SPIEGEL ONLINE is one of the most widely read German-language news website. As from July 2015, the overall digital news coverage of SPIEGEL ONLINE reaches more than 16 million unique users per month. It was founded in 1994 as the online sibling of the German news magazine, Der Spiegel, with a staff of journalists independent from the magazine. The content range is continually being expanded, ranging from politics to sports, from economics to health. The international network of correspondents from SPIEGEL ONLINE is the largest among the German online media. SPIEGEL ONLINE provides all aspects of the most important news and is the most frequently cited in the press, radio and television German online medium.