# Axel Springer SE id: ent_axel-springer wikidata: Q163560 kind: organization timeline: /timelines/axel-springer.md page: /record/axel-springer large multimedia company in Europe ## Current state What the record asserts: open claims that are valid, or primary-sourced at confidence 0.7 or more. Unverified, disputed and review-marked claims are listed below, labelled, not here. - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | subsidiary | Telegraph Media Group | valid 2026-06-30 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_3825354F0E43](/claim/clm_3825354F0E43.md) sources: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/30/telegraph-takeover-germany-axel-springer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560, https://telegraphmediagroup.com/2026-06-30/ - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | employees | 10,000 | valid 2026-07-03 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_035B696464A6](/claim/clm_035B696464A6.md) sources: https://www.axelspringer.com/data/uploads/2018/06/Annual_Report_2014.pdf, https://www.axelspringer.com/en/ax-press-release/axel-springer-turns-80-values-transformation-and-a-passion-for-the-future ## All claims One claim per line, newest first. Superseded claims stay visible. - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | employees | 10,000 | valid 2026-07-03 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_035B696464A6](/claim/clm_035B696464A6.md) sources: https://www.axelspringer.com/data/uploads/2018/06/Annual_Report_2014.pdf, https://www.axelspringer.com/en/ax-press-release/axel-springer-turns-80-values-transformation-and-a-passion-for-the-future - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | subsidiary | Telegraph Media Group | valid 2026-06-30 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_3825354F0E43](/claim/clm_3825354F0E43.md) sources: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/30/telegraph-takeover-germany-axel-springer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560, https://telegraphmediagroup.com/2026-06-30/ - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | owner_of | Telegraph Media Group | valid 2026-06-30 to present | conf 0.85 | unverified | [clm_CDC5E8B49F50](/claim/clm_CDC5E8B49F50.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560, https://telegraphmediagroup.com/2026-06-30/ - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | chair | Jan Bayer | valid 2025-08-01 to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_710A6D236DEC](/claim/clm_710A6D236DEC.md) sources: https://www.bdzv.de/service/presse/branchennachrichten/2025/axel-springer-neue-struktur-neuer-aufsichtsrat - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | owner_of | Dyn Sport | valid 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01 | conf 0.85 | superseded | [clm_848AAB2FE8E0](/claim/clm_848AAB2FE8E0.md) sources: https://www.dyn.sport/deinsender/dyn-erweitert-gesellschafterkreis/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560, https://www.kek-online.de/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5be1a6b6-5c1b-48b1-ad15-85241452bf42 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | employees | 13,917 | valid 2014-12-31 to 2026-07-03 | conf 0.85 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_035B696464A6](/claim/clm_035B696464A6.md) | [clm_12F4BD4E83E2](/claim/clm_12F4BD4E83E2.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560, http://www.axelspringer.de/dl/19209217/Annual_Report_2014.pdf - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | employees | 12,843 | valid 2013-12-31 to 2014-12-31 | conf 0.85 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_12F4BD4E83E2](/claim/clm_12F4BD4E83E2.md) | [clm_AA45BAE32361](/claim/clm_AA45BAE32361.md) sources: http://www.mediadb.eu/datenbanken/deutsche-medienkonzerne/axel-springer.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | legal_form | Societas Europaea | valid 2013-12-02 to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_0DD70FE3AAE7](/claim/clm_0DD70FE3AAE7.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | employees | 13,651 | valid 2012-12-31 to 2013-12-31 | conf 0.85 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_AA45BAE32361](/claim/clm_AA45BAE32361.md) | [clm_D345D7C6525F](/claim/clm_D345D7C6525F.md) sources: http://www.mediadb.eu/datenbanken/deutsche-medienkonzerne/axel-springer.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | x_username | axelspringer | valid 2009-01-30 to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_8437D3E65D05](/claim/clm_8437D3E65D05.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | listed_on | Frankfurt Stock Exchange | valid 1985-11-08 to 2020-04-06 | conf 0.85 | superseded | [clm_D195ECDD4636](/claim/clm_D195ECDD4636.md) sources: https://www.axelspringer.com/en/ax-press-release/delisting-of-the-axel-springer-se-shares-from-the-frankfurt-stock-exchange-at-the-end-of-april-6-2020, https://www.axelspringer.com/en/inside/powerful-going-into-the-21st-century, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | country | Germany | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_16DDDA2D6A18](/claim/clm_16DDDA2D6A18.md) sources: https://www.lobbyfacts.eu/datacard/axel-springer-se?rid=742417913824-11, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | website | https://www.axelspringer.com/de/ | valid undated to present | conf 0.45 | unverified | [clm_1E999A31F24B](/claim/clm_1E999A31F24B.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | owner_of | Bike Bild | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_247C1C523160](/claim/clm_247C1C523160.md) sources: https://www.bike-bild.de/impressum-360811.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | founded | 1946-01-01 | valid 1946-01-01 to present | conf 0.85 | unverified | [clm_3D5FED9BDC13](/claim/clm_3D5FED9BDC13.md) sources: http://www.mediadb.eu/datenbanken/deutsche-medienkonzerne/axel-springer.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560, https://mediadb.eu/2024/06/02/4-axel-springer-se/ - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | website | https://www.axelspringer.de | valid undated to present | conf 0.45 | unverified | [clm_60F72326DA34](/claim/clm_60F72326DA34.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | website | https://www.axelspringer.com/en/ | valid undated to present | conf 0.45 | unverified | [clm_A478A46F3916](/claim/clm_A478A46F3916.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | member_of | Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen e.V. | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_A9A133560613](/claim/clm_A9A133560613.md) sources: https://gvu.de/wer-wir-sind/ueber-uns, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | owner_of | Yad2‎ | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_B82D4E7E0565](/claim/clm_B82D4E7E0565.md) sources: https://www.jlac.ps/en/Article/965/Legal-Complaint-Filed-in-Germany-Against-Axel-Springer-Over-Yad2%E2%80%99s-Promotion-of-Illegal-Land-Grabs-in-Palestine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | short_name | AS SE | valid undated to present | conf 0.45 | unverified | [clm_C2854476C38B](/claim/clm_C2854476C38B.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | member_of | Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_D3238C59C9F6](/claim/clm_D3238C59C9F6.md) sources: https://www.vdz.de/ueber-uns/vdz-mitglieder/anfangsbuchstabe/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 - [Axel Springer SE](/record/axel-springer.md) | member_of | MVFP Media Association of the Free Press | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_EDBC00D89E0E](/claim/clm_EDBC00D89E0E.md) sources: https://www.mvfp.de/ueber-uns/mvfp-mitglieder, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163560 --- AsOf is a temporal fact ledger: a structured, dated, sourced record of what is true and what changed, built for AI retrieval.