FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The media firm Axel Springer stated on Monday that it will dismiss Julian Reichelt, the editor-in-chief of Germany’s top-selling Bild newspaper, with quick impact.
Reichelt was on short-term go away earlier this yr after admitting having affairs with girls on the workers however being cleared of wrongdoing by a compliance investigation wanting into abuse of energy.
Axel Springer, which purchased Politico in August, stated that it had “gained new insights” about Reichelt’s conduct within the wake of current press analysis.
“The administration board discovered that Julian Reichelt had not clearly separated non-public {and professional} issues even after the compliance proceedings have been concluded within the spring” and that he had not been forthcoming in regards to the fact, the corporate stated in a press release on its web site.
Reichelt didn’t instantly reply to an electronic mail looking for remark.
(Reporting by Tom Sims; enhancing by David Evans)
