Mathias Müller von Blumencron is one of the leading journalists and digital media executives in Germany.
Until April 2024, he was a member of the Management Board of the Swiss company Tamedia, responsible for all of Tamedia’s editorial teams and their digital transformation. Prior to that, he was Co-Editor-in-Chief of Berlin’s leading daily newspaper “Der Tagesspiegel”, being responsible for the digital transformation of the organization. Before he worked from 2013 until 2017 as editor-in-chief digital media for “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, implementing the successful digital strategy. Until 2013, he worked for 20 years at the news magazine “Der Spiegel”, where he set up and managed Germany’s most influential digital news site from 2000 onwards. He led “Spiegel” as co-editor-in-chief from 2008 until 2013.
Müller von Blumencron studied law before embarking on his journalism career. He graduated from the Henri-Nannen-School of Journalism in 1989 and then worked for several business magazines. In 1992, he began at “Der Spiegel” on the German politics desk. Subsequently he served for four years as a correspondent for “Der Spiegel” in Washington, D.C. and New York, covering the Clinton years and the development of the Internet, where he was always fascinated by the possibilities of the digital world for journalism.
Mathias Müller von Blumencron was born 23 July 1960 in Hamburg, Germany.
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