(ANSA) - BERLIN, SEPTEMBER 22 - The German giant Axel Springer plans to hire hundreds of journalists for the next few years.
This is what the head of News Media, Jan Mayer, said in an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung today: "of 16,000 employees, 9,000 work in the media sector, 2,400 of whom are journalists and journalists. And these, within the next 5 years , they will have to become over 3000 ".
"Politico" is not included in this calculation, he adds.
Speaking of Bild's new products, the most widely read German tabloid, Bayer says: "We invest in Bild's future journalism. Bild Live is part of our digital strategy. Moving images are increasingly important. In the medium term, Bild live will become part of our offering. We are of the opinion that high-level journalism cannot be free. We have also brought Bild to television ", he concludes.
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