When things get particularly complicated on an opera stage, the program booklet contains not only a reproduction of the content but also a graphic presentation of the relationships and insidiousness of the staff involved. Such an arrows-and-squiggles overview would also be helpful for the first major media scandal soap opera of this year, which is currently premiering to the American public, but which also partly takes place in Germany, in the boardroom of the media group Axel Springer. It’s about journalists under pressure, an angry billionaire and his wife who is under suspicion, as well as a wild battle with accusations of plagiarism – and it’s also about the question of who will be able to finish the upcoming final act of the play on top.
Axel Springer and “Business Insider” criticized – media
