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Der Spiegel (website)

Der Spiegel (lit. "The Mirror") 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.

Type of site

German, English

Germany

Der Spiegel GmbH & Co. KG

Thomas Hass

  • Thomas Hass
  • Stefan Ottlitz

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25 October 1994 (1994-10-25)

Active

Company and editorial staff[edit]

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 Der Spiegel magazine's network of correspondents in Germany and abroad.

Popularity[edit]

Der Spiegel 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]

List of magazines in Germany

Official website

International part of the website