Der Spiegel (website) explained

Location:Hamburg
Commercial:Yes
Type:News website
Registration:Optional
Language:German, English
Country Of Origin:Germany
Owner:Der Spiegel GmbH & Co. KG
Chairperson:Thomas Hass
Current Status:Active

is a German news website. It was established in 1994 as Spiegel Online as a content mirror of the magazine Der Spiegel. In 1995, the site began producing original stories and it introduced Spiegel Online International for articles translated into English in 2004. The magazine and website were editorially aligned in 2019 and Spiegel Online was rebranded Der Spiegel in January 2020.

Company and editorial staff

Regular staff includes 150 people in the Hamburg headquarters,[1] complemented by freelancers, and news bureaus both domestic and international. In the German capital, Berlin, 15 correspondents cover the German federal government, political parties, corporations and artists. The Munich and Düsseldorf offices have one correspondent each. There are journalists based in Washington, D.C., New York, London, Moscow, New Delhi and Istanbul. The online news staff also receives support from magazine's network of correspondents in Germany and abroad.

History

The news website first went up on 25 October 1994 under the name Spiegel Online,[2] [3] [4] making it the first online presence of an established news magazine, one day before the Time site. Spiegel Online started as a service on CompuServe.[5] The web domain spiegel.de was established one year later. Spiegel Onlines content initially consisted of hand-picked articles from the print magazine. As early as 1995, however, original content first appeared in a section called "Scanner", which was only available online. In the following year, Spiegel Online was relaunched and commenced featuring breaking news as well.[6]

Spiegel Online International, a section featuring articles translated into English, was launched in autumn 2004.[7] Wolfgang Büchner was editor-in-chief of the magazine and website from September 2013 to December 2014. Büchner's former deputies, Florian Harms and Barbara Hans, headed after Büchner left the company. On 13 January 2015, Harms was appointed sole editor-in-chief.[8] Following his departure on 6 December 2016, Hans was promoted to editor-in-chief.[9] In 2019, its editorial office was merged with the printed .[10] In January 2020, the website was rebranded, now using the same media brand as the printed format.[11]

Popularity

is among the top 30 most visited websites in Germany,[12] with record profitability.[13] It is the most frequently quoted online media product in the country as of 2014.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. Spiegel-Gruppe: Spiegel Online
  2. Web site: Bereits am 25. Oktober 1994 konnte man auch den SPIEGEL im Internet finden. 31 July 2011. 23 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140223184259/http://einestages.spiegel.de/external/ShowTopicAlbumBackground/a23173/l5/l0/F.html#featuredEntry. live.
  3. Schäffner . Christina . 2005 . Bringing a German Voice to English-speaking Readers: Spiegel International . Language and Intercultural Communication . 5 . 2 . 154–167 . 10.1080/14708470508668891 . 143954235.
  4. News: Anne Penketh . Philip Oltermann . Stephen Burgen . 12 June 2014 . European newspapers search for ways to survive digital revolution . The Guardian . Paris, Berlin, Barcelona . live . 7 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180717212841/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/12/european-newspapers-digital-revolution . 17 July 2018.
  5. Bönisch, Julia. Meinungsführer oder Populärmedium? Das journalistische Profil von Spiegel Online. Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2006.
  6. Spiegel Online: "Aussehen von Spiegel Online 1996" Spiegel
  7. News: Greenslade . Roy . 15 August 2006 . Der Spiegel's English site seeks young recruits . The Guardian . live . 31 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170312072806/https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2006/aug/15/derspiegelsenglishsiteseek . 12 March 2017 . 0261-3077.
  8. http://www.spiegelgruppe.de/spiegelgruppe/home.nsf/pmweb/4DD8CDE6830E1DD8C1257DCC004914C5 Florian Harms ist neuer Chefredakteur von Spiegel Online.
  9. News: Huber . Joachim . 6 December 2016 . Überraschend Chefredakteurin von 'Spiegel Online' . de . . live . 4 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220414140454/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/medien/barbara-hans-ueberraschend-chefredakteurin-von-spiegel-online/14942754.html . 14 April 2022.
  10. Web site: 19 June 2019 . Umstrukturierung beim "Spiegel": Bis alle Onliner in der Mitarbeiter KG sind, dauert es noch zehn Jahre | MEEDIA . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220412114036/https://meedia.de/2019/06/19/umstrukturierung-beim-spiegel-bis-alle-online-in-der-mitarbeiter-kg-sind-dauert-es-noch-zehn-jahre/ . 12 April 2022 . 16 January 2020.
  11. Web site: Umfassender Relaunch: "Spiegel Online" ist Geschichte. 16 January 2020. 12 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220412114032/https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/75657/umfassender_relaunch_spiegel_online_ist_geschichte/. live.
  12. https://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/DE Top sites in Germany
  13. medienMITTWEIDA: "Spiegel Online ist das Maß aller Dinge", 10 May 2007. The article reports figures for 2006, when Spiegel Onlines turnover amounted to €15 million, yielding €2 million in earnings.
  14. http://www.pressemonitor.de/fileadmin/assets/pmg/Pressemitteilungen/2014-01-13_PMG_Zitate-Ranking_2013.pdf PMG-Pressemonitor: Meistzitierte nationale Medien (Top 30)

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