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Bertelsmann Buys Digital Marketer Smashing Ideas For Random House
By David Kaplan
May. 5, 2011, 8:32pm
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Bertelsmann AG has acquired digital media agency Smashing Ideas, Inc. for its Random House division. While the match between an established… Read More »
Bertelsmann, who all but exited out of music business when it sold its portion in Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG back to Sony last year, is back in it… Read More »
Earnings: Bertelsmann '08 Profit Down By Third After Five Writedown
By Patrick Smith
Mar. 24, 2009, 7:48pm
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After slashing the value of its RTL-owned broadcaster Five, German media group Bertelsmann’s saw its annual net profit slump by one third to… Read More »
Sony Has It All Now: Acquisition Of Bertelsmann’s 50 Percent Stake In Sony BMG Done, BMG Dropped
By Matt Kapko
Oct. 2, 2008, 9:48pm
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The second-largest record company in the world is now all Sony Read More »
Sony Buys Bertelsmann’s 50 Percent Stake In Sony BMG For $1.2 Billion
By David Kaplan
Aug. 5, 2008, 5:22pm
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As expected, Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE). and Bertelsmann AG have reached an agreement that has Sony buying Bertelsmann’s 50 percent stake in Sony… Read More »
Sony Buys Bertelsmann’s 50 Percent Stake In Sony BMG For $1.2 Billion
By David Kaplan
Aug. 5, 2008, 5:20pm
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As expected, Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE). and Bertelsmann AG have reached an agreement that has Sony buying Bertelsmann’s 50 percent stake in Sony… Read More »
BMG Could Retain Some Euro Assets in SonyBMG Sale; Could Sell For Around $1 Billion
By Rafat Ali
Jun. 14, 2008, 8:16am
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In the permutations being worked out for the sale of BMG part of music label SonyBMG, Bertelsmann is looking to retain a stake in the Europe… Read More »
BMG Could Retain Some Euro Assets in SonyBMG Sale; Could Sell For Around $1 Billion
By Rafat Ali
Jun. 14, 2008, 8:06am
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In the permutations being worked out for the sale of BMG part of music label SonyBMG, Bertelsmann is looking to retain a stake in the Europe… Read More »
Finally, some meat on the bone of the “Bertelsmann wants to quit music” story. An unnamed source tells FT Deutschland the German media group… Read More »
It’s the Wikipedia you’ll need Tipp-ex and a pen to edit. German publisher Bertelsmann says it will publish the first ever book based on ent… Read More »
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Mar. 18, 2008, 5:21pm
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German media group Bertelsmann has announced full-year 2007 revenues of $29.6 billion, a 2.8 percent decrease from $30.4 billion in the prev… Read More »
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