BIZARRE: Mathias dopfner - What They Never Told You

Telegraph owner poised to make newsroom job cuts in investment promise U-turn

Exclusive: German media group Axel Springer said to be planning between 50 and 100 editorial redundancies

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10

Peter Thiel Says Trump Administration Overcorrected With Loyalty Tests to Staff 'Not Very Smart' People

Peter Thiel has criticised Donald Trump's approach to staffing his administration, arguing that loyalty tests produced a government lacking competence, while warning of wider political upheaval.

International Business Times UK · Sep 28

‘No one’s even heard of the Telegraph’: can the UK’s most conservative paper take on Murdoch in the US?

Axel Springer boss has ‘bold vision’ for the media group, but identifying a gap is no guarantee of stateside success

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6

‘No one saw this coming’: will the surprise Telegraph winner change the paper’s direction?

Daily Mail owner could take long-term hit after being gazumped at the 11th hour by Germany’s Axel Springer

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15

Will the Telegraph’s new owner curb its wilder excesses – or make them worse?

Mathias Döpfner beat the Mail to seize a British institution. But whether he will be a sobering or malign influence is not yet clear, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12

German twist in the Telegraph tale shatters Lord Rothermere’s dreams

The European media giant Axel Springer has scuppered the Daily Mail owner. But why did it not bid sooner? And what will Brexit-backing readers think?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

Telegraph sold for £575m as German buyer elbows out Daily Mail

Axel Springer, owner of Bild and Die Welt, agrees all-cash deal for one of UK’s oldest newspapers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

'You'll Have Billion-Dollar Companies Run By Two Or Three People With AI,' Says Sam Altman — Adds He's 'More Pessimistic About Humans'

Running a major company with only a handful of people is becoming a realistic outcome in advanced artificial intelligence development.

Benzinga · Nov 26, 2025

Elon Musk is boosting the AfD. But why is Germany’s mainstream helping him?

After years of politicians and media figures normalising far-right ideas, the billionaire’s meddling is falling on fertile ground, says Berlin-based journalist and author Hanno Hauenstein

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025

Axel Springer’s media assets to be split off in €13.5bn KKR deal

Private equity group to control classified business while Mathias Döpfner and Friede Springer will run digital operation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024