"'In spite of everything we've learnt about [Donald] Trump and Musk over the last year, Döpfner and his crowd are still true believers,' said Matthew Karnitschnig, a former Politico chief correspondent in Europe, who left Axel Springer last year." https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/08/how-axel-springer-germany-mathias-doepfner-us-political
‘A full-on embrace’: how the EU’s largest news publisher fell in love with the US

Mathias Döpfner, ‘guru-like’ CEO of Axel Springer, wants to expand – but critics say his stated values sometimes don’t line up with what appears in his titles

The Guardian

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Not in spite of. Because of.