Mediagazer: Bild editor in chief Tanit Koch resigns from the German tabloid over a dispute with digital chief Julian Reichelt, who takes over as EIC (Reuters)

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Bild editor in chief Tanit Koch resigns from the German tabloid over a dispute with digital chief Julian Reichelt, who takes over as EIC — BERLIN (Reuters) - The editor-in-chief of German red-top tabloid Bild, Europe's best-selling newspaper, quit on Friday after losing a power struggle with the head of its digital edition.

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