{"id":354607,"date":"2021-10-18T20:40:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T17:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/axel-springer-ousts-bild-editor-julian-reichelt-after-sexual-misconduct-probe\/"},"modified":"2021-10-18T20:40:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T17:40:29","slug":"axel-springer-ousts-bild-editor-julian-reichelt-after-sexual-misconduct-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/axel-springer-ousts-bild-editor-julian-reichelt-after-sexual-misconduct-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"#Axel Springer ousts Bild editor Julian Reichelt after sexual misconduct probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Axel Springer ousts Bild editor Julian Reichelt after sexual misconduct probe<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Axel Springer, the owner of Politico, Insider and a host of digital <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> publications, has ousted Julian Reichelt, a top editor at its German tabloid Bild, after an explosive report revealed his alleged sexual misconduct and the company\u2019s efforts to sweep it under the rug.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> comes after an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/17\/business\/media\/axel-springer-bild-julian-reichelt.html\">investigation penned by Ben Smith of the New York Times<\/a> on Sunday shed light on Reichelt\u2019s affair with an underling whom he promoted to a high-ranking job, as well as multiple instances of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Axel Springer said Monday that \u201cnew findings\u201d have led it to let go of Reichelt since his workplace conduct was the subject of a recent investigation. Without spelling out what was uncovered, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axelspringer.com\/de\/presseinformationen\/nach-neuen-erkenntnissen-axel-springer-entbindet-julian-reichelt-von-seinen-aufgaben?utm_source=dlvr.it\">company said<\/a> that \u201cthe board of directors learned that Julian Reichelt still does not clearly separate personal and professional matters and has told the board of directors the untruth.\u00a0For this reason, the board of directors now considers a termination of the work to be inevitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"22 August 2021, Berlin: Armin Laschet, the Union's candidate for chancellor and CDU Federal Chairman and Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, walks alongside Bild editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt for the TV interview &quot;Die richtigen Fragen spezial&quot; on Bild TV. The new TV channel Bild starts with the Chancellor's Night, where first Armin Laschet and later Olaf Scholz are interviewed.\" class=\"wp-image-19837795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Reichelt (right) with Armin Laschet, the Union\u2019s candidate for chancellor, for an interview for Bild TV.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">dpa\/picture-alliance\/Sipa USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The company said Johannes Boie, 37, currently editor-in-chief of Welt Am Sonntag,  would join Alexandra W\u00fcrzbach and Claus Strunz as co-editors in chief of Bild.<\/p>\n<p>Axel Springer CEO Mathias D\u00f6pfner added: \u201cWe would have liked to continue the path of cultural renewal we have taken with the editorial team and the publishing house at BILD together with Julian Reichelt.\u00a0This is no longer possible.\u00a0With Johannes Boie we have a first-class successor.\u00a0He has proven that he combines journalistic excellence with modern leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Axel Springer expands its presence in the US, having recently bought an ownership stake in news site Politico. The political site is the latest in a slew of US acquisitions for Axel Springer, which bought\u00a0Business Insider (now called Insider)\u00a0in 2015 and newsletter publisher Morning Brew last year.<\/p>\n<p>During Reichelt\u2019s affair, which took place from 2016 to 2017, the editor, then 36, told his 25-year-old junior employee that he feared he would lose his job if his affair with a \u201ctrainee\u201d became public. But he didn\u2019t end the dalliance, and instead Reichelt gave her a high-profile job, one she felt she wasn\u2019t ready for, while he continued to summon her to hotel rooms near Axel Springer\u2019s Berlin headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Word of the affair got out when German newspaper Der Spiegel reported it in March under the headline, \u201cScrew, Promote, Fire.\u201d That prompted Axel Springer to hire a law firm to look into the affair and claims that Reichelt created a hostile work environment for women. <\/p>\n<p>The German newspaper described \u201cthe Reichelt system,\u201d in which \u201cthe editor in chief was said to have invited female trainees and interns to dinner via Instagram. Young female employees were sometimes quickly promoted. Their fall from grace was similarly rapid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The young woman with whom he had an affair confirmed the editor\u2019s M.O. to investigators, saying: \u201cThat\u2019s how it always goes at Bild. Those who sleep with the boss get a better job.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mathias Doepfner, CEO of German media giant Axel Springer,\" class=\"wp-image-19837904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Axel Springer CEO Mathias D\u00f6pfner said Bild\u2019s culture was not up to the company\u2019s standards and does not reflect a broader culture at the media giant.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reichelt, who was the editor and the face of a new TV network started by Bild, did not, as he feared, lose his job following the explosive report. Instead, he denied abusing his authority and took a 12-day leave, only to be reinstated by the company, which determined his actions didn\u2019t warrant termination. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, Axel Springer issued a statement referencing \u201cmistakes\u201d but said they were outweighed by \u201cthe enormous strategic and structural changes as well as the journalistic achievements that have taken place under the management of Julian Reichelt.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It also included an apology from Reichelt, who said: \u201cWhat I blame myself for more than anything else is that I have hurt people I was in charge of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The editor returned to his post, but with a woman, W\u00fcrzbach, as Bild\u2019s co-editor. She was given responsibility for personnel and the Sunday edition.<\/p>\n<p>The Times said Axel Springer has tried to keep the details of the investigation out of the German press. In 2018, the business newspaper Handelsblatt was prepared to report on alleged conflicts of interest in Reichelt\u2019s relationship with a woman at a public relations agency, Der Spiegel reported this year. But the Times said the article was killed after a call from Reichelt.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-07-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Employees work in the control room of the TV station &quot;Bild&quot;.\" class=\"wp-image-19837959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-07-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-07-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-07-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Julian Reichelt was the face of Bild\u2019s new television network, Bild TV.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">dpa\/picture alliance via Getty I<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year, German publisher Ippen was preparing an investigation of Reichelt\u2019s conduct, but as the story was nearing its publication date, it was killed without any reason. The Times said the directive came from Ippen\u2019s largest shareholder, Dirk Ippen.<\/p>\n<p>An Ippen rep told the Times that the publication decided not to publish the story \u201cto avoid the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance of combining a journalistic publication with the economic interest of harming the competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19837528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Axel Springer, which fired Reichelt on Monday, said it had been made aware of cases in which the editor did not clearly \u201cseparate personal and professional matters.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to documents viewed by the Times, the trainee testified that when the expenses for the job she\u2019d been placed in exceeded her salary, she complained to Reichelt, who authorized a special payment of 5,000 euros ($5,800) and \u201ctold her that she should never tell anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the affair, documents painted a picture of a coverup culture at Bild, in which women who were involved with the editor in chief were often moved around to other departments. One Bild editor said he was tired of taking on women with whom Reichelt had an affair, the newspaper said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"In this file photo, the headquarters of Axel Springer AG, the publisher of Germany's biggest newspaper BILD, are pictured in Berlin, Germany.\" class=\"wp-image-19837853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Axel-Springer-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Initially, Axel Springer said its investigation did not find any evidence of sexual harassment or coercion by Reichelt.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The publication also described the lengths to which Reichelt was willing to go to cover up his behavior, noting that Axel Springer\u2019s compliance department received a complaint this year that Reichelt had provided a forged certificate showing that he was divorced to a woman who was working under contract with Axel Springer and with whom he was having a relationship. A copy of the phony divorce certificate was reviewed by the paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJulian Reichelt had made mistakes, but no unforgivable mistakes,\u201d Axel Springer said Monday. \u201cErrors that would have justified an immediate separation could not be proven and were denied by Julian Reichelt.\u00a0Instead of a termination, there was a second chance.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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