[netrus]

I guess it's time to take a look at Der Spiegel again, but if I remember correctly, their focus is much more centered on Germany, Europe and the West, while the Economist has news from the whole world. And it's articles are short enough to read the whole magazine every week.

[mike_hearn]

The other thing about Der Spiegel is they seem to enjoy provocative/trolling articles more frequently than TE (though TE goes in for this as well from time to time). For instance Der Spiegel seems to pretty frequently write long but vague pieces about how Silicon Valley is taking over the world, will our new techno-overlords be benevolent, etc. Whereas TE tends to treat the tech industry more as an interesting specimen of butterfly to be dispassionately studied.

How much that reflects Germanic vs Anglo views of the world, I don't know. But having read articles in Der Spiegel very occasionally, it gave me a pretty different vibe.