Germany's Axel Springer dismisses top Bild editor after media reports


  • World
  • Tuesday, 19 Oct 2021

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The media company Axel Springer said on Monday that it would dismiss Julian Reichelt, the editor-in-chief of Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper, with immediate effect.

Reichelt was on temporary leave earlier this year after admitting having affairs with women on the staff but being cleared of wrongdoing by a compliance investigation looking into abuse of power.

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