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Bertelsmann

April 28, 2023

The Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Bertelsmann (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁtl̩sˌman] (listen)), is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates and is also active in the service sector and education.[4][5]

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Bertelsmann headquarters in Gütersloh
TypePrivate (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien with a societas Europaea as general partner)
IndustryMass media
Founded1 July 1835; 187 years ago (1835-07-01)[1]
FounderCarl Bertelsmann
Headquarters
Gütersloh
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsPublishing, record label, broadcasting, cable television, film production
Revenue €20.245 billion (2022)
€1.052 billion (2022)
Total assets €32.818 billion (2022)
Total equity €15.036 billion (2022)
OwnerBertelsmann Stiftung
Number of employees
164,691 (2022)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.bertelsmann.com
Footnotes / references
Annual Report 2022

Bertelsmann was founded as a publishing house by Carl Bertelsmann in 1835.[6] After World War II, Bertelsmann, under the leadership of Reinhard Mohn, went from being a medium-sized enterprise to a major conglomerate, offering not only books but also television, radio, music, magazines and services.[7] Its principal divisions include the RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments.[8]

Bertelsmann is an unlisted and capital market-oriented company,[9] which remains primarily controlled by the Mohn family.[10][11]

History

1835 to 1933

 
The original C. Bertelsmann Verlag company logo as it appears on Carl Bertelsmann's tomb in Gütersloh.

The nucleus of the corporation is the C. Bertelsmann Verlag, a publishing house established on July 1, 1835 by Carl Bertelsmann in Gütersloh.[12] Carl Bertelsmann was a representative of the "Minden-Ravensberger Erweckungsbewegung", a Protestant revival movement, whose writings he published.[13] The C. Bertelsmann Verlag, originally specialized in theological literature, expanded its publications to include school and textbooks and in the 1920s and 1930s increasingly entered into the field of light fiction.[14]

1933 to 1945

In Nazi Germany, the publishing house gained a prominent position with its affordable "Bertelsmann Volksausgaben" ("people's editions").[15] In particular, war adventure books such as Werner von Langsdorff's "Fliegerbuch" on aviation were a commercial success.[16] Heinrich Mohn belonged to the patrons' circle of the SS and sought to turn his company into a National Socialist model enterprise.[17] During World War II, the C. Bertelsmann Verlag became a leading supplier to the Wehrmacht,[18] even surpassing Franz Eher, the central publishing house of the Nazi Party[19] Especially in the years between 1939 and 1941, the revenues of the C. Bertelsmann Verlag skyrocketed.[20] Jewish slave laborers were not forced to work in Gütersloh, but in printing plants in Lithuania with which the C. Bertelsmann Verlag cooperated.[21][22] In 1944, the Reichsschrifttumskammer (Reich Chamber of Literature) closed the publishing house to "mobilize all powers for victory".[23] Another essential reason for this was criminal paper racketeering by some publisher's employees,[24] which led to a trial in 1944.[25][26]

1945 to 1970

After World War II, the company portrayed itself to the Allied Control Authority as a Christian publisher that was part of the resistance to Nazism and allegedly persecuted. Ties to National Socialist organizations were initially denied. After it became known that erroneous, or at least inadequate, statements had been made, Heinrich Mohn stepped down as the head of the publishing house.[27] Reinhard Mohn, one of his three sons, took over the C. Bertelsmann Verlag, as Hans Heinrich Mohn had been killed in the war and Sigbert Mohn was still a prisoner of war.[28] In 1947, the Allies finally granted the company a publishing license.[29] After currency reform in 1948, there was a market slump in the book trade that also led to the next existential crisis for the C. Bertelsmann Verlag.[30] Under these conditions, in 1950 Bertelsmann launched the Lesering (book club) to stimulate sales.[31] Customers ordered books via subscription and in return received discounted prices.[32] The business increasingly shifted from the publishing house to the sale of books, which was decisive to further growth.[33]

In 1959, the C. Bertelsmann Verlag was restructured: From that point on, theological literature was published in the Gütersloher Verlagshaus, a new publishing house which was consolidated with the Rufer Verlag. Fiction, poetry and art came under the roof of Sigbert Mohn Verlag. The C. Bertelsmann Verlag focused on nonfiction books, in particular dictionaries, guidebooks, reference books and journals.[34] In the 1950s and 1960s, Bertelsmann expanded its activities into new business areas. In 1956, the company entered the music market with the Bertelsmann Schallplattenring (record club). Two years later, Ariola, one of the most successful German record labels was launched,[35] and virtually at the same time, the Sonopress record pressing plant was established.[36] With the Kommissionshaus Buch & Ton (book and audio commissioning company), from which the Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung (VVA) emerged, Bertelsmann laid the cornerstone for its service business.[37] In 1964, Bertelsmann purchased the already broken-up UFA from the Deutsche Bank and built on its presence in cinema and television.[38][39] In 1969, Bertelsmann acquired shares in the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr. A merger with Axel Springer, also planned at the time, for which a loan for millions had been taken out temporarily from Westdeutsche Landesbank,[40] failed in 1970.[41]

1971 to 1983

 
Portrait of Reinhard Mohn (2008)

Starting in 1971, Bertelsmann operated as a joint-stock company ("Aktiengesellschaft" or "AG"), renamed Bertelsmann AG.[42] The increasingly diversifying book publishers were bundled in the Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann publishing group at the end of the 1960s.[43] In 1972, this company moved from Gütersloh to Munich.[44] Key divisions remained in Gütersloh, for which a new office building was built in 1976 at the group's official location.[45] To this day, it has remained the Bertelsmann headquarters, referred to as the Bertelsmann Corporate Center. The rapid growth of Bertelsmann led to structural and financial problems. In the 1970s, financing requirements reached their peak. From 1975 to 1980, for example, the return on sales fell below one percent.[46] Bertelsmann also encountered new regulatory rules in its home market, in particular through laws governing mergers.[47] Larger acquisitions became practically impossible. At the same time, there was an increasing saturation of the German market for the Bertelsmann Lesering,[48] whereas the foreign book clubs earned the lion's share of revenues in this corporate division.[49]

The internationalization of Bertelsmann, initiated in the 1960s, was taken further:[50] Among other things, Bertelsmann acquired shares in the publishing houses Plaza & Janés[51] based in Barcelona and Bantam Books[52] from New York City. In the United States, a location was established for Ariola and Arista Records was acquired.[53] In the period of the 1979–1980 recession, there was discussion concerning the succession of Reinhard Mohn.[54] In 1981, he finally moved over to the supervisory board. Dr. Juergen Kraemer, former Finance Minister of West Germany, who had previously headed up management of Gruner + Jahr, became the new chairman and chief executive officer.[55] With this move, Bertelsmann, for the first time, was led by a manager who was not a member of the owner family.[56] Mark Wössner became Fischer's successor as chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann in 1983.[57] The affair concerning the forged Hitler diaries occurred at the beginning of his tenure, which damaged the reputation of Gruner + Jahr and Bertelsmann as a whole.[58][59]

1984 to 1993

Mark Wössner brought the subsidiaries closer to headquarters in Gütersloh.[60][61] In particular, this involved business development and controlling.[62] Under the leadership of Mark Wössner, Bertelsmann also took a stake in RTL plus, the first private TV broadcaster in Germany.[63] In 1986, Bertelsmann acquired a majority in RCA Records and merged its activities in the music market with the new Bertelsmann Music Group.[64] Sonopress, a company established in 1958 to manufacture records, was not part of the Bertelsmann Music Group, rather it was assigned to the print and industrial division.[65] With Doubleday, another well-known publishing house was acquired.[66] As a result, the group ascended to become a well-known international company, and Bertelsmann was temporarily the world's largest media group.[67]

In the financial year of 1990/1991, Bertelsmann had over 45,000 employees and reached sales of 14.5 billion Deutsche Mark annually. 63% involved business outside of Germany, and the United States was the most important foreign market.[68] After the German reunification and the end of the Cold War, Bertelsmann also expanded to East Germany, as well as into Central and Eastern Europe.[69] For example, in 1989 the first branch outlet of the Club Bertelsmann opened in Dresden.[70] The later development of Bertelsmann in the 1990s was marked by the spread of the Internet as a mass medium, as well as changes to the ownership structure.[71] In 1993, Reinhard Mohn transferred the majority of capital shares to the Bertelsmann Stiftung and assumed its chairmanship.[72] The foundation itself was financed by profits of the company.[73]

1994 to 2000

In 1994, Gruner + Jahr acquired the magazines of The New York Times, whereby Bertelsmann was once again able to expand its presence in foreign markets.[67] From 1995, there was a new business division of multimedia at Bertelsmann. Its centerpiece was AOL Europe,[74] a joint venture of America Online and Bertelsmann.[75] Prior to that, Bertelsmann had already acquired a direct share in America Online.[76][77] The multimedia division also included mediaWays and Pixelpark.[78] In 1997, UFA merged with Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) to become a joint entertainment group based in Luxembourg.[79] With CLT-UFA, Bertelsmann was able to decisively diversify its business.[80] In 1998, Thomas Middelhoff succeeded Mark Wössner as Bertelsmann's chairman and chief executive officer.[81] Thomas Middelhoff had previously already been a member of the management board of the multimedia division.[82] Mark Wössner joined the supervisory board of the company and also became chairman of the Bertelsmann Stiftung.[83] In March 1998, Bertelsmann sold its video game publisher, BMG Interactive, to Take-Two Interactive in exchange for 16 percent of Take Two's stock.[84]

This management change coincided with the takeover of Random House.[85][86][87] With this, the group advanced to become the largest publishing group in the English-speaking world.[88] Random House was merged with Bantam Doubleday Dell,[89] and the global headquarters of all Bertelsmann publishing houses were relocated to New York City.[90] In 1999, Bertelsmann acquired the publisher Springer Science+Business Media, which, among other things, was the market leader for mathematics and physics.[91][92] In the year 2000, Bertelsmann dissolved its joint venture with AOL Europe.[93] The sale of the shares in the joint venture to America Online yielded billions to Bertelsmann.[94] In the same year, Bertelsmann and Pearson formed the RTL Group from their TV subsidiaries.[95] Bertelsmann initially owned a minority in the company, and gradually built up its share.[96] Later, Bertelsmann secured the majority of the shares in RTL through a share swap with the Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL), which as a result owned 25.1% of Bertelsmann.[97][98]

2001 to 2007

Under the leadership of Thomas Middelhoff,[99] Bertelsmann increased its involvement in the Internet,[100] whereby above all the investment in Napster received major media attention.[101][102] The aim of the acquisition, among other things,[103] was to stem the illegal spread of copyrighted material.[104] In 2001, the service nonetheless had to be shut down due to legal disputes.[105] Bertelsmann faced several claims for damages by the music industry.[106][107] In order to finance additional growth of Bertelsmann, Thomas Middelhoff raised the idea of going public,[108] which led to fundamental disagreement with the Mohn family.[109] In 2002, Gunter Thielen became the new chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann,[110] and some members of the media viewed the change critically.[111][112]

A consolidation phase followed, in order to solve the problems with the core business.[113] For example, Bertelsmann sold unprofitable e-commerce firms like the online shop of Barnes & Noble, among others.[114][115] Gruner + Jahr sold the Berliner Zeitung,[116] and the scientific publisher, BertelsmannSpringer,[117] was spun off.[118] In the 2003 financial year, Bertelsmann announced that it was investing its music business in a joint venture with Sony.[119][120] Bertelsmann and Sony each owned half the shares.[121] With this transaction, the stakeholders sought to respond to declining sales in the music market.[122][123] In addition, Gunter Thielen initiated the buyback of the shares from Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, so that the Mohn family regained complete control of Bertelsmann from 2006.[124] This measure was also financed with the sale of the music publishing business to Vivendi's Universal Music Publishing Group.[125][126][127] During the tenure of Gunter Thielen, the number of employees at Bertelsmann exceeded 100,000 for the first time.[128]

2008 to 2015

 
Thomas Rabe, Chairman and CEO since 2012

In 2008, Hartmut Ostrowski was appointed chairman and chief executive officer.[129][130] Bertelsmann sold its shares of the record label Sony BMG,[131][132] and since then the company has operated under the name of Sony Music Entertainment.[133] In 2008, Bertelsmann acquired the rights to the Brockhaus Encyclopedia,[134] and from that time on, this reference work was published by the Wissen Media Verlag.[135] At the end of 2011, Hartmut Ostrowski suddenly announced that he was leaving Bertelsmann for unspecified personal reasons.[136][137] In 2012, Bertelsmann went from being an AG to its current incorporation as a partnership limited by shares ("Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien" or "KGaA"), with the general partner being a European stock corporation ("Societas Europaea" or "SE"). Also, since 2012, Thomas Rabe has been chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann.[138][139]

In 2013, Bertelsmann floated part of its shares in the RTL Group on the stock exchange,[140][141] in order to finance additional growth from the proceeds of the sale.[142][143] In the year 2013, Penguin Random House became the world's largest publishing company.[144][145] Gruner + Jahr was taken over completely by Bertelsmann in 2014.[146][147] Furthermore, under the leadership of Thomas Rabe, Bertelsmann increasingly invested in the education sector:[148] In 2014, for example, Relias Learning was acquired.[149][150] The company belongs to the Bertelsmann Education Group, established in 2015.[151] The Club Bertelsmann was wound up,[152] and individual distribution partners are taking legal action against it.[153][154] In 2016, the printing business was bundled in the Bertelsmann Printing Group.[155]

2016–present

Bertelsmann diversified its base in 2016 by introducing a structure consisting of eight divisions.[156] In 2017, Bertelsmann also undertook moves to further strengthen its core business, among other things increasing its share in Penguin Random House from 53 to 75 percent.[157][158] Through the partial withdrawal of Pearson, Bertelsmann secured a strategic three-quarters majority in the world's leading trade publishing group.[159][160][161] Penguin Random House's publications include the memoirs of Michelle and Barack Obama.[162][163]

Arvato was aligned more closely with the Group through changes in management, among other measures.[164] The heads of the division's individual "Solution Groups" have reported directly to members of the Bertelsmann Executive Board ever since.[165] The company weighed its strategic options for the Customer Relationship Management business, and in 2018 established a CRM company in cooperation with the Saham Group:[166][167] The new company, Majorel, enjoys a leading market position in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.[168]

The growing education business was strengthened in 2018 through the acquisition of the U.S. provider OnCourse Learning,[169] one of the Group's biggest deals in the U.S. market.[170] OnCourse Learning offers continuing education and professional development by providing digital courses for healthcare and financial services clients.[171] Bertelsmann, itself a strong advocate of lifelong learning, donated tens of thousands of Udacity scholarships in 2017 and 2019 to enable the advanced training of talented participants, in fields including Big Data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence.[172][173]

Bertelsmann has promoted stronger cooperation among its corporate divisions and has also opened up towards collaboration with other media houses.[174][175] One such example is the Ad Alliance, launched in 2017, in which Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and Gruner + Jahr bundled the marketing of their advertising platforms.[176] The marketing arms of the Spiegel publishing house, Axel Springer, and Funke Mediengruppe have since joined the Ad Alliance as well;[177] its portfolio reaches over 99 percent of the German population.[178]

In 2019, Bertelsmann also boosted cooperation in the German content market by establishing the Content Alliance,[179] headed up by Julia Jäkel.[180] The key players in this initiative involve the television and radio broadcasting networks of the Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, UFA TV production company, Random House publishing company, Gruner + Jahr, as well as the BMG music company.[181] The Bertelsmann Content Alliance develops joint formats and delivers a full range of products and services for creative professionals.[182]

On November 25, 2020, it was reported that Bertelsmann will acquire the American publisher Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for more than $2 billion.[183] On December 14, 2020, Bertelsmann entered talks to sell the French magazine publisher Prisma Media, a division of Gruner + Jahr, to Vivendi.[184] The sale was completed on May 31, 2021.[185]

On January 29, 2021, Bertelsmann began to explore selling its controlling stake in the French television channel M6.[186]

Divisions

See also: List of assets owned by Bertelsmann

Bertelsmann is a decentralized organization.[187] This means that the divisions largely work independently. The holding handles central tasks, in the field of corporate finance, for example.[188] In 2016, Bertelsmann introduced a new structure of eight divisions:[189] RTL Group (television and radio), Penguin Random House (book publishing), BMG (music rights), Arvato (services), Bertelsmann Education Group (education), Bertelsmann Printing Group (printing) and Bertelsmann Investments (investments).[190]

RTL Group

Main article: RTL Group
 

RTL Group is a leading European entertainment provider, based in Luxembourg.[191] The company runs a commercial private television and radio channels in several countries, including RTL and VOX in Germany.[192][193] In 2015, with the RTL Digital Hub, the company launched a dedicated unit for web videos.[194] In addition, production companies, such as Fremantle, are part of the RTL Group.[195] In January 1997, Bertelsmann merged the UFA film and television company with Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT). The merger of CLT-UFA with Pearson TV in the year 2000 marked the beginning of the RTL Group.[196] The company is listed on the stock exchange and has been majority-owned by Bertelsmann since 2001.[197][198] Following the sale of shares in 2013, the stake is 75.1%.[199] In 2022, sales of the RTL Group were €7.2 billion.[200]

Penguin Random House

Main article: Penguin Random House
 

Penguin Random House is the world's largest book publishing company.[201] The company was created in 2013 through the merger of the publishing businesses of Bertelsmann and Pearson.[202] With the acquisition of Random House in 1998, Bertelsmann already became the largest book publisher in the English-speaking world.[203] 250 publishing houses on five continents are part of the company, including Random House and Penguin Books, but also Doubleday, Knopf and Viking.[204] The German Verlagsgruppe Random House (Goldmann, Heyne and others), based in Munich, is not part of Penguin Random House,[205] yet it does belong to the same division at Bertelsmann.[206] Penguin Random House has its main headquarters in the Penguin Random House Tower in New York City.[207] Since 2020, Bertelsmann owns 100% of the company.[208] In 2022, the company achieved sales of €4.2 billion.[200]

BMG

Main article: BMG Rights Management
 

BMG is a music publishing company based in Berlin. The BMG catalog encompasses rights to works by artists such as Céline Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Ronan Keating and Britney Spears.[209] In 2008, the company was created after the group divested from the music market.[210][211] Following the sale of Sony BMG, Bertelsmann had retained the rights to 200, mainly European, artists.[212] In 2009, KKR came on board with BMG, retaining a 51% majority in the company, and Bertelsmann held 49%.[213] Since 2013, BMG has once again become a fully owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann.[214][215] In 2016, BMG became a division of Bertelsmann.[216] In 2022, BMG had revenues of €866 million.[200]

Arvato

Main article: Arvato
 

Arvato is an international service provider. In its current form, the company originated in the year 1999.[217] At that time, the print and industry sectors at Bertelsmann were restructured, whereby services received a higher priority than the print and machinery sector back then.[218][219] Since the 1950s, Bertelsmann has been an active service provider,[220] delivering books for other publishing companies, for example.[221] To this day, Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung (VVA) has belonged to Arvato.[222] What's more, today Arvato offers services, for example, in the areas of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and finance, as well as information technology.[223][224] The main headquarters of Arvato is Gütersloh, and additional locations exist in 22 countries, including China and the United States.[225] In 2022, sales of Arvato reached a volume of €5.6 billion.[200]

Bertelsmann Printing Group

Main article: Bertelsmann Printing Group
 

In January 2016, Bertelsmann bundled its printing activities in digital, offset and gravure in the Bertelsmann Printing Group.[226][227] It is Europe's largest player in the industry.[228] The corporate group is located in Gütersloh.[229] Bertelsmann Printing Group includes not only GGP Media, Mohn Media, Prinovis, Sonopress, Vogel Druck and several other companies, but also Be Printers.[230] Be Printers is in turn a spin-off of Arvato, created in 2012, in order to consolidate the group's printing business.[231] The business has been under pressure for years due to declining print editions.[232] In 2022, the Bertelsmann Printing Group achieved sales of €1.4 billion.[200]

Bertelsmann Education Group

 

The Bertelsmann Education Group is dedicated to the education sector.[233] It was established in 2015 and has its headquarters in New York City.[234] It includes, for example, the Alliant International University and Relias Learning.[235] The acquisition of Relias Learning in 2014 formed the cornerstone for the Bertelsmann Education Group and was the largest acquisition by Bertelsmann since the purchase of Random House.[236][237] In 2022, the Bertelsmann Education Group generated sales of €622 million.[200]

Bertelsmann Investments

 

The Bertelsmann Investments division bundles Bertelsmann's startup investments. Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments is based in Gütersloh and since 2014 has concentrated mainly on the United States.[238][239] With Bertelsmann Asia Investments,[240] Bertelsmann Brazil Investments and Bertelsmann India Investments,[241] three additional funds exist that are active in the growth regions defined by the holding.[242] Bertelsmann Investments holds equity positions in a total of over 100 startup companies, almost all from the digital economy.[243] In 2022, sales reached €535 million.[200]

Ownership

From 1971 to 2012, Bertelsmann was a joint stock company under German law (Aktiengesellschaft).[244] Subsequently, the company was transformed into a partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien). The general partner is a European stock corporation (Societas Europaea).[245] Bertelsmann's rationale for this move, among others, was the aim of opening up for investors,[246] thus enabling them to participate in the financing of additional growth.[247] The media commented the change of the legal structure "the turn of an era",[248] as it essentially also enables the company to go public.[249][250] This move was not ultimately implemented, however.[251][252] Today, Bertelsmann is a company active in capital markets, issuing bonds, for example.[253][254] Since 2001, the company has prepared its financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards.[255]

The new legal entity does not change any of the ownership of Bertelsmann.[256] As early as the 1970s and 1980s, the Mohn family built up the Bertelsmann Stiftung,[257] which has owned the majority of shares in Bertelsmann since 1993.[258] In addition to social responsibility, tax considerations played a role in this.[259][260] Moreover, this strategy was intended to preserve the continuity of the company.[261] Today, according to Bertelsmann, the Mohn family holds 19.1% of the shares. The three foundations, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Reinhard Mohn Stiftung and BVG Stiftung, together own 80.9%.[262] The Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (BVG) has key influence on the whole group: It bundles all the voting rights of the Mohn family and foundations with ownership shares. Together, they own 100 percent in the general assemblies of the group company (Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA) and its general partner (Bertelsmann Management SE).

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA is managed by the Bertelsmann Management SE. The chairman of the executive board of Bertelsmann Management SE is Thomas Rabe.[263][264] Other members of the executive board include Markus Dohle, Immanuel Hermreck, Bernd Hirsch and Anke Schäferkordt.[265] In 2012, Bertelsmann created the additional so-called Group Management Committee, in order to advise the executive board in important matters.[266] Some members of the media noted that a relatively large number of women have been appointed to the Group Management Committee.[267][268] Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Bertelsmann Management SE each have a supervisory board that oversees the management. In 2013, Christoph Mohn assumed the chairmanship of both bodies.[269] From the family, Liz Mohn and Brigitte Mohn are also members of the supervisory boards of both companies.[270]

Locations

Since the 1970s, the Bertelsmann headquarters have been in the Gütersloh district of Avenwedde, and its layout encompasses some 26,100 square meters. The office buildings were erected in 1976 and expanded in 1990.[271] In addition to the typical facilities, the headquarters in Gütersloh also feature the Bertelsmann University, an academic institution for Bertelsmann executives.[272] In 1992, Bertelsmann purchased the Bertelsmann Building in New York City and located its North American headquarters there.[273] The building was re-sold in 2004.[274] The Berlin representative office was opened in 2003 in the Kommandantenhaus in the historic center of Berlin.[275] As part of international activities, Bertelsmann established additional locations at the corporate level (Corporate Centers) in Beijing (2006), New Delhi (2012) and São Paulo (2012).[276]

Worldwide, with all divisions, Bertelsmann has almost 350 locations.[277] The majority are in Europe, where the group earns the largest share of its revenues.[278] Over the past years, the group has increasingly focused on the newly industrialized nations of Brazil, China and India.[279] In Brazil, efforts have been aimed at expanding activities above all in the field of education.[280][281] Bertelsmann has already been involved in China since 1992,[282] and today all divisions are represented there.[283] In India, Bertelsmann is focused on growth in the e-commerce sector, among others.[284][285]

Criticism

In the 1990s, critical questions arose as to the role of Bertelsmann in Nazi Germany.[286] It was precipitated by a speech given by the chairman and chief executive officer, Thomas Middelhoff, on the occasion of his receiving the Vernon A. Walters Award 1998 in New York City.[287] Thomas Middelhoff portrayed Bertelsmann as one of the few non-Jewish media companies shut down by the National Socialists because it allegedly published subversive literature.[288] This interpretation was severely criticized, for example, by publicist Hersch Fischler.[289] The speech led to a broad public debate and ultimately in 1998 to the establishment of an independent historical commission (IHC) by the group.[290] This was headed by Saul Friedländer, and additional members were Norbert Frei, Trutz Rendtorff and Reinhard Wittmann. The IHC presented an interim report in the year 2000 and issued a final report in 2002.[291] It stated, for example, that the suggestion that the C. Bertelsmann Verlag mounted resistance against National Socialism was clearly not accurate.[292] The company's "shut-down as a publisher of the resistance" could not be proven.[293] Historian Volker Ullrich proclaimed in the weekly Die Zeit that the notion of the company's being "a resistance publisher" was clearly baseless.[294] The files of the IHC have been publicly available in the company archives of Bertelsmann in Gütersloh since 2003.[295] In October 2002 the Bertelsmann conglomerate publicly expressed regret for its "conduct under the Nazis, and for later efforts to cover it up".[296]

See also

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Further reading

  • "Freundlicher Moloch". Der Spiegel (in German). No. 11. 1970. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  • Becker, Jörg (1985), "Konzerne, Macher, Kontrolleure: Der Bertelsmann-Konzern", Medienforschung (in German), Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, no. 1, ISBN 3-596-26551-7
  • Lokatis, Siegfried (8 March 1999). "Feldpost von Bertelsmann: Die Editionspraxis des Gütersloher Verlags im Dritten Reich". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  • Frei, Norbert; Saul Friedländer; Trutz Rendtorff; Reinhard Wittmann (2002). Bertelsmann im Dritten Reich (in German). Munich: Bertelsmann. ISBN 3-570-00713-8.
  • Böckelmann, Frank; Hersch Fischler (2004). Bertelsmann: Hinter der Fassade des Medienimperiums (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn. ISBN 3-8218-5551-7.
  • Lehning, Thomas (2004). Das Medienhaus: Geschichte und Gegenwart des Bertelsmann-Konzerns (in German). Paderborn, Munich: Fink. ISBN 3-7705-4035-2.
  • Munroe, Mary H. (2004). "Bertelsmann Timeline". The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via Northern Illinois University.
  • Schuler, Thomas (2004). Die Mohns: Vom Provinzbuchhändler zum Weltkonzern (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Campus. ISBN 3-593-37307-6.
  • Barth, Thomas; Oliver Schöller (2005). "Der Lockruf der Stifter: Bertelsmann und die Privatisierung der Bildungspolitik". Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik (in German) (11): 1339–1348. ISSN 0006-4416. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  • Thomas Barth, ed. (2006). Bertelsmann: Ein Medienimperium macht Politik (in German). Hamburg: Anders. ISBN 3-939594-01-6.
  • Biermann, Werner; Arno Klönne (2007). Agenda Bertelsmann: Ein Konzern stiftet Politik (in German). Cologne: PapyRossa. ISBN 978-3-89438-372-5.
  • Holtman, Jan Philip (2008). Pfadabhängigkeit strategischer Entscheidungen: Eine Fallstudie am Beispiel des Bertelsmann-Buchclubs Deutschland (in German). Cologne: Kölner Wiss. ISBN 978-3-937404-57-8. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  • 175 Years of Bertelsmann: The Legacy for Our Future. Munich: C. Bertelsmann. 2010. ISBN 978-3-570-10175-9.

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A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page November 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Bertelsmann SE amp Co KGaA commonly known as Bertelsmann German pronunciation ˈbɛʁtl sˌman listen is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gutersloh North Rhine Westphalia Germany It is one of the world s largest media conglomerates and is also active in the service sector and education 4 5 Bertelsmann SE amp Co KGaABertelsmann headquarters in GuterslohTypePrivate Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien with a societas Europaea as general partner IndustryMass mediaFounded1 July 1835 187 years ago 1835 07 01 1 FounderCarl BertelsmannHeadquartersGutersloh GermanyArea servedWorldwideKey peopleThomas Rabe 2 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Christoph Mohn 3 Chairman of the Supervisory Board Elisabeth Mohn Vice chair of the board ProductsPublishing record label broadcasting cable television film productionRevenue 20 245 billion 2022 Net income 1 052 billion 2022 Total assets 32 818 billion 2022 Total equity 15 036 billion 2022 OwnerBertelsmann StiftungNumber of employees164 691 2022 SubsidiariesRTL Group 75 1 Penguin Random HouseBMGArvatoB Brinting GroupB Education GroupB InvestmentsWebsitewww wbr bertelsmann wbr comFootnotes referencesAnnual Report 2022Bertelsmann was founded as a publishing house by Carl Bertelsmann in 1835 6 After World War II Bertelsmann under the leadership of Reinhard Mohn went from being a medium sized enterprise to a major conglomerate offering not only books but also television radio music magazines and services 7 Its principal divisions include the RTL Group Penguin Random House BMG Arvato the Bertelsmann Printing Group the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments 8 Bertelsmann is an unlisted and capital market oriented company 9 which remains primarily controlled by the Mohn family 10 11 Contents 1 History 1 1 1835 to 1933 1 2 1933 to 1945 1 3 1945 to 1970 1 4 1971 to 1983 1 5 1984 to 1993 1 6 1994 to 2000 1 7 2001 to 2007 1 8 2008 to 2015 1 9 2016 present 2 Divisions 2 1 RTL Group 2 2 Penguin Random House 2 3 BMG 2 4 Arvato 2 5 Bertelsmann Printing Group 2 6 Bertelsmann Education Group 2 7 Bertelsmann Investments 3 Ownership 4 Locations 5 Criticism 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksHistory Edit1835 to 1933 Edit The original C Bertelsmann Verlag company logo as it appears on Carl Bertelsmann s tomb in Gutersloh The nucleus of the corporation is the C Bertelsmann Verlag a publishing house established on July 1 1835 by Carl Bertelsmann in Gutersloh 12 Carl Bertelsmann was a representative of the Minden Ravensberger Erweckungsbewegung a Protestant revival movement whose writings he published 13 The C Bertelsmann Verlag originally specialized in theological literature expanded its publications to include school and textbooks and in the 1920s and 1930s increasingly entered into the field of light fiction 14 1933 to 1945 Edit In Nazi Germany the publishing house gained a prominent position with its affordable Bertelsmann Volksausgaben people s editions 15 In particular war adventure books such as Werner von Langsdorff s Fliegerbuch on aviation were a commercial success 16 Heinrich Mohn belonged to the patrons circle of the SS and sought to turn his company into a National Socialist model enterprise 17 During World War II the C Bertelsmann Verlag became a leading supplier to the Wehrmacht 18 even surpassing Franz Eher the central publishing house of the Nazi Party 19 Especially in the years between 1939 and 1941 the revenues of the C Bertelsmann Verlag skyrocketed 20 Jewish slave laborers were not forced to work in Gutersloh but in printing plants in Lithuania with which the C Bertelsmann Verlag cooperated 21 22 In 1944 the Reichsschrifttumskammer Reich Chamber of Literature closed the publishing house to mobilize all powers for victory 23 Another essential reason for this was criminal paper racketeering by some publisher s employees 24 which led to a trial in 1944 25 26 1945 to 1970 Edit After World War II the company portrayed itself to the Allied Control Authority as a Christian publisher that was part of the resistance to Nazism and allegedly persecuted Ties to National Socialist organizations were initially denied After it became known that erroneous or at least inadequate statements had been made Heinrich Mohn stepped down as the head of the publishing house 27 Reinhard Mohn one of his three sons took over the C Bertelsmann Verlag as Hans Heinrich Mohn had been killed in the war and Sigbert Mohn was still a prisoner of war 28 In 1947 the Allies finally granted the company a publishing license 29 After currency reform in 1948 there was a market slump in the book trade that also led to the next existential crisis for the C Bertelsmann Verlag 30 Under these conditions in 1950 Bertelsmann launched the Lesering book club to stimulate sales 31 Customers ordered books via subscription and in return received discounted prices 32 The business increasingly shifted from the publishing house to the sale of books which was decisive to further growth 33 In 1959 the C Bertelsmann Verlag was restructured From that point on theological literature was published in the Gutersloher Verlagshaus a new publishing house which was consolidated with the Rufer Verlag Fiction poetry and art came under the roof of Sigbert Mohn Verlag The C Bertelsmann Verlag focused on nonfiction books in particular dictionaries guidebooks reference books and journals 34 In the 1950s and 1960s Bertelsmann expanded its activities into new business areas In 1956 the company entered the music market with the Bertelsmann Schallplattenring record club Two years later Ariola one of the most successful German record labels was launched 35 and virtually at the same time the Sonopress record pressing plant was established 36 With the Kommissionshaus Buch amp Ton book and audio commissioning company from which the Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung VVA emerged Bertelsmann laid the cornerstone for its service business 37 In 1964 Bertelsmann purchased the already broken up UFA from the Deutsche Bank and built on its presence in cinema and television 38 39 In 1969 Bertelsmann acquired shares in the magazine publisher Gruner Jahr A merger with Axel Springer also planned at the time for which a loan for millions had been taken out temporarily from Westdeutsche Landesbank 40 failed in 1970 41 1971 to 1983 Edit Portrait of Reinhard Mohn 2008 Starting in 1971 Bertelsmann operated as a joint stock company Aktiengesellschaft or AG renamed Bertelsmann AG 42 The increasingly diversifying book publishers were bundled in the Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann publishing group at the end of the 1960s 43 In 1972 this company moved from Gutersloh to Munich 44 Key divisions remained in Gutersloh for which a new office building was built in 1976 at the group s official location 45 To this day it has remained the Bertelsmann headquarters referred to as the Bertelsmann Corporate Center The rapid growth of Bertelsmann led to structural and financial problems In the 1970s financing requirements reached their peak From 1975 to 1980 for example the return on sales fell below one percent 46 Bertelsmann also encountered new regulatory rules in its home market in particular through laws governing mergers 47 Larger acquisitions became practically impossible At the same time there was an increasing saturation of the German market for the Bertelsmann Lesering 48 whereas the foreign book clubs earned the lion s share of revenues in this corporate division 49 The internationalization of Bertelsmann initiated in the 1960s was taken further 50 Among other things Bertelsmann acquired shares in the publishing houses Plaza amp Janes 51 based in Barcelona and Bantam Books 52 from New York City In the United States a location was established for Ariola and Arista Records was acquired 53 In the period of the 1979 1980 recession there was discussion concerning the succession of Reinhard Mohn 54 In 1981 he finally moved over to the supervisory board Dr Juergen Kraemer former Finance Minister of West Germany who had previously headed up management of Gruner Jahr became the new chairman and chief executive officer 55 With this move Bertelsmann for the first time was led by a manager who was not a member of the owner family 56 Mark Wossner became Fischer s successor as chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann in 1983 57 The affair concerning the forged Hitler diaries occurred at the beginning of his tenure which damaged the reputation of Gruner Jahr and Bertelsmann as a whole 58 59 1984 to 1993 Edit Mark Wossner brought the subsidiaries closer to headquarters in Gutersloh 60 61 In particular this involved business development and controlling 62 Under the leadership of Mark Wossner Bertelsmann also took a stake in RTL plus the first private TV broadcaster in Germany 63 In 1986 Bertelsmann acquired a majority in RCA Records and merged its activities in the music market with the new Bertelsmann Music Group 64 Sonopress a company established in 1958 to manufacture records was not part of the Bertelsmann Music Group rather it was assigned to the print and industrial division 65 With Doubleday another well known publishing house was acquired 66 As a result the group ascended to become a well known international company and Bertelsmann was temporarily the world s largest media group 67 In the financial year of 1990 1991 Bertelsmann had over 45 000 employees and reached sales of 14 5 billion Deutsche Mark annually 63 involved business outside of Germany and the United States was the most important foreign market 68 After the German reunification and the end of the Cold War Bertelsmann also expanded to East Germany as well as into Central and Eastern Europe 69 For example in 1989 the first branch outlet of the Club Bertelsmann opened in Dresden 70 The later development of Bertelsmann in the 1990s was marked by the spread of the Internet as a mass medium as well as changes to the ownership structure 71 In 1993 Reinhard Mohn transferred the majority of capital shares to the Bertelsmann Stiftung and assumed its chairmanship 72 The foundation itself was financed by profits of the company 73 1994 to 2000 Edit Penguin Random House Tower in New York City 2005 In 1994 Gruner Jahr acquired the magazines of The New York Times whereby Bertelsmann was once again able to expand its presence in foreign markets 67 From 1995 there was a new business division of multimedia at Bertelsmann Its centerpiece was AOL Europe 74 a joint venture of America Online and Bertelsmann 75 Prior to that Bertelsmann had already acquired a direct share in America Online 76 77 The multimedia division also included mediaWays and Pixelpark 78 In 1997 UFA merged with Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Telediffusion CLT to become a joint entertainment group based in Luxembourg 79 With CLT UFA Bertelsmann was able to decisively diversify its business 80 In 1998 Thomas Middelhoff succeeded Mark Wossner as Bertelsmann s chairman and chief executive officer 81 Thomas Middelhoff had previously already been a member of the management board of the multimedia division 82 Mark Wossner joined the supervisory board of the company and also became chairman of the Bertelsmann Stiftung 83 In March 1998 Bertelsmann sold its video game publisher BMG Interactive to Take Two Interactive in exchange for 16 percent of Take Two s stock 84 This management change coincided with the takeover of Random House 85 86 87 With this the group advanced to become the largest publishing group in the English speaking world 88 Random House was merged with Bantam Doubleday Dell 89 and the global headquarters of all Bertelsmann publishing houses were relocated to New York City 90 In 1999 Bertelsmann acquired the publisher Springer Science Business Media which among other things was the market leader for mathematics and physics 91 92 In the year 2000 Bertelsmann dissolved its joint venture with AOL Europe 93 The sale of the shares in the joint venture to America Online yielded billions to Bertelsmann 94 In the same year Bertelsmann and Pearson formed the RTL Group from their TV subsidiaries 95 Bertelsmann initially owned a minority in the company and gradually built up its share 96 Later Bertelsmann secured the majority of the shares in RTL through a share swap with the Groupe Bruxelles Lambert GBL which as a result owned 25 1 of Bertelsmann 97 98 2001 to 2007 Edit Under the leadership of Thomas Middelhoff 99 Bertelsmann increased its involvement in the Internet 100 whereby above all the investment in Napster received major media attention 101 102 The aim of the acquisition among other things 103 was to stem the illegal spread of copyrighted material 104 In 2001 the service nonetheless had to be shut down due to legal disputes 105 Bertelsmann faced several claims for damages by the music industry 106 107 In order to finance additional growth of Bertelsmann Thomas Middelhoff raised the idea of going public 108 which led to fundamental disagreement with the Mohn family 109 In 2002 Gunter Thielen became the new chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann 110 and some members of the media viewed the change critically 111 112 A consolidation phase followed in order to solve the problems with the core business 113 For example Bertelsmann sold unprofitable e commerce firms like the online shop of Barnes amp Noble among others 114 115 Gruner Jahr sold the Berliner Zeitung 116 and the scientific publisher BertelsmannSpringer 117 was spun off 118 In the 2003 financial year Bertelsmann announced that it was investing its music business in a joint venture with Sony 119 120 Bertelsmann and Sony each owned half the shares 121 With this transaction the stakeholders sought to respond to declining sales in the music market 122 123 In addition Gunter Thielen initiated the buyback of the shares from Groupe Bruxelles Lambert so that the Mohn family regained complete control of Bertelsmann from 2006 124 This measure was also financed with the sale of the music publishing business to Vivendi s Universal Music Publishing Group 125 126 127 During the tenure of Gunter Thielen the number of employees at Bertelsmann exceeded 100 000 for the first time 128 2008 to 2015 Edit Thomas Rabe Chairman and CEO since 2012 In 2008 Hartmut Ostrowski was appointed chairman and chief executive officer 129 130 Bertelsmann sold its shares of the record label Sony BMG 131 132 and since then the company has operated under the name of Sony Music Entertainment 133 In 2008 Bertelsmann acquired the rights to the Brockhaus Encyclopedia 134 and from that time on this reference work was published by the Wissen Media Verlag 135 At the end of 2011 Hartmut Ostrowski suddenly announced that he was leaving Bertelsmann for unspecified personal reasons 136 137 In 2012 Bertelsmann went from being an AG to its current incorporation as a partnership limited by shares Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien or KGaA with the general partner being a European stock corporation Societas Europaea or SE Also since 2012 Thomas Rabe has been chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann 138 139 In 2013 Bertelsmann floated part of its shares in the RTL Group on the stock exchange 140 141 in order to finance additional growth from the proceeds of the sale 142 143 In the year 2013 Penguin Random House became the world s largest publishing company 144 145 Gruner Jahr was taken over completely by Bertelsmann in 2014 146 147 Furthermore under the leadership of Thomas Rabe Bertelsmann increasingly invested in the education sector 148 In 2014 for example Relias Learning was acquired 149 150 The company belongs to the Bertelsmann Education Group established in 2015 151 The Club Bertelsmann was wound up 152 and individual distribution partners are taking legal action against it 153 154 In 2016 the printing business was bundled in the Bertelsmann Printing Group 155 2016 present Edit Bertelsmann diversified its base in 2016 by introducing a structure consisting of eight divisions 156 In 2017 Bertelsmann also undertook moves to further strengthen its core business among other things increasing its share in Penguin Random House from 53 to 75 percent 157 158 Through the partial withdrawal of Pearson Bertelsmann secured a strategic three quarters majority in the world s leading trade publishing group 159 160 161 Penguin Random House s publications include the memoirs of Michelle and Barack Obama 162 163 Arvato was aligned more closely with the Group through changes in management among other measures 164 The heads of the division s individual Solution Groups have reported directly to members of the Bertelsmann Executive Board ever since 165 The company weighed its strategic options for the Customer Relationship Management business and in 2018 established a CRM company in cooperation with the Saham Group 166 167 The new company Majorel enjoys a leading market position in Europe the Middle East and Africa 168 The growing education business was strengthened in 2018 through the acquisition of the U S provider OnCourse Learning 169 one of the Group s biggest deals in the U S market 170 OnCourse Learning offers continuing education and professional development by providing digital courses for healthcare and financial services clients 171 Bertelsmann itself a strong advocate of lifelong learning donated tens of thousands of Udacity scholarships in 2017 and 2019 to enable the advanced training of talented participants in fields including Big Data cloud computing and artificial intelligence 172 173 Bertelsmann has promoted stronger cooperation among its corporate divisions and has also opened up towards collaboration with other media houses 174 175 One such example is the Ad Alliance launched in 2017 in which Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and Gruner Jahr bundled the marketing of their advertising platforms 176 The marketing arms of the Spiegel publishing house Axel Springer and Funke Mediengruppe have since joined the Ad Alliance as well 177 its portfolio reaches over 99 percent of the German population 178 In 2019 Bertelsmann also boosted cooperation in the German content market by establishing the Content Alliance 179 headed up by Julia Jakel 180 The key players in this initiative involve the television and radio broadcasting networks of the Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland UFA TV production company Random House publishing company Gruner Jahr as well as the BMG music company 181 The Bertelsmann Content Alliance develops joint formats and delivers a full range of products and services for creative professionals 182 On November 25 2020 it was reported that Bertelsmann will acquire the American publisher Simon amp Schuster from ViacomCBS for more than 2 billion 183 On December 14 2020 Bertelsmann entered talks to sell the French magazine publisher Prisma Media a division of Gruner Jahr to Vivendi 184 The sale was completed on May 31 2021 185 On January 29 2021 Bertelsmann began to explore selling its controlling stake in the French television channel M6 186 Divisions EditSee also List of assets owned by Bertelsmann Bertelsmann is a decentralized organization 187 This means that the divisions largely work independently The holding handles central tasks in the field of corporate finance for example 188 In 2016 Bertelsmann introduced a new structure of eight divisions 189 RTL Group television and radio Penguin Random House book publishing BMG music rights Arvato services Bertelsmann Education Group education Bertelsmann Printing Group printing and Bertelsmann Investments investments 190 RTL Group Edit Main article RTL Group RTL Group is a leading European entertainment provider based in Luxembourg 191 The company runs a commercial private television and radio channels in several countries including RTL and VOX in Germany 192 193 In 2015 with the RTL Digital Hub the company launched a dedicated unit for web videos 194 In addition production companies such as Fremantle are part of the RTL Group 195 In January 1997 Bertelsmann merged the UFA film and television company with Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Telediffusion CLT The merger of CLT UFA with Pearson TV in the year 2000 marked the beginning of the RTL Group 196 The company is listed on the stock exchange and has been majority owned by Bertelsmann since 2001 197 198 Following the sale of shares in 2013 the stake is 75 1 199 In 2022 sales of the RTL Group were 7 2 billion 200 Penguin Random House Edit Main article Penguin Random House Penguin Random House is the world s largest book publishing company 201 The company was created in 2013 through the merger of the publishing businesses of Bertelsmann and Pearson 202 With the acquisition of Random House in 1998 Bertelsmann already became the largest book publisher in the English speaking world 203 250 publishing houses on five continents are part of the company including Random House and Penguin Books but also Doubleday Knopf and Viking 204 The German Verlagsgruppe Random House Goldmann Heyne and others based in Munich is not part of Penguin Random House 205 yet it does belong to the same division at Bertelsmann 206 Penguin Random House has its main headquarters in the Penguin Random House Tower in New York City 207 Since 2020 Bertelsmann owns 100 of the company 208 In 2022 the company achieved sales of 4 2 billion 200 BMG Edit Main article BMG Rights Management BMG is a music publishing company based in Berlin The BMG catalog encompasses rights to works by artists such as Celine Dion Jennifer Lopez Ronan Keating and Britney Spears 209 In 2008 the company was created after the group divested from the music market 210 211 Following the sale of Sony BMG Bertelsmann had retained the rights to 200 mainly European artists 212 In 2009 KKR came on board with BMG retaining a 51 majority in the company and Bertelsmann held 49 213 Since 2013 BMG has once again become a fully owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann 214 215 In 2016 BMG became a division of Bertelsmann 216 In 2022 BMG had revenues of 866 million 200 Arvato Edit Main article Arvato Arvato is an international service provider In its current form the company originated in the year 1999 217 At that time the print and industry sectors at Bertelsmann were restructured whereby services received a higher priority than the print and machinery sector back then 218 219 Since the 1950s Bertelsmann has been an active service provider 220 delivering books for other publishing companies for example 221 To this day Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung VVA has belonged to Arvato 222 What s more today Arvato offers services for example in the areas of Customer Relationship Management CRM Supply Chain Management SCM and finance as well as information technology 223 224 The main headquarters of Arvato is Gutersloh and additional locations exist in 22 countries including China and the United States 225 In 2022 sales of Arvato reached a volume of 5 6 billion 200 Bertelsmann Printing Group Edit Main article Bertelsmann Printing Group In January 2016 Bertelsmann bundled its printing activities in digital offset and gravure in the Bertelsmann Printing Group 226 227 It is Europe s largest player in the industry 228 The corporate group is located in Gutersloh 229 Bertelsmann Printing Group includes not only GGP Media Mohn Media Prinovis Sonopress Vogel Druck and several other companies but also Be Printers 230 Be Printers is in turn a spin off of Arvato created in 2012 in order to consolidate the group s printing business 231 The business has been under pressure for years due to declining print editions 232 In 2022 the Bertelsmann Printing Group achieved sales of 1 4 billion 200 Bertelsmann Education Group Edit The Bertelsmann Education Group is dedicated to the education sector 233 It was established in 2015 and has its headquarters in New York City 234 It includes for example the Alliant International University and Relias Learning 235 The acquisition of Relias Learning in 2014 formed the cornerstone for the Bertelsmann Education Group and was the largest acquisition by Bertelsmann since the purchase of Random House 236 237 In 2022 the Bertelsmann Education Group generated sales of 622 million 200 Bertelsmann Investments Edit The Bertelsmann Investments division bundles Bertelsmann s startup investments Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments is based in Gutersloh and since 2014 has concentrated mainly on the United States 238 239 With Bertelsmann Asia Investments 240 Bertelsmann Brazil Investments and Bertelsmann India Investments 241 three additional funds exist that are active in the growth regions defined by the holding 242 Bertelsmann Investments holds equity positions in a total of over 100 startup companies almost all from the digital economy 243 In 2022 sales reached 535 million 200 Ownership EditFrom 1971 to 2012 Bertelsmann was a joint stock company under German law Aktiengesellschaft 244 Subsequently the company was transformed into a partnership limited by shares Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien The general partner is a European stock corporation Societas Europaea 245 Bertelsmann s rationale for this move among others was the aim of opening up for investors 246 thus enabling them to participate in the financing of additional growth 247 The media commented the change of the legal structure the turn of an era 248 as it essentially also enables the company to go public 249 250 This move was not ultimately implemented however 251 252 Today Bertelsmann is a company active in capital markets issuing bonds for example 253 254 Since 2001 the company has prepared its financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards 255 The new legal entity does not change any of the ownership of Bertelsmann 256 As early as the 1970s and 1980s the Mohn family built up the Bertelsmann Stiftung 257 which has owned the majority of shares in Bertelsmann since 1993 258 In addition to social responsibility tax considerations played a role in this 259 260 Moreover this strategy was intended to preserve the continuity of the company 261 Today according to Bertelsmann the Mohn family holds 19 1 of the shares The three foundations Bertelsmann Stiftung Reinhard Mohn Stiftung and BVG Stiftung together own 80 9 262 The Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH BVG has key influence on the whole group It bundles all the voting rights of the Mohn family and foundations with ownership shares Together they own 100 percent in the general assemblies of the group company Bertelsmann SE amp Co KGaA and its general partner Bertelsmann Management SE Bertelsmann SE amp Co KGaA is managed by the Bertelsmann Management SE The chairman of the executive board of Bertelsmann Management SE is Thomas Rabe 263 264 Other members of the executive board include Markus Dohle Immanuel Hermreck Bernd Hirsch and Anke Schaferkordt 265 In 2012 Bertelsmann created the additional so called Group Management Committee in order to advise the executive board in important matters 266 Some members of the media noted that a relatively large number of women have been appointed to the Group Management Committee 267 268 Bertelsmann SE amp Co KGaA and Bertelsmann Management SE each have a supervisory board that oversees the management In 2013 Christoph Mohn assumed the chairmanship of both bodies 269 From the family Liz Mohn and Brigitte Mohn are also members of the supervisory boards of both companies 270 Locations EditSince the 1970s the Bertelsmann headquarters have been in the Gutersloh district of Avenwedde and its layout encompasses some 26 100 square meters The office buildings were erected in 1976 and expanded in 1990 271 In addition to the typical facilities the headquarters in Gutersloh also feature the Bertelsmann University an academic institution for Bertelsmann executives 272 In 1992 Bertelsmann purchased the Bertelsmann Building in New York City and located its North American headquarters there 273 The building was re sold in 2004 274 The Berlin representative office was opened in 2003 in the Kommandantenhaus in the historic center of Berlin 275 As part of international activities Bertelsmann established additional locations at the corporate level Corporate Centers in Beijing 2006 New Delhi 2012 and Sao Paulo 2012 276 Worldwide with all divisions Bertelsmann has almost 350 locations 277 The majority are in Europe where the group earns the largest share of its revenues 278 Over the past years the group has increasingly focused on the newly industrialized nations of Brazil China and India 279 In Brazil efforts have been aimed at expanding activities above all in the field of education 280 281 Bertelsmann has already been involved in China since 1992 282 and today all divisions are represented there 283 In India Bertelsmann is focused on growth in the e commerce sector among others 284 285 Criticism EditIn the 1990s critical questions arose as to the role of Bertelsmann in Nazi Germany 286 It was precipitated by a speech given by the chairman and chief executive officer Thomas Middelhoff on the occasion of his receiving the Vernon A Walters Award 1998 in New York City 287 Thomas Middelhoff portrayed Bertelsmann as one of the few non Jewish media companies shut down by the National Socialists because it allegedly published subversive literature 288 This interpretation was severely criticized for example by publicist Hersch Fischler 289 The speech led to a broad public debate and ultimately in 1998 to the establishment of an independent historical commission IHC by the group 290 This was headed by Saul Friedlander and additional members were Norbert Frei Trutz Rendtorff and Reinhard Wittmann The IHC presented an interim report in the year 2000 and issued a final report in 2002 291 It stated for example that the suggestion that the C Bertelsmann Verlag mounted resistance against National Socialism was clearly not accurate 292 The company s shut down as a publisher of the resistance could not be proven 293 Historian Volker Ullrich proclaimed in the weekly Die Zeit that the notion of the company s being a resistance publisher was clearly baseless 294 The files of the IHC have been publicly available in the company archives of Bertelsmann in Gutersloh since 2003 295 In October 2002 the Bertelsmann conglomerate publicly expressed regret for its conduct under the Nazis and for later efforts to cover it up 296 See also Edit Companies portalBooks in Germany Elsevier Holtzbrinck Publishing Group Lagardere Publishing McGraw Hill Education News Corp Pearson plc Scholastic Corporation Thomson Reuters Wiley publisher References Edit Bertelsmann erinnert sich Neue 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Bildungsanbieter OnCourse Learning sueddeutsche de in German 17 September 2018 Retrieved 25 April 2019 Bauer Vera 9 September 2017 Udacity Google und Bertelsmann finanzieren 75 000 Stipendien mobilegeeks de in German Retrieved 18 June 2019 Mattgey Annette 26 March 2019 Bertelsmann spendiert 50 000 Udacity Stipendien wuv de in German Retrieved 18 June 2019 Becker Annette 10 June 2016 Bertelsmann setzt auf starkere Kooperation der Segmente Borsen Zeitung in German p 11 Klusmann Steffen Thomas Schulz 16 March 2019 Allein schaufeln wir nur unser eigenes Grab Der Spiegel in German p 78 RTL und Gruner Jahr bundeln Vermarktung Neue Westfalische in German 1 July 2016 p 6 Lipinski Gregory 21 May 2019 Ausbau der AdAlliance Bertelsmann holt Axel Springer und Funke an Bord meedia de in German Retrieved 18 June 2019 Scharrer Jurgen 21 May 2019 Digitalvermarktung Was hinter der Partnerschaft von Ad Alliance und Media Impact steckt horizont net in German Retrieved 18 June 2019 Germis Carsten 29 January 2019 Medienkonzern Bertelsmann bundelt sein Geschaft in Kreativ Allianz faz net in German Retrieved 25 April 2019 Content Alliance Bertelsmann vernetzt Inhalte Produktion im Konzern unter Leitung von G J Chefin Julia Jakel meedia de in German 29 January 2019 Retrieved 26 April 2019 Bertelsmann will Medientochter als Content Alliance bundeln handelsblatt com in German 20 January 2019 Retrieved 25 April 2019 Bertelsmann startet Content Alliance in Deutschland Gemeinsame Formate im Fokus boersenblatt net in German 29 January 2019 Retrieved 18 June 2019 Lauer Douglas Busvine Klaus 25 November 2020 Bertelsmann buys Simon amp Schuster for 2 2 billion in U S publishing play Reuters Retrieved 25 November 2020 Vivendi enters exclusive talks for Prisma Media MarketWatch 14 December 2020 Retrieved 7 May 2021 Vivendi Finalizes Acquisition of Leading Publishing Group Prisma Media 31 May 2021 Pollina Elvira Schuetze Arno Barzic Gwenaelle 29 January 2021 EXCLUSIVE Bertelsmann explores potential sale of French media group M6 sources Reuters Retrieved 7 May 2021 Bertelsmann Essentials PDF Bertelsmann Archived PDF from the original on 23 January 2014 Retrieved 21 May 2016 Bertelsmann ist keine Aktiengesellschaft mehr Handelsblatt in German 21 August 2012 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Spahr Wolfgang 22 March 2016 Bertelsmann Reports Highest Profit in a Decade CEO Rabe Talks China Strategy and Music Investment Numbers Billboard Retrieved 21 May 2016 The new Bertelsmann PDF Bertelsmann pp 16 17 Archived PDF from the original on 18 April 2016 Retrieved 29 March 2016 Gelingt der digitale Umbruch Handelsblatt in German 3 September 2015 p 36 Companies Selection PDF RTL Group Retrieved 1 October 2015 Siebenhaar Hans Peter 14 September 2015 Der Medien Kommissar Die Borsenwette namens RTL Handelsblatt in German Retrieved 1 October 2015 Shields Mike 8 June 2015 European Broadcaster RTL Starts Formalizing Web Video Plans The Wall Street Journal Retrieved 21 May 2016 Luckerath Thomas 26 March 2014 Zukauf in den USA RTL Tochter FremantleMedia ubernimmt 495 Productions DWDL in German Retrieved 1 October 2015 Harding James Lutz Meier 7 April 2000 Heute entsteht Europas grosster TV Konzern Financial Times in German p 1 Bertelsmann Takes Control of RTL Group Los Angeles Times 6 February 2001 Retrieved 21 May 2016 Trefgarne George 6 February 2001 Bertelsmann share swap lifts stake in RTL to 67pc The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 Retrieved 21 May 2016 Bertelsmann verkauft Teile von RTL n tv in German 29 April 2013 Retrieved 29 March 2016 a b c d e f g Annual Report 2022 PDF Bertelsmann 30 March 2023 Retrieved 11 April 2023 Wischenbart Rudiger 13 October 2015 Das Goldene Zeitalter fur Buchverlage beginnt Die Welt in German p 22 Fusion abgeschlossen Bertelsmann und Pearson grunden Buchgiganten Handelsblatt in German 1 July 2013 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Bertelsmann wird grosster Verleger von Buchern in englischer Sprache Suddeutsche Zeitung in German 24 March 1998 p 23 Freund Wieland 29 October 2012 Jetzt machen es die Bucher wie die Autos Die Welt in German Retrieved 1 October 2015 Fusion mit britischem Konkurrenten Bertelsmann schmiedet weltgrossten Buchverlag Spiegel Online in German 29 October 2012 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Global Publishing Leaders 2015 Penguin Random House Publishers Weekly Retrieved 1 October 2015 Offices Penguin Random House Retrieved 20 March 2016 End of an era for book publisher Penguin 18 December 2019 Retrieved 19 December 2019 Bertelsmann geht auf Einkaufstour Neue Westfalische in German 24 July 2009 Bertelsmann gibt das Musikgeschaft auf Der Tagesspiegel in German 6 August 2008 p 15 Wachsen mit der Musik Neue Westfalische in German 31 August 2009 Bertelsmann kauft Musikrechteverlag BMG ganz Die Welt in German 1 March 2013 Retrieved 30 March 2016 Arnold Martin Andrew Edgecliffe Johnson 7 July 2009 Bertelsmann forms music duo with KKR Financial Times Retrieved 22 May 2016 Morris Christopher 1 March 2013 Bertelsmann Takes Full Ownership of BMG Variety Retrieved 22 May 2016 Szalai Georg Scott Roxborough 1 March 2013 Bertelsmann to Acquire Full Control of BMG The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 22 May 2016 Schelp Stefan 23 March 2016 Da steckt Geld drin Neue Westfalische in German p 27 Bertelsmann Industrie heisst kunftig Arvato Suddeutsche Zeitung in German 9 June 1999 p 28 Bertelsmann Drucksparte setzt verstarkt auf Dienstleistungen Die Welt in German 9 June 1999 p 24 Arvato auf Wachstumskurs Handelsblatt in German 9 June 1999 p 19 Delker Michael 1 July 2010 Der grosste Arbeitgeber in Ostwestfalen Lippe Westfalen Blatt in German About Arvato History Arvato Archived from the original on 15 December 2015 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Arvatos neuer Buch Rekord Westfalen Blatt in German 22 December 2011 Zuwachs in verschiedenen Sparten Neue Westfalische in German 23 March 2016 p 13 Arvato expandiert nach Bielefeld Neue Westfalische in German 14 November 2013 Schelp Stefan 24 October 2015 Neuer Chef verordnet Arvato mehr Wachstum Neue Westfalische in German p 10 Bertelsmann bundelt Druckgeschaft Sudwest Presse in German 6 November 2015 p 10 Chapman Stephen 6 November 2015 Bertelsmann merges entire print operation Prolific North Retrieved 22 May 2016 Horstmann Eike 6 November 2015 Europas grosste Druckereigruppe Neue Westfalische in German p 11 Druck Gigant entsteht in Gutersloh Neue Westfalische in German 6 November 2015 p 9 Bertelsmann baut neue Print Einheit auf Der Standard in German 5 November 2015 Retrieved 5 January 2016 Bertelsmann tauft Drucksparte Be Printers Neue Westfalische in German 1 November 2012 Bergmann Gerd 27 March 2013 Umsatz bei Be Printers stagniert in German Deutscher Drucker Archived from the original on 27 April 2015 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Jervell Ellen Emmerentze 10 September 2015 Bertelsmann to Launch Education Activities Unit The Wall Street Journal Retrieved 22 May 2016 Bertelsmann bundelt Bildungsgeschaft in eigener Sparte Focus Online in German 10 September 2015 Retrieved 29 March 2016 Bertelsmann Bildungsgeschaft jetzt unter einem Dach Handelsblatt in German 10 September 2015 Retrieved 29 March 2016 Schweizer Kristen 21 October 2014 Bertelsmann Pushes Into Education With Relias Purchase Bloomberg Retrieved 22 May 2016 deBruyn Jason 23 October 2014 Cary s Relias Learning acquired by Bertelsmann for 540M Triangle Business Journal Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments Grunderszene in German Retrieved 20 March 2016 Wirminghaus Niklas 21 November 2014 Bertelsmann Fonds BDMI schliesst Berliner Buro Grunderszene in German Retrieved 20 March 2016 Liu Winnie 13 October 2014 Bertelsmann Asia launches angel fund in China Asian Venture Capital Journal Retrieved 22 May 2016 Gooptu Biswarup 26 April 2016 Roposo bags 5 million from Bertelsmann India Investments The Economic Times Retrieved 22 May 2016 Bertelsmann Investments Bertelsmann Retrieved 22 May 2016 Kullrich Antje 23 March 2016 Gewinnsprung bei Bertelsmann Borsen Zeitung in German p 8 Krause Martin 22 August 2012 Bertelsmann sucht Strategie Neue Westfalische in German Neue Rechtsform von Bertelsmann jetzt amtlich Borsen Zeitung in German 22 August 2012 p 11 Bertelsmann lockt neue Investoren Kolner Stadt Anzeiger in German 29 March 2012 Rechlin Stephan 30 March 2012 Liz Mohn lasst Fremdkapital zu Westfalen Blatt Zeitenwende bei Medienriese Bertelsmann Sachsische Zeitung in German 29 March 2012 p 24 Grabitz Ileana 29 March 2012 Bertelsmann liebaugelt mit der Borse Die Welt in German p 12 Bertelsmann offnet sich fur Borsengang Frankfurter Rundschau in German 22 August 2012 p 37 Horst Oliver 4 September 2012 Bertelsmann bleibt Borse fern Westfalen Blatt in German Busse Caspar 1 February 2013 Bertelsmann sagt Borsengang ab Suddeutsche Zeitung in German p 21 Bertelsmann to Market Hybrid Bonds as Europe QE Spurs Demand Bloomberg 8 April 2015 Retrieved 22 May 2016 Anleihen vierfach uberzeichnet Bertelsmann holt sich bei Investoren Geld n tv in German 16 April 2015 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Capital Market Orientation Investor Relations Bertelsmann Retrieved 22 May 2016 Hertlein Bernhard 22 August 2012 Bereit zu grossen Ubernahmen Westfalen Blatt in German Gerstenberg Ralph 23 August 2010 Nur im eigenen Interesse Deutschlandfunk in German Retrieved 1 October 2015 Bertelsmann Gruppe Rezension bei Printmedien und Fernsehbeteiligungen Handelsblatt in German 24 September 1993 p 23 Learning from the World Why Reinhard Mohn Founded the Bertelsmann Stiftung Bertelsmann Stiftung Retrieved 4 January 2021 Schuler Thomas 9 August 2010 Die Methode Bertelsmann Eine Stiftung regiert das Land Die Tageszeitung in German Retrieved 1 October 2015 Bertelsmann bewahrt Tradition n tv in German 5 October 2009 Retrieved 24 November 2015 Shareholder Structure Bertelsmann Retrieved 1 October 2015 Spitzenwechsel Thomas Rabe neuer Bertelsmann Chef Hamburger Abendblatt in German 11 October 2011 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Man kann alles verkaufen Der Spiegel in German 13 February 2012 Retrieved 22 May 2016 Management Bertelsmann Retrieved 20 July 2017 Siebenhaar Hans Peter 5 December 2011 Der neue Machtzirkel Handelsblatt in German p 54 Hertlein Bernhard 6 December 2011 Bertelsmann wird weiblicher Westfalen Blatt in German Siebenhaar Hans Peter 5 December 2011 Neuordnung Bertelsmann Vorstand wird feminisiert Handelsblatt in German Retrieved 1 October 2015 Christoph Mohn ubernimmt Aufsichtsratsvorsitz bei Bertelsmann Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in German Funke Mediengruppe 2 January 2013 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Supervisory Board Bertelsmann Retrieved 1 October 2015 Gottschalk Ottomar 1994 Verwaltungsbauten flexibel kommunikativ nutzerorientiert in German 4th ed Berlin Wiesbaden Bauverlag p 220 ISBN 3 7625 3085 8 Buffeln furs Business Brand Eins in German 2000 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Bertelsmann Inc Buroturm am Times Square preisgunstig erworben Handelsblatt in German 5 March 1992 p 25 Bagli Charles 25 June 2004 Bertelsmann Building Sold The New York Times Retrieved 17 November 2015 Haubrich Rainer 6 November 2003 Berlins erste Rekonstruktion seit der Wende Heute weiht Bertelsmann das Kommandantenhaus ein Die Welt in German p 27 Bertelsmann expandiert nach Sudamerika Borsenblatt in German 28 June 2012 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Locations Bertelsmann Archived from the original on 10 July 2015 Retrieved 22 May 2016 Schelp Stefan 25 June 2014 Weltweit unterwegs in Europa verwurzelt Neue Westfalische in German p 5 Bertelsmann plant Wachstum in Schwellenlandern Neue Westfalische in German 13 February 2015 p 6 Bertelsmann forciert Bildungsgeschaft investiert in Brasilien Der Standard in German 16 July 2015 Archived from the original on 2 October 2015 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Brain und Business Bertelsmann forciert Bildungsgeschaft in Brasilien Buchreport in German 20 July 2015 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Bertelsmann will in China wachsen Westfalen Blatt in German 27 October 2012 Schwengler Petra 16 January 2014 Bertelsmann verdient gut in China Werben amp Verkaufen in German Archived from the original on 29 April 2016 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Bertelsmann setzt in Indien auf E Commerce Borsen Zeitung in German 28 May 2014 p 11 Trantow Markus 28 July 2015 Bertelsmann investiert in E Commerce in Indien turi2 in German Retrieved 1 October 2015 Puff Trojan Andreas 14 October 2002 Papier ist geduldig profil in German p 164 Brams Stefan 10 June 2008 Ein Adler fur die Bertelsfrau Neue Westfalische in German Hegmann Gerhard 8 October 2002 Bertelsmann gesteht Fehler in NS Zeit ein Financial Times in German p 5 Ganz geringe Betrage Stuttgarter Zeitung in German 24 January 2000 p 13 Lokatis Siegfried 8 March 1999 Feldpost von Bertelsmann Neue Zurcher Zeitung in German p 27 Freund Wieland 8 October 2002 Bertelsmann im Dritten Reich Der Abschlussbericht der Kommission Die Welt in German Retrieved 2 May 2016 Adolph Nicole 8 October 2002 Widerstandslegende enttarnt Der Tagesspiegel in German p 27 Fuhrig Dirk 18 January 2000 Legende vom Widerstandsverlag Frankfurter Rundschau in German p 13 Ullrich Volker 10 October 2002 Ein Musterbetrieb Die Zeit in German Retrieved 1 June 2015 Brams Stefan 31 May 2003 Bertelsmanns Gedachtnis Neue Westfalische in German Landler Mark 8 October 2002 Bertelsmann Offers Regret For Its Nazi Era Conduct The New York Times Retrieved 26 September 2017 Further reading Edit Freundlicher Moloch Der Spiegel in German No 11 1970 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Becker Jorg 1985 Konzerne Macher Kontrolleure Der Bertelsmann Konzern Medienforschung in German Frankfurt am Main S Fischer no 1 ISBN 3 596 26551 7 Lokatis Siegfried 8 March 1999 Feldpost von Bertelsmann Die Editionspraxis des Gutersloher Verlags im Dritten Reich Neue Zurcher Zeitung in German Retrieved 1 October 2015 Frei Norbert Saul Friedlander Trutz Rendtorff Reinhard Wittmann 2002 Bertelsmann im Dritten Reich in German Munich Bertelsmann ISBN 3 570 00713 8 Bockelmann Frank Hersch Fischler 2004 Bertelsmann Hinter der Fassade des Medienimperiums in German Frankfurt am Main Eichborn ISBN 3 8218 5551 7 Lehning Thomas 2004 Das Medienhaus Geschichte und Gegenwart des Bertelsmann Konzerns in German Paderborn Munich Fink ISBN 3 7705 4035 2 Munroe Mary H 2004 Bertelsmann Timeline The Academic Publishing Industry A Story of Merger and Acquisition Retrieved 22 May 2016 via Northern Illinois University Schuler Thomas 2004 Die Mohns Vom Provinzbuchhandler zum Weltkonzern in German Frankfurt am Main Campus ISBN 3 593 37307 6 Barth Thomas Oliver Scholler 2005 Der Lockruf der Stifter Bertelsmann und die Privatisierung der Bildungspolitik Blatter fur deutsche und internationale Politik in German 11 1339 1348 ISSN 0006 4416 Retrieved 22 May 2016 Thomas Barth ed 2006 Bertelsmann Ein Medienimperium macht Politik in German Hamburg Anders ISBN 3 939594 01 6 Biermann Werner Arno Klonne 2007 Agenda Bertelsmann Ein Konzern stiftet Politik in German Cologne PapyRossa ISBN 978 3 89438 372 5 Holtman Jan Philip 2008 Pfadabhangigkeit strategischer Entscheidungen Eine Fallstudie am Beispiel des Bertelsmann Buchclubs Deutschland in German Cologne Kolner Wiss ISBN 978 3 937404 57 8 Retrieved 1 October 2015 175 Years of Bertelsmann The Legacy for Our Future Munich C Bertelsmann 2010 ISBN 978 3 570 10175 9 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bertelsmann Official website Coordinates 51 54 29 N 8 25 09 E 51 90806 N 8 41917 E 51 90806 8 41917 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bertelsmann amp oldid 1149280701, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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