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MorningStar.com: Readers will pay for online within five years, says Axel Springer exec

Laura Oliver — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:22:15 +0000

In an interview with Dow Jones, reproduced by the Morning Star, Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Doepfner says customers will be willing to pay for ‘online quality content’ within the next five years.

Significantly, Doepfner adds: “However, our business cases aren’t based on a breakthrough of paid content but will work anyhow.”

The chief exec plans to generate 50 per cent of Axel Springer’s sales from online operations within the next 10 years, according to the report.

Full interview at this link…

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Reuters: Axel Springer advertisers in online data leak

Laura Oliver — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:58:15 +0000

Names, addresses, phone numbers and account details of classified advertisers with German publisher Axel Springer were leaked onto the internet. The leak was caused by an error from an 'outside programming contractor'.

Bloomberg: Axel Springer plans internet and foreign expansion

Laura Oliver — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:07:17 +0000

Europe’s biggest newspaper publisher Axel Springer has announced plans to expand its internet and foreign prospects to recover from its loss-making move into the German mail-delivery business.

Last year the publisher bought up titles outside of Germany to lessen its dependence on the country’s economy and newspaper industry.

Acquisitions online in 2007 included women’s web portal producer AuFeminin.com SA, financial news site Wallstreet:Online and local news site Hamburg.de.

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