First issue will be published on February 19, 2024
POLITICO, a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE that focuses on reporting on politics and political processes, is now also available with its first German-language offering. The daily email newsletter “Berlin Playbook” specializes in decoding the connections between German politics and placing them in a global context. Even before its launch, more than 10,000 people subscribed to the “Berlin Playbook”.
Subscribers will receive the “Berlin Playbook” from Monday, February 19, 2024, daily from Monday to Friday at 7 a.m. (subscribe here).
Als Executive Editor Germany ist Gordon Repinski responsible for the Berlin editorial team. General Manager and responsible for POLITICO’s market entry in Germany and the further expansion of the portfolio Cecil von Busse.
As a deputy “Berlin Playbook” author Hans von der Burchard who has been part of the European POLITICO team since 2015, where he has reported on EU politics, foreign and trade policy, among other things. The policy team in the editorial team is led by Jürgen Klöcknerhe will move from “Handelsblatt” to POLITICO in May, where he is currently working as a capital city correspondent.
The POLITICO Germany editorial team. From left Pauline von Pezold, Gordon Repinski, Laura Hülsemann, Hans von der Burchard, Julia Wacket, Peter Wilke© Photo: Markus Tedeskino
POLITICO was founded in 2007 and now employs around 1,100 people, including more than 500 journalists at seven editorial locations on two continents in seven time zones.
The German editorial team is based close to the political scene in the Axel Springer House in Berlin. Subscribers to the “Berlin Playbook” benefit from POLITICO’s global network of reporters right from the start.
The focus of journalistic work is in-depth research, classification and analysis of events in Berlin and a look beyond Berlin to all relevant political centers worldwide.
“We are where the heart of political Berlin beats, whether on the open stage or behind closed doors, whether on the desks of the administrative apparatus or in the conference rooms of power. We are present with our eyes and ears everywhere in the political process,” says Gordon Repinski, Executive Editor POLITICO Germany.
Berlin Playbook complements the series of existing newsletters from Washington DC, New York, California, New Jersey, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Jersey, Ottawa as well as Brussels, London and Paris.
More than one million readers currently subscribe to POLITICO Playbooks.
“We couldn’t have hoped for a better time to enter the German market. The need for political information and analysis has never been greater; 2024 is a mega election year worldwide. As Europe’s largest economy and a political heavyweight in the EU, Germany is a logical location for POLITICO. And the Berlin Playbook is a start to conveying the added value of POLITICO to German readers,” says Goli Sheikholeslami, CEO of POLITICO.
Via POLITICO
POLITICO reports on global politics. Since its founding in 2007, POLITICO has grown to a team of more than 1,100 employees in North America and Europe. In October 2021, POLITICO was acquired by Axel Springer SE and has been one of its subsidiaries ever since.
2024-02-18 23:50:26
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