Interesting piece on German media from the Economist:

A dearth of women editors at the top

WOMEN can also read. So might run a headline on the latest fad in the German press, which has suddenly discovered female readers, and is running articles of special interest to them. Several newspapers have also run features on women in leadership posts. This was predictable: Germany has a female chancellor, Angela Merkel. Finding women readers is good for circulation. Fewer women than men read Germany’s elite papers, but covers on feminism or manliness can yield record sales.