The former “Bild” editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt spoke about his professional plans on a TV talk show.
"I'm currently working on something new and am talking to a lot of very exciting young colleagues," said the 41-year-old on Sunday in the "Links.
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Mitte - The Duel of Opinion Makers” on the television channel Servus TV from Austria.
It was Reichelt's first television appearance after the media group Axel Springer in Berlin relieved him of his duties in October.
Reichelt spoke of a "gap in the market": journalism that looks for the facts and says what is and does not say what those in government would like to say. "I hope that I will soon be able to help fill this gap in the market with a lot of exciting people who I am currently talking to." Reichelt didn't get any more specific, he only spoke of a "new platform".
At the same time, he confirmed that he would not start with the TV station from Austria: "I will not come to Servus TV." Some time ago there was speculation about this on the Internet.
In the round of talks, which dealt with the corona pandemic and the media, among other things, Reichelt renewed his displeasure with the decision of his former employer Springer ("Bild", "Welt") to relieve him of his duties as editor-in-chief of in October To have relieved Germany's largest tabloid. He finds the decision wrong, he said. Reichelt made a similar statement in December in an interview with the weekly newspaper "Die Zeit".
Reichelt was at the head of "Bild" for several years. Months before the departure there had been an internal procedure against the journalist and more recently further press research. According to Springer, the core of the internal investigation in spring 2021 was the allegations of abuse of power in connection with consensual relationships with employees and drug use in the workplace. The group came to the conclusion that Reichelt should be given a second chance. The US newspaper "New York Times" then published a report on Reichelt and the group in October. In addition, an investigative team at the Ippen Media Group had been researching for months. Some of the results were included in a “Spiegel” report.
Springer justified the end of the cooperation with Reichelt in October as follows: “As a result of press research, the company had gained new insights into Julian Reichelt’s current behavior in the past few days.
The company followed up on this information.
The Executive Board found out that Julian Reichelt did not clearly separate private and professional matters even after the compliance procedure had been completed in spring 2021 and told the Executive Board an untruth about it.”