Spiegel employees KG

The Mirror staff KG (official company name : Limited partnership investment company for SPIEGEL staff mbH & Co. ) is the owner of 50.5 percent of the shares of the Spiegel-Verlag and thus represents a unique investment represents the employees of the publishing company's own employees. KG does not automatically include all employees, but there is an opportunity for everyone who has worked for Spiegel-Verlag for at least three years. Employees of the subsidiaries Spiegel Online and Spiegel TV cannot become shareholders of the Arbeiter KG. Around 760 people are currently entitled to vote.

history

On November 8, 1974, at the instigation of Spiegel founder Rudolf Augstein, Spiegel-Arbeiter KG acquired half of the shares in Spiegel Verlag. Since then, employees have been electing representatives every three years who have a say in important decisions made by the publisher . In addition, Spiegel-Employees KG and thus the employees are entitled to 50 percent of the company's profits.

In 1989, Rudolf Augstein tried to swap the shares in the employee KG for a pension model. However, this was refused by the staff.

The employees KG and the publishing house Gruner + Jahr had a right of first refusal to 0.5 percent of the shares in the event of the death of Rudolf Augstein, which they exercised in 2002. This increased the share of KG employees to 50.5 percent.

The 750 to 800 employees (2007 election: 792 eligible voters) are therefore " silent partners " of the company and elect the five managing directors of the employees KG every three years. Two of the managing directors are elected by the 250 editors, one by the 120 documentaries and employees of the archive. The publishing staff elect the remaining two managing directors.

In 2009 the statutes of the KG were changed in some points, other proposed changes were rejected. 611 of the 763 eligible to vote at the time took part in this vote, that is 80 percent. Since the statutes provide for a 2/3 majority, 509 votes would have been enough. Among the changes that were rejected was the proposal to extend the parliamentary term to four years.

Since the approval of the employees KG on August 21st to appoint Nikolaus Blome (previously BILD-Zeitung ) as head of the capital city office and member of the editor-in-chief from December 1st, 2013, the editors have been collecting signatures in order to get their two representatives Latsch and Wellershoff to resign move because the trust relationship is mostly disturbed. However, this will not change the decision that has already been made.

Thomas Hass became managing director of Spiegel-Verlag in 2015. For him, Johannes Varvakis moved up to the management of the employees KG and Thomas Riedel took over the speaker position.

executive Director

Period	editorial staff		publishing company		documentation
2004-2007	Thomas Darnstädt *	Armin Mahler	Karl Heinz Gill	Carsten Turk	Cordelia Freiwald
2007-2010	Armin Mahler *	Marianne Wellershoff	Rainer Buss	Thomas Hass	Cordelia Freiwald
2010-2013	Armin Mahler *	Marianne Wellershoff	Rainer Buss	Thomas Hass	Jan Kerbusk
2013-2016	Gunther Latsch	Marianne Wellershoff	Rainer Buss	Thomas Hass * (2013–2015) Johannes Varvakis (2015–2016)	Anne-Sophie Fröhlich (2013–2014) Thomas Riedel * (2014–2016)
2016-2019	Susanne Amann *	Martin Doerry	Carsten Turk	Johannes Varvakis	Thomas Riedel
2019-2022	Michael Fröhlingsdorf	Alexander Neubacher *	Carsten Turk	Johannes Varvakis	Anika Zeller

The management spokesman is marked with a *.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SPIEGEL PARTICIPATION: The gentlemen in the house . In: Der Spiegel . No. 0 1997 ( online - Jan. 15, 1997 ).
2. ^ Die Employees KG. In: Spiegel Group. Retrieved February 12, 2009 . 
3. ^ Inheritance dispute in the Augstein house. In: The time. Retrieved February 13, 2009 . 
4. ↑ Augstein's successor still open. In: Handelsblatt. Retrieved February 13, 2009 . 
5. ↑ Show the flag at the "Spiegel". In: Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved February 13, 2009 . 
6. ^ The election result of the "Spiegel" -KG and the consequences. In: Tagesspiegel. Retrieved February 12, 2009 . 
7. ↑ "Spiegel": Employees KG have new statutes from August 28, 2009 on horizont.net , accessed on September 1, 2013
8. ↑ 160 signatures (see source) from 250 editorial members of the KG (information above) are 64%
9. ↑ Der Spiegel: Call for resignation from September 5 on Berliner-Zeitung.de , accessed on September 9, 2013
10. ↑ Johannes Varvakis joins Thomas Hass in the management of Spiegel Employees KG meedia.de, April 16, 2015