47DAILY TELEGRAPH

2026The first appearance of the new newspaper took place in 1855 on The Strand in London. In a narrow three‑story building above a row of shops, however, the lettering was clearly visible: “THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.”

Five years later, the paper moved to neighboring Fleet Street, the famous newspaper district of the British capital—comparable to Berlin’s newspaper quarter, where Axel Springer laid the foundation stone for his new publishing headquarters in 1959.

The publisher loved the English way of life and valued British journalism. In 1947, Axel Springer traveled to Great Britain for the first time after the war; a year later, the company hired its first correspondent in London. Later journalists, such as WELT correspondent Thomas Kielinger, earned a strong reputation in the United Kingdom.

In the early 1970s, the Axel Springer foreign service, which had since been established, maintained its London office in the “Daily Telegraph” building. Decades later, the editor-in-chief of the conservative newspaper drew inspiration in Berlin from the WELT newsroom.

In 2026, Axel Springer acquired the traditional British newspaper.