German news magazine Der Spiegel celebrated the release of an English issue in New York on Tuesday with remarks by Stefan Aust, editor, and Wolfgang Ischinger, German Ambassador to the US. Both hoped that the issue, “Germany: Sixty Years After the War,” would be a significant step in launching an English edition of the German magazine, which they hope will provide a counterbalance to the “Anglo-American” hegemony over the diversity of magazines accessible worldwide. Last fall Spiegel launched a web version of some of its content, which it also licenses to Salon.com, The New York Times, and other international news magazines. According to a report by Andreas Tzortzis in the International Herald Tribune, Der Spiegel has already invested more than half a million dollars in the online project, which receives 1.5 million hits a month. In advance of its English publishing plans, Der Spiegel has announced two new US-based correspondents, based in New York and Washington. Speaking of the special edition, Aust noted that “We’ll try this and, if it works, we’ll think about another one.”