Axel Springer SE is a European multinational mass and online media company, based in Berlin, Germany. The company is organized as a societas Europaea (SE) publishing house and is one of the largest mass media publishers in the European Union, with numerous multimedia news brands such as Business Insider, Politico, The Daily Telegraph, or the price comparison service Idealo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Springer_SE

    • Carighan Maconar@piefed.world
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      Axel Springer can rightfully say they’ve been a significant part of the rise of neonazis in all their iterations up to and including the AfD in Germany throughout the decades. This is just one more guy, who in fact paid to get this award.

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      The announcement left out another important fact: Thiel reportedly made a $50 million investment in a new venture capital fund started by the son of Mathias Döpfner, Axel Springer’s co-owner and CEO. The son, Moritz, is known as—get this—the “German JD Vance.” Moritz previously worked as chief of staff at Thiel Capital.

      https://www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-snags-top-prize-from-politicos-owner/

      Also, we’ve known for ages that the Springer group is aligned with fascists…

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          Nah it’s enough to break specifically just the legs and larynx of these people in particular. Capitalism as a whole is a bonus, but not a requirement.

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      No need for signs: https://feddit.org/post/32811747

      The announcement left out another important fact: Thiel reportedly made a $50 million investment in a new venture capital fund started by the son of Mathias Döpfner, Axel Springer’s co-owner and CEO. The son, Moritz, is known as—get this—the “German JD Vance.” Moritz previously worked as chief of staff at Thiel Capital.