Der Spiegel
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Der Spiegel (German pronunciation:
Der Spiegel is known in German-speaking countries mostly for its
History
The first edition of Der Spiegel was published in Hanover on Saturday, 4 January 1947.[7] Its release was initiated and sponsored by the British occupational administration and preceded by a magazine titled Diese Woche (German: This Week),[7] which had first been published in November 1946.[3] After disagreements with the British, the magazine was handed over to Rudolf Augstein as chief editor, and was renamed Der Spiegel. From the first edition in January 1947, Augstein held the position of editor-in-chief, which he retained until his death on 7 November 2002.
After 1950, the magazine was owned by Rudolf Augstein and John Jahr;[8] Jahr's share merged with Richard Gruner's in 1965 to form the publishing company Gruner + Jahr. In 1969, Augstein bought out Gruner + Jahr for DM 42 million and became the sole owner of Der Spiegel. In 1971, Gruner + Jahr bought back a 25% share in the magazine. In 1974, Augstein restructured the company to make the employees shareholders. All employees with more than three years seniority were offered the opportunity to become an associate and participate in the management of the company, as well as in the profits.[citation needed] Since 1952, Der Spiegel has been headquartered in its own building in the old town part of Hamburg.[9]
Der Spiegel's circulation rose quickly. From 15,000 copies in 1947, it grew to 65,000 in 1948 and 437,000 in 1961. It was nearly 500,000 copies in 1962.[10] By the 1970s, it had reached a plateau at about 900,000 copies. When the German reunification in 1990 made it available to a new readership in former East Germany, the circulation exceeded one million.
The magazine's influence is based on two pillars; firstly the moral authority established by investigative journalism since the early years and proven alive by several scoops during the 1980s; secondly the economic power of the prolific Spiegel publishing house. Since 1988, it has produced the TV program Spiegel TV, and further diversified during the 1990s.
During the second quarter of 1992 the circulation of Der Spiegel was 1.1 million copies.
Der Spiegel had an average circulation of 1,076,000 copies in 2003.[15] In 2007 the magazine started a new regional supplement in Switzerland.[16] A 50-page study of Switzerland, it was the first regional supplement of the magazine.[16]
In 2010 Der Spiegel was employing the equivalent of 80 full-time
In 2018, Der Spiegel became involved in a journalistic scandal after it discovered and made public that one of its leading reporters, Claas Relotius, had "falsified his articles on a grand scale".[19][20]
Reception
When
Der Spiegel often produces feature-length articles on problems affecting Germany (like demographic trends, the federal system's gridlock or the issues of its education system) and describes optional strategies and their risks in depth.
Investigative journalism
Der Spiegel has a distinctive reputation for revealing political misconduct and scandals. Online
During the
The Spiegel scandal is now remembered for altering the political culture of post-war Germany and—with the first mass demonstrations and public protests—being a turning point from the old Obrigkeitsstaat (
In 2010, the magazine supported
The leading role of the magazine in investigative journalism and its monopoly came to end in 2013 since other German media outlets, including
In November 2023, Der Spiegel joined with the
2018 fabrication scandal
On 19 December 2018, Der Spiegel made public that reporter Claas Relotius had admitted that he had "falsified his articles on a grand scale", inventing facts, persons and quotations in at least 14 of his stories.[19][20] The magazine uncovered the fraud after a co-author of one of Relotius's stories, Juan Moreno, became suspicious of the veracity of Relotius's contributions and gathered evidence against him.[20] Relotius resigned, telling the magazine that he was "sick" and needed to get help. Der Spiegel left his articles accessible, but with a notice referring to the magazine's ongoing investigation into the fabrications.[19]
The Wall Street Journal cited a former Der Spiegel journalist who said "some of the articles at issue appeared to confirm certain German stereotypes about Trump voters, asking "was this possible because of ideological bias?"[42] An apology ensued from Der Spiegel for looking for a cliché of a Trump-voting town, and not finding it.[43] Mathias Bröckers, former Die Tageszeitung editor, wrote: "the imaginative author simply delivered what his superiors demanded and fit into their spin".[44] American journalist James Kirchick claimed in The Atlantic that "Der Spiegel has long peddled crude and sensational anti-Americanism."[45][46]
2022 fake news about refugee death at the Greece–Turkey borders
In the summer of 2022, Der Spiegel published three articles and a podcast regarding the death of a refugee girl on an islet in the
Bans
In January 1978 the office of Der Spiegel in
Head office
Der Spiegel began moving into its current head office in HafenCity in September 2011. The facility was designed by Henning Larsen Architects of Denmark. The magazine's offices were previously in a high-rise building with 8,226 square metres (88,540 sq ft) of office space.[53]
Editors-in-chief
- 1962–1968: Claus Jacobi
- 1968–1973: Günter Gaus
- 1973–1986: Erich Böhme and Johannes K. Engel
- 1986–1989: Erich Böhme and Werner Funk
- 1989–1994: Hans Werner Kilz and Wolfgang Kaden
- 1994–2008: Stefan Aust
- 2008–2011: Mathias Müller von Blumencron and Georg Mascolo
- 2011–2013: Georg Mascolo[32]
- 2013–2014: Wolfgang Büchner[54]
- 13 January 2015 – 15 October 2018: Klaus Brinkbäumer
- 1 January 2019: Steffen Klusmann and Barbara Hans
- 16 April 2019: Clemens Höges
See also
- List of magazines in Germany
- List of non-English newspapers with English language subsections
- Media of Germany
- Spiegel affair
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Mr Augstein's success in making Der Spiegel one of continental Europe's most influential magazines...
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- ^ a b c "The Relotius Case: Answers to the Most Important Questions". Spiegel Online. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Kate Connolly (19 December 2018). "Der Spiegel says top journalist faked stories for years". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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- ^ WikiLeaks FAQ: What Do the Diplomatic Cables Really Tell Us? Der Spiegel, 28 November 2010
- ^ Embassy Espionage: The NSA's Secret Spy Hub in Berlin Der Spiegel, 27 October 2013
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- ^ "Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ". 15 November 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities, Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies - ICIJ". 14 November 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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- ^ Bojan Pancevski; Sara Germano (20 December 2018). "Germany's Der Spiegel Says Reporter Made Up Facts". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
Stefan Niggemeier, an independent media blogger in Berlin and a former Spiegel journalist, said some of the articles at issue appeared to confirm certain German stereotypes about Trump voters, asking "was this possible because of ideological bias?"
- ^ Matt Furber; Mitch Smith (27 December 2018). "Minnesota Town Defamed by German Reporter Is Ready to Forgive". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
he was trying to look for a cliché of a Trump-voting town and he simply didn't find it," said Christoph Scheuermann, the Der Spiegel correspondent who visited Fergus Falls last week to apologize
- ^ "If the narrative is correct, facts are secondary". Question Authority – Think For Yourself. Mathias Broeckers. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
Claas Relotius, because the imaginative author has just delivered what his superiors demanded and fit into their spin
- ^ James Kirchick (3 January 2019). "Germany's Leading Magazine Published Falsehoods About American Life". The Atlantic. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
Though it is respected abroad as an authoritative news source, Der Spiegel has long peddled crude and sensational anti-Americanism, usually grounded in its brand of knee-jerk German pacifism
- ^ ""The Atlantic" beklagt zerstörerische Wirkung der Spiegel-Propaganda gegen USA". Focus (in German). 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
Der Spiegel wird zwar international als zuverlässige Nachrichtenquelle geachtet, doch er verbreitet seit langem schon einen kruden und sensationslüsternen Antiamerikanismus
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- ^ "German weekly retracts story on death of stranded Syrian child at Evros border". Kathimerini. 31 December 2022.
- ^ Scherrer, Lucien; Rogers, Forrest (20 January 2023). "Die Flucht der Baidaa S.: Wie der "Spiegel" sein Publikum täuscht". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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- ^ "Der Spiegel issue on Islam banned in Egypt". France24. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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- ^ "HafenCity Headquarters: SPIEGEL Moves to a New Home" (Archive). Der Spiegel 5 October 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Eric Pfanner (29 April 2013). "New Der Spiegel Editor will Also Oversee Web Business". The New York Times. Serraval. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
External links
- Der Spiegel, printed edition
- Der Spiegel cover gallery and archive since 1947
- Spiegel TV Magazin (in German)
- Der Spiegel on Facebook
- Der Spiegel on Instagram