Overview

• Jennifer Wilton will leave Axel Springer on June 30 to pursue new professional challenges, the company announced in an official statement.
• During her tenure in the Welt editorial team, she helped initiate Elon Musk’s December guest article endorsing the AfD, provoking significant internal unrest.
• Wilton’s exit removes the last woman from the ‘Blue Group’ top journalistic leadership body at Axel Springer.
• Ulf Poschardt, who has led the newly formed Premium Group since November 2024, now presides over an entirely male senior editorial team without a confirmed successor.
• Friede Springer, 82, remains one of three supervisory board members at Axel Springer SE, sustaining a limited female presence in corporate governance.