Overview
- Veteran Medienmagazin host Jörg Wagner alleged that Intendantin Ulrike Demmer intervened to remove a podcast passage he viewed as critical of former editor‑in‑chief David Biesinger.
- RBB spokesperson Justus Demmer said there was no intervention by the intendant and no cuts related to Biesinger, asserting Wagner confused events.
- The broadcaster says the excised audio repeated material from an earlier episode covered by a cease‑and‑desist, and that Radioeins made the cut in coordination with program direction and legal.
- Süddeutsche Zeitung has updated its Wagner interview to reflect that the contested edit concerned a legally sensitive passage unrelated to Biesinger’s role.
- Following Wagner’s departure after nearly 30 years, Radioeins will continue Medienmagazin with Teresa Sickert, plan roughly 41 editions next year with some scheduled pauses and mostly pre‑recorded Friday shows.