Mathias Döpfner
Photo: Axel Springer SE, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
Headlines and summaries are written by AI. How it works
- Oct 23
Telegraph cuts about 100 jobs as Axel Springer pushes AI-powered overhaul
Axel Springer's Telegraph Media Group has opened a formal consultation on restructuring, and staff were told on Friday, 23 October, that the title will become a global, AI-powered media business.
- Oct 22
Axel Springer's Döpfner pitched a stake in TikTok's European business to a Trump ambassador
The Financial Times reports that Döpfner raised the idea with US ambassador Charles Kushner at a January meeting in Berlin. Sources in Brussels said the plan drew no enthusiasm at the European Commission.
- Sep 24
Peter Thiel receives Axel Springer Award in Berlin as hundreds protest tech investor
Tech investor Peter Thiel received the Axel Springer Award in Berlin on 24 September 2026, using his acceptance speech to criticize media bias and urban rent controls while demonstrators protested outside.
- Jun 30
Axel Springer completes £575m takeover of The Telegraph after three years of uncertainty
The German media group Axel Springer finalised its £575 million acquisition of Telegraph Media Group on Tuesday, securing regulatory approvals in the UK, Ireland and Austria and ending a tumultuous three-year battle for control of the 172-year-old publisher.
