Overview

• RTL will end its late-night news magazine RTL Direkt on July 23, 2025, after four years on air due to persistently low viewership.
• Over 30 roles in production, editorial and technical teams at RTL News in Berlin are expected to be cut as part of the format’s discontinuation.
• The network plans to redirect resources toward live reporting of high-profile events to strengthen its primetime schedule.
• Pinar Atalay will remain with RTL’s news division and host a new talk show on sister channel ntv beginning this autumn.
• RTL’s broader restructuring also includes the dissolution of Stern magazine’s Quality Board effective August 1, 2025, as it adapts to shifting viewer habits and financial pressures.