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Spiegel Online slashes English section
TheLocal.de ^ | 20 Dec 2013 13:20 GMT+01:00

Posted on 12/22/2013 5:04:22 AM PST by Olog-hai

The online English language section of famous German news magazine, Der Spiegel, is to be drastically cut. It is not making enough money, magazine bosses decided.

Despite Spiegel Online International having experienced a surge in demand as a result of the internet monitoring scandal involving US intelligence agency, the NSA, a spokeswoman said the section’s outgoings were more than it was making. […]

Spiegel Online is not the only site to have cut funding to its English-language section. Newspapers including Welt and Bild had English online sections that eventually folded.

The news about Spiegel comes as Paris-based news website Presseurop announced that it was closing the current form of its website on December 20th due to lack of funding. …

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.de ...


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1 posted on 12/22/2013 5:04:22 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
I was momentarily confused.


2 posted on 12/22/2013 5:28:42 AM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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To: Olog-hai
FC Bayern English
3 posted on 12/22/2013 6:09:11 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: deoetdoctrinae
That's funny because I always think the same thing.
4 posted on 12/22/2013 7:18:50 AM PST by Rodamala
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