[105] Bertelsmann faced several claims for damages by the music industry. [26][27], 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. Informationen rund um das internationale Medienunternehmen mit seinen Unternehmensbereichen RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr und Arvato; ausführliche Informationen für Journalisten im Pressezentrum der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA sowie alles rund um das Thema Corporate Responsibility bei Bertelsmann. [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. [18] During World War II, the C. Bertelsmann Verlag became a leading supplier to the Wehrmacht,[19] even surpassing the central publishing house of the NSDAP Franz Eher. [144][145] Gruner + Jahr was taken over completely by Bertelsmann in 2014. In the United States, a location was established for Ariola and Arista Records was acquired. [275][276] Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Bertelsmann Management SE each have a supervisory board that oversees the management. [201] With the acquisition of Random House in 1998, Bertelsmann already became the largest book publisher in the English-speaking world. The subsequent purchase of approximately fifty per cent of Penguin Random House in two separate deals of 2017 and 2019, after Penguin Random House had only recently achieved record revenue and sales (more than twice as much as 2011, [304]), must be called into question. [114][115] Gruner + Jahr sold the Berliner Zeitung,[116] and the scientific publisher, BertelsmannSpringer,[117] was spun off. [294] 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. [199], The Bertelsmann Education Group is dedicated to the education sector. Einstimmig folgen die Ratsfraktionen einem Vorschlag des Heimatvereins. Profits recovered to some extent across the next five years but remained weak until 2015. Autobus Oberbayern GmbH - Autobus Patrick Dionne; Autobus Per Il Paradiso - Autobus Per Il Paradiso Di Buscaglia; Autobus Per Il Paradiso Di Leo Buscaglia - Autobus Per Il Paradiso Leo Buscaglia; Autobus Per Ne Parajse - Autobus Photograph; Autobus Plante Inc - Autobus Québec Métro 2000 Inc. [189], RTL Group is a leading European entertainment providers, based in Luxembourg. Bertelsmann is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. [246][247] With Bertelsmann Asia Investments,[248] Bertelsmann Brazil Investments and Bertelsmann India Investments,[249] three additional funds exist that are active in the growth regions defined by the holding. [200] The company was created in 2013 through the merger of the publishing businesses of Bertelsmann and Pearson. [13] Carl Bertelsmann was a representative of the "Minden-Ravensberger Erweckungsbewegung", a Protestant revival movement, whose writings he published. A merger with Axel Springer, also planned at the time, for which a loan for millions had been taken out temporarily from Westdeutsche Landesbank,[41] failed in 1970. [278], Since the 1970s, the Bertelsmann headquarters have been in the Gütersloh district of Avenwedde, and its layout encompasses some 26,100 square meters. [220] In 2009, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts came on board with BMG, retaining a 51% majority in the company, and Bertelsmann held 49%. [68] From 1995, there was a new business division of multimedia at Bertelsmann. [81] In 1998, Thomas Middelhoff succeeded Mark Wössner as Bertelsmann's chairman and chief executive officer. [101][102] The aim of the acquisition, among other things,[103] was to stem the illegal spread of copyrighted material. © Zeitungsverlag Neue Westfälische GmbH & Co. KG, Stadt Gütersloh will Straße nach Reinhard Mohn benennen. [153][154] In 2016, the printing business was bundled in the Bertelsmann Printing Group. [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. [104] In 2001, the service nonetheless had to be shut down due to legal disputes. [47] Bertelsmann also encountered new regulatory rules in its home market, in particular through laws governing mergers. [31] Under these conditions, in 1950 Bertelsmann launched the Lesering (book club) to stimulate sales. [29] In 1947, the Allies finally granted the company a publishing license. [56] With this move, Bertelsmann, for the first time, was led by a manager who was not a member of the owner family. [183] In December 2020, Bertelsmann entered talks to sell the French magazine publisher Prisma Media, a division of Gruner + Jahr, to Vivendi. [182], In November 2020, it has been reported that Bertelsmann will acquire the American publisher Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for more than $2 billion. The holding handles central tasks, in the field of corporate finance, for example. [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. [199], In January 2016, Bertelsmann bundled its printing activities in digital, offset and gravure in the Bertelsmann Printing Group. [17] Heinrich Mohn belonged to the patrons' circle of the SS and sought to turn his company into a National Socialist model enterprise. Film über Reinhard Mohn, unter anderem mit Sebastian Koch und Christoph Waltz). 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[191][192] In 2015, with the RTL Digital Hub, the company launched a dedicated unit for web videos. [193] In addition, production companies, such as Fremantle, are part of the RTL Group. UFA GmbH, shortened to UFA (German: ()), is a film and television production company that unites all production activities of Bertelsmann in Germany. The three foundations, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Reinhard Mohn Stiftung and BVG Stiftung, together own 80.9%. Die Flucht (Regie: Kai Wessel, 2007, unter anderem mit Maria Furtwängler). [35] In the 1950s and 1960s, Bertelsmann expanded its activities into new business areas. [79] In 1997, UFA merged with Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) to become a joint entertainment group based in Luxembourg. [7] Its principal divisions include the RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr, BMG, Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments. [283] 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). [22][23] In 1944, the Reichsschrifttumskammer (Reich Chamber of Literature) closed the publishing house to "mobilize all powers for victory". Information about the international media enterprise and it's corporate divisions RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr, Arvato; detailed information for journalists in the Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA's Press Center as well as everything about Corporate Responsibility activities at Bertelsmann. [68], In the financial year of 1990/1991, Bertelsmann had over 45,000 employees and reached sales of 14.5 billion Deutsche Mark annually. [76] Prior to that, Bertelsmann had already acquired a direct share in America Online. [250] Bertelsmann Investments holds equity positions in a total of over 100 startup companies, almost all from the digital economy. [282] The Berlin representative office was opened in 2003 in the Kommandantenhaus in the historic center of Berlin. [90] In 1999, Bertelsmann acquired the publisher Springer Science+Business Media, which, among other things, was the market leader for mathematics and physics. [231][232] The main headquarters of Arvato is Gütersloh, and additional locations exist in 22 countries, including China and the United States. [113] For example, Bertelsmann sold unprofitable e-commerce firms like the online shop of Barnes & Noble, among others. [83] Mark Wössner joined the supervisory board of the company and also became chairman of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Einst widmete der weithin bekannte Münchner Hofkonditor Julius Rottenhöfer diese überaus beliebte Biskuittorte dem Prinzregenten Luitpold.Die acht sich abwechselnden Schichten aus Teig und Schokoladencreme, welche sich im Inneren der Torte verbergen, sollen zudem die zu jener Zeit bestehenden acht Regierungsbezirke Bayerns symbolisieren.. Überzogen ist das Gebäck meist mit … Ties to National Socialist organizations were initially denied. [285] The majority are in Europe, where the group earns the largest share of its revenues. [57] Mark Wössner became Fischer's successor as chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann in 1983. [205] Penguin Random House has its main headquarters in the Penguin Random House Tower in New York City. Two years later, Ariola, one of the most successful German record labels was launched,[36] and virtually at the same time, the Sonopress record pressing plant was established. [291] In India, Bertelsmann is focused on growth in the e-commerce sector, among others.[292][293]. [157][158] Through the partial withdrawal of Pearson, Bertelsmann secured a strategic three-quarters majority in the world's leading trade publishing group. [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. [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. [8], Bertelsmann is an unlisted and capital market-oriented company,[9] which remains primarily controlled by the Mohn family. [28] 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. M. Hartlieb GmbH & Co. KG Flachsdarre 9 96188 Stettfeld 09522 800 114 www.hartlieb-kies.de [71] 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. Am 29. [42], Starting in 1971, Bertelsmann operated as a joint-stock company ("Aktiengesellschaft" or "AG"), becoming Bertelsmann AG. [121] With this transaction, the stakeholders sought to respond to declining sales in the music market. [199], BMG is a music publishing company based in Berlin. [178], In 2019, Bertelsmann also boosted cooperation in the German content market by establishing the Content Alliance,[179] headed up by Julia Jäkel. [128], In 2008, Hartmut Ostrowski was appointed chairman and chief executive officer. [119][120] Bertelsmann and Sony each owned half the shares. [198] In 2019, sales of the RTL Group were €6.651 billion. In its current form, the company originated in the year 1999. [225] 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. [299] It stated, for example, that the suggestion that the C. Bertelsmann Verlag mounted resistance against National Socialism was clearly not accurate. In the 1990s, critical questions arose as to the role of Bertelsmann in the Third Reich. Finde bei XING neue Jobs, spannende Kontakte und inspirierende News. [43] The increasingly diversifying book publishers were bundled in the Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann publishing group at the end of the 1960s. [241] It was established in 2015 and has its headquarters in New York City. market. [213] Bertelsmann gradually purchased shares from Richard Gruner, Gerd Bucerius and John Jahr. [218][219] Following the sale of Sony BMG, Bertelsmann had retained the rights to 200, mainly European, artists. [111][112], A consolidation phase followed, in order to solve the problems with the core business. [85][86][87] With this, the group advanced to become the largest publishing group in the English-speaking world. 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. Together, they own 100 percent in the general assemblies of the group company (Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA) and its general partner (Bertelsmann Management SE). [300] The company's "shut-down as a publisher of the resistance" could not be proven. [280] In 1992, Bertelsmann purchased the Bertelsmann Building in New York City and located its North American headquarters there. [253] Bertelsmann's rationale for this move, among others, was the aim of opening up for investors,[254] thus enabling them to participate in the financing of additional growth. [80] With CLT-UFA, Bertelsmann was able to decisively diversify its business. [195] The company is listed on the stock exchange and has been majority-owned by Bertelsmann since 2001. [50], The internationalization of Bertelsmann, initiated in the 1960s, was taken further:[51] Among other things, Bertelsmann acquired shares in the publishing houses Plaza & Janés[52] based in Barcelona and Bantam Books[53] from New York City.