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Bertelsmann

March 2021

  • Pile of books

    The Guardian view on the writing business: readers must ultimately benefit

    Editorial: People want stories and that means cultivating a publishing ecosystem where big and small can flourish
  • Penguin logo, Hillary Clinton book and Stephen King books

    Authors fear the worst if Penguin owner takes over Simon & Schuster

    Analysis: if Bertelsmann, owner of Penguin Random House, buys US publisher, writers expect smaller deals and less choice for readers
  • Hillary Clinton with her book What Happened, published by Simon & Schuster

    UK watchdog investigates Penguin owner’s Simon & Schuster takeover

    CMA says it is considering whether Penguin Random House’s $2bn deal would lessen competition

November 2020

  • ‘Enormous added value’ … Bertelsmann headquarters in Gütersloh, Germany.

    PRH owner Bertelsmann to buy Simon & Schuster in $2bn deal

    German media firm, already owner of the giant Penguin Random House, says acquisition of another major publisher is ‘approvable’ within monopoly rules

March 2019

  • Michelle Obama

    Michelle Obama's memoir sells more than 10m copies

    Former first lady’s Becoming is a global hit in 31 languages and has sold 600,000 copies in UK

December 2017

  • Woman reading by a fire

    The Guardian view on literary fiction: in need of support

    Editorial: Stories should come from all parts of society – not just from the well heeled and the middle class

August 2017

  • Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee perform Despacito

    Despacito drives Bertelsmann to record €500m profits

    Song of the summer and TV shows American Gods and 13 Reasons Why boost German media group

July 2017

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Pearson picks up $1bn from Penguin – but no treat for investors

    Nils Pratley
  • Fifty Shades of Grey book cover

    Pearson sells slice of Penguin for $1bn

January 2017

  • Numbers games … old Penguin books in a secondhand bookshop.

    Books world uneasy as Pearson to sell stake in Penguin Random House

    Management have moved to reassure staff and writers that selling the 47% holding will not affect business, but authors and agents express unease

March 2016

  • Penguin Books titles

    Bertelsmann plans to raise stake in Penguin Random House

    German media group reiterates plan to increase stake to 70-75% as full-year core profits climb 4.7%

February 2014

  • Financial Times

    FT Group profits rise 17%

    Publisher of Financial Times operating profits grow to £55m in 2013 as owner Pearson announces overall slump of 21%. By John Reynolds

March 2013

  • X Factor

    FremantleMedia set for buying spree

    The X Factor co-producer to return to acquisition trail following period of management transition, says Bertelsmann chief. By Mark Sweney in Berlin
  • EL James

    Fifty Shades of Grey publisher Random House posts record profits

    Operating profits leapt 75% at Bertelsmann-owned publisher in 2012 as Fifty Shades trilogy sold more than 70m copies. By Mark Sweney
  • Simon Cowell

    MediaGuardian 25
    X Factor producer FremantleMedia is a global TV hits machine

    Company still feels squeeze despite winning formats such as Got Talent and Idol. By Tara Conlan

January 2013

  • The X Factor

    Bertelsmann plans to sell €2bn RTL stake to fund expansion

    Selling part of RTL, whose shows include The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, would finance global and digital growth. By Mark Sweney

December 2012

  • German sausage

    Media Monkey
    Newspaper crisis leads to a Zeitung-twister

    Media Monkey: The closure of two newspapers in Germany has led to a new word being created to describe their demise

November 2012

  • Paperback books published by Penguin Books

    The networker
    Book publishers have long been playing into Amazon's hands

    The proposed merger of Penguin and Random House might be too late for a publishing industry seemingly set on self-destruction, writes John Naughton

October 2012

  • Publishing industry: waving or drowning?

  • Penguin books

    Penguin and Random House merger to create biggest book publisher ever seen

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