Patricia Schlesinger

ARD broadcaster: Worse than Schlesinger? Dissatisfaction with director Ulrike Demmer is growing at RBB

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Berliner Morgenpost

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New job for former RBB director Patricia Schlesinger: The former director of RBB: Patricia Schlesinger.

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Augsburger Allgemeine

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Ten billion for ARD and ZDF: Public broadcasters are too big: ARD, ZDF, regional public broadcasters, and Deutschlandradio cost license fee payers ten billion ...

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Dec 11 25

Patricia Schlesinger: Former RBB Director General Charged with Breach of Trust: After lengthy investigations, the Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office has filed ...

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Media journalist complains: RBB Director General allegedly interfered in the editing of a critical report

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weltwoche.de Dec 12 25

The public prosecutor's office has indicted the former director of RBB. The charge: breach of trust in fifty cases.

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Nov 10 25

Former RBB director: How Patricia Schlesinger celebrates her comeback: The disgraced former RBB director is supposed to prevent managers from making the same ...

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Sep 22 25

Suspicion of bias in Schlesinger trial: judge was her neighbor: In the RBB trial, a judge is in the spotlight because she used to be Patricia Schlesinger's ...

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ZDF editor Andreas Halbach sharply criticizes his own station: In the NRW state parliament, ZDF editor Andreas Halbach reports from the inner workings of the ...

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Aug 23 25

Zeit magazine cancels Ai Weiwei: Just one example of dwindling freedom of expression

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Aug 13 25

RBB appeals: Former director Patricia Schlesinger should pay: The RBB administrative board is appealing the ruling regarding the pension payment to former ...

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Aug 21 25

Federal Constitutional Court approves RBB state treaty: Control is better: The Federal Constitutional Court approves the RBB state treaty very unequivocally - | ...

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SZ.de Aug 12 25

RBB and Patricia Schlesinger both appeal: Former RBB director Schlesinger and the RBB board of directors are both appealing to the next instance in the dispute ...

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Jul 22 25

Ex-RBB director Schlesinger advises managers at Stella Circle: RBB director Patricia Schlesinger, who was dismissed without notice, has found a new job ...

Key FactsFormer RBB Head Launches Crisis Consulting Career

Jul 22, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Patricia Schlesinger served as director of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg from 2016 until her 2022 resignation triggered by controversy.

The broadcaster faced accusations of wastefulness and nepotism in summer 2022, leading to Schlesinger's immediate dismissal.

She has been working since 2023 for a newly established agency specializing in crisis consulting for top executives.

Her role leverages expertise in handling public scrutiny, media pressure, and legal frameworks during exceptional situations.

Leadership at the highest level means, among other things, providing guidance in exceptional situations. It requires not only expertise but also experience with public expectations, media pressure, and crises, as well as the legal framework. This is exactly where I can make a contribution.
— Patricia Schlesinger on the challenges of leadership in crisis situations.

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Wirtschaftswoche

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Jul 27 25

Job change: From the company to consulting - how can it work?: Former RBB director Patricia Schlesinger becomes a consultant. What to bear in mind when making ...

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berliner-zeitung.de/news/ex-rbb-intendantin-patricia-schlesinger-erzielt-teilerfolg-bei-gericht-anwalt-aeussert-sich-li.2340524

Jul 17 25

Ex-RBB director Patricia Schlesinger achieves partial success in court: lawyer speaks out

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ARD Head: "Events that happened long ago are discrediting us"

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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Jul 16 25

Pension of 18,000 euros: Former director Schlesinger achieves partial success against RBB

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Jul 10 25

Gelbhaar case: RBB pays ex-politician this sum: A week ago, the broadcaster and Stefan Gelbhaar settled their dispute over the false accusations ...

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Jun 03 25

RBB: No agreement reached with former director Schlesinger in the dispute over "pension"

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May 09 25

Ex-RBB director Patricia Schlesinger's lawyer: She was a scapegoat for the entire system

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welt.de/vermischtes/article256022962/Claudia-Nothelle-RBB-muss-Ex-Direktorin-mehr-als-8000-Euro-monatlich-zahlen-bis-zur-Rente.html

Apr 28 25

Claudia Nothelle: RBB must pay former director more than 8,000 euros a month - | until retirement

Key FactsRBB Loses Case Against Former Program Director

Apr 28, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Claudia Nothelle, the former program director of RBB, will continue to receive her monthly pension of 8437 euros.

The Berlin Labor Court dismissed the broadcaster's lawsuit seeking the repayment of the pension.

The dispute was valued at a total of 503,690 euros, and Nothelle has also been awarded the overdue payments.

Nothelle left RBB in 2016 at her own request and has been a professor of television journalism since 2017.

The broadcaster has 'completely lost' the labor court process
— A court spokesperson commented on the ruling of the Berlin labor court.

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Media column: None of the public broadcasters' officials in the Gelbhaar affair had to leave

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berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/gelbhaar-affaere-rbb-chefredakteur-biesinger-fehlbesetzung-li.2307428

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Yellow Hair Affair: RBB Editor-in-Chief Biesinger was a bad choice from the start - | Commentary

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Jan 30 25

RBB cuts 254 jobs and saves 22 million euros on staff: RBB director Ulrike Demmer has to deal with the financial legacy of her dismissed predecessor Patricia ...

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Jan 16 25

Schlesinger and RBB seek settlement: is €300,000 less enough?: Patricia Schlesinger is generous in the legal dispute with RBB: she would give up part of her ...

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welt.de/kultur/medien/plus255142588/Patricia-Schlesinger-Das-18-000-Euro-Problem-des-RBB.html

Jan 17 25

Patricia Schlesinger: The RBB's 18,000-euro problem: RBB and its former director Schlesinger are fighting in court. And RBB is already in a dilemma ...

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Jan 15 25

The situation in the evening: Getting into nettles on massage chairs: The dispute between the RBB and its former director is entering the next round ...

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RBB: New suspects - | Allegations of breach of trust against former editor-in-chief - | WELT

Jan 11 25

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faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/rbb-fordert-von-schlesinger-neun-millionen-euro-110180194.html

Dec 17 24

RBB exige nove milhões de euros a Schlesinger: A Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg encontra-se com Patricia Schlesinger em tribunal. A ex-diretora-geral quer processar ...

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Dec 13 24

RBB demands millions in damages from Schlesinger: The board of directors of RBB sees a "breach of duty in the conception and realization" of the digital media ...