"Die Welt" in tabloid format in future?

The Axel Springer media group is considering reducing the size of its daily newspaper "Die Welt". A reduction in the size of quality newspapers is justified by an increasingly mobile society. According to a study by TNS Emnid Medienforschung, however, Germans are said to have reservations about the tabloid format. A definitive decision has not yet been made, as Springer spokeswoman Edda Fels explained to Kontakter. As far as Welt Kompakt, which already exists in small format, is concerned, a tabloid edition of Welt will continue to differ from Welt Kompakt in terms of content and scope - at least initially - as the two editions appeal to different readerships.