BertelsmannSpringer sells Netzeitung

Internet newspapers The German online newspaper Netzeitung is changing hands, with Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Michael Maier and Ralf-Dieter Brunowsky, owner of the communications agency Brunomedia, taking over the website founded by BertelsmannSpringer in 2000. Netzeitung has been part of the specialist publishing group since Bertelsmann acquired the Internet company Lycos Europe. According to a press release, the new owners see the independent journalistic orientation as the best basis for the further development of Netzeitung. The current political situation shows how important the Internet has become in the news sector.