Digital edition of Spiegel already sold 15,000 times a week
The iPad app from the German news magazine *Der Spiegel* is already turning a profit in its first year.
The digital edition of the magazine on Apple's tablet computer has sold around 15,000 copies a week so far. This was stated by Katharina Borchert, Managing Director of Spiegel Online, at the Munich Media Days on Friday. Nevertheless, the print industry need not worry. Because although printed paper is becoming a luxury good, it is one "that I want to have", as Dominik Wichmann, head of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, said at a panel discussion. An excellent offer can also find its financing. It is important to disassociate ourselves from the Cassandra cries that everything cannot be refinanced; the future will be particularly exciting for young journalists.
