 billion. In 2015, the company bought Business Insider (now called Insider) for $442 million. American media types may know it mainly for its leader, Mathias Döpfner, a charismatic chief executive who moved more swiftly than most traditional publishers to embrace the internet.
The company is now focusing much of its energy on the United States. Reichelt, who denied abusing his authority, took a brief leave and then was reinstated as perhaps the most powerful newspaper editor in Europe after the company determined that his actions did not warrant a dismissal.īild is the flagship publication of Axel Springer, a titan of German media since after World War II. Reichelt did not, as he feared, lose his job when his relationship with the woman, as well his conduct toward other women at Bild, became public. Reichelt, Deirdre Latour, said the woman’s testimony included “some inaccurate facts,” but declined to specify which ones. This account is drawn from an interview conducted in the spring by a law firm retained by Axel Springer for an investigation that quickly closed, clearing Mr. “Those who sleep with the boss get a better job.” “That’s how it always goes at Bild,” she told the investigators.
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