The German media group Axel Springer reorganizes the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Bild”. Marion Horn will take over as chairman of the editors-in-chief of the group “Bild” with immediate effect, and Robert Schneider will become editor-in-chief of “Bild” as planned in mid-April, Axel Springer announced Thursday. in Berlin.
Current editors-in-chief Johannes Boie, Alexandra Würzbach and Claus Strunz are stepping down from their previous positions. Boie assumed the position of editor-in-chief on October 18, 2021, succeeding Julian Reichelt.
The general manager of the Bild Group (CEO), Claudius Senst, said:
Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner was quoted as saying, “I am very pleased that Marion Horn and Robert Schneider are coming back to Axel Springer and ‘Bild’. They represent our way forward.”
As the group announced, the editor-in-chief of “Bild” is reduced. In the future, the management of the editor-in-chief will consist of two instead of four members. “It will further develop the ‘image’ journalistically and strategically, positioning it with a strong tabloid profile and actively promoting digital change,” it said.
According to the information, Horn and Schneider will lead “Bild” with deputy editors-in-chief René Bosch, Timo Lokoschat, Tanja May, Paul Ronzheimer, Mandy Sachse and Yvonne Weiss “assigning precisely the individual areas of responsibility after Robert Schneider’s arrival”. Until then, Horn was editor-in-chief of both “Bild” and “Bild am Sonntag”. (saw/sda/dpa)
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