Springer boss Döpfner is facing troubled times

Mathias Döpfner

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Munich There are scenes like a front line operation. The main actor smokes a chain, pushes gummy bears into himself, threatens, rages, criticizes. “Where are the 500 reporters we have?” He asks. It is about having an economic perspective at a time “when our circulation can collapse by half tomorrow”. And then the commander, brushed for riot, sends his troops with pathos to report in the first corona lockdown: “It’s your time, it won’t get any bigger in your life.”

Julian Reichelt, 41, was editor-in-chief of the “Bild” newspaper until yesterday, Monday. This is how he saw himself, as described by “Amazon Prime” in a TV documentary. His employer, Axel Springer SE, put an abrupt end to the martial hustle and bustle after the “New York Times” reported on allegations and advertisements against him from old files.

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