Axel Springer

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Media
58 - Publishing activities
58.1 - Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing
58.12 - Publishing of newspapers
200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
1 February 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2006
Foreseen end date

Description

Axel Springer Polska announced that it will launch a new daily paper in Poland in spring 2006.

The title and political profile of the paper is not known yet. The company decided to issue another daily after the success of its tabloid FAKT. Only two months after its launch in 2003, FAKT achieved market leadership among Polish daily papers.

Sources

  • 31 January 2006: Gazeta Wyborcza

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Axel Springer, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 62931, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62931.