Tag: Penguin Random House
Ergebnis bricht ein – Thomas Rabe setzt auf zweites Halbjahr
An diesem Mittwoch musste der Manager dann verkünden, dass das Konzernergebnis von Bertelsmann im ersten Halbjahr um 47 Prozent auf 260 Millionen Euro eingebrochen ist. Grund dafür ist das schwächelnde…
US-Verlag Simon & Schuster geht an Finanzinvestor KKR
New York Der große US-Verlag Simon & Schuster soll künftig einem Finanzinvestor gehören. Der Medienriese Paramount einigte sich mit der Investmentfirma KKR auf einen Kaufpreis von 1,62 Milliarden Dollar (rund…
Ex-“Bild” boss Diekmann reveals this about Springer
Dusseldorf No one has been editor-in-chief of Europe’s largest tabloid as long as he has. The former head of the “Bild” newspaper Kai Diekmann published his memoirs on Thursday. “I…
Sales negotiations at Gruner + Jahr are ongoing – RTL sales collapse by nine percent
Thomas Rabe The Bertelsmann and RTL boss expects only a slow recovery of the advertising markets. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf Three months after the announced job cuts at the publishing house…
Media industry: Bertelsmann sells call center subsidiary Majorel
Thomas Rabe The Bertelsmann boss has sold the call center holding Majorel. (Photo: Bertelsmann) Dusseldorf Bertelsmann sells its call center investment Majorel to the market leader Teleperformance from France. The…
After job cuts at Gruner + Jahr: Bertelsmann achieves record sales
Dusseldorf After the job cut at the traditional publishing house Gruner + Jahr (G+J), the owner Bertelsmann announces the highest turnover in its history. Last year, the media group generated…
After job cuts at Gruner + Jahr: Bertelsmann achieves record sales
Thomas Rabe The Bertelsmann CEO spoke of successes in the restructuring of the group. (Photo: IMAGO/IPON) Dusseldorf After the job cut at the traditional Hamburg publishing house Gruner + Jahr…
Why is 134 million missing after a year?
Thomas Rabe The Bertelsmann and RTL boss has laid off hundreds of employees at the Gruner + Jahr publishing house. (Photo: Imago (2), dpa, Getty Images) Hamburg, Munich To this…
Mohn’s grandson Thomas Coesfeld becomes head of Bertelsmann’s music division BMG
Carsten Coesfeld, Liz Mohn, Thomas Coesfeld (r.) Thomas Coesfeld is promoted to head of the BMG music division. (Photo: Bertelsmann) Dusseldorf Thomas Coesfeld, a grandson of former Bertelsmann boss Reinhard…
Bertelsmann fails with mergers worth five billion euros
Thomas Rabe The boss of Bertelsmann and the RTL Group wants to promote large mergers of media companies – but has now failed four times in a row. (Photo: Bertelsmann)…
Carsten Coesfeld is responsible for the future of the media group
Coesfeld is not just any manager at Bertelsmann. He is a grandson of Reinhard Mohn, who died in 2009. Under the company patriarch, after the Second World War, Bertelsmann developed…
Publishers and booksellers are defying the crisis – books could become more expensive
Dusseldorf The German book trade is beginning to feel that consumers have to save in view of inflation. By December 11, sales were down 3.9 percent year-on-year, according to figures…
Penguin boss Markus Dohle leaves the group after the US takeover collapsed
Markus Dohle The manager resigns from his board position at Bertelsmann. (Photo: Bertelsmann) Dusseldorf After the Bertelsmann subsidiary Penguin Random House failed with the takeover of the New York publisher…
Hope for inflation to subside
Good morning dear readers, Inflation is like an annoying visitor who wants to come in “just for a moment” and then just won’t get up from the sofa. Now there…
Penguin Random House will not take over Simon & Schuster
Dusseldorf In the book industry, a deal worth billions has finally collapsed: the Bertelsmann subsidiary Penguin Random House will not take over the New York publisher Simon & Schuster. “Bertelsmann…
Penguin Random House will not take over Simon & Schuster
Dusseldorf In the book industry, a deal worth billions has finally collapsed: the Bertelsmann subsidiary Penguin Random House will not take over the New York publisher Simon & Schuster. “Bertelsmann…
RTL expects less sales
Bertelsmann A sign with the Bertelsmann logo is in front of the headquarters in Gütersloh. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Europe’s second largest media group, Bertelsmann, is suffering from a flagging advertising…
Penguin Random House cannot take over Simon & Schuster
Thomas Rabe The manager relies heavily on mergers for his growth plans – but recently had to put up with several setbacks. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The media group Bertelsmann has…
How Boss Rabe’s big merger plans fail
Thomas Rabe As CEO of Bertelsmann, RTL and RTL Germany, the manager is in three leadership roles at Europe’s largest media group. (Photo: Bloomberg, Imago, Bertelsmann [M]) Munich, Guetersloh Lights…
How the big merger projects of CEO Rabe fail
Thomas Rabe As CEO of Bertelsmann, RTL and RTL Germany, the manager is in three leadership roles at Europe’s largest media group. (Photo: Bloomberg, Imago, Bertelsmann [M]) Munich, Guetersloh Lights…