Affairs, abuse of power, attempts to cover up: How Axel Springer held on to Julian Reichelt as “Bild” editor-in-chief until it was simply no longer possible.
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Aurelie von Blazekovic, Laura Hertreiter and Cornelius Pollmer
the image has a new editor-in-chief – after scandals, Germany’s largest tabloid usually likes to report when they affect others. More about affairs, the abuse of power, about the cover-up attempts in a moment. In any case, Julian Reichelt has been released from his duties, as the Axel Springer Group announced on Monday evening. The previous editor-in-chief of World on sunday, Johannes Boie. As a reason, Springer stated that the board of directors had now learned “that Julian Reichelt did not clearly separate private and professional matters even after completing the compliance procedure in spring 2021 and told the board the untruth”.