The deal, which still has to pass regulatory approval, would make RTL the third-biggest streaming service in Germany, ahead ...

The sale for up to $617 million comes as legacy companies shake up their portfolios in an attempt to adapt to the rise of ...

Bertelsmann is entirely owned by the Mohn clan, which descends from its founder, alongside various family foundations. But ...

German media group Bertelsmann is expected to weigh in over the weekend on the offers it received for RTL Group’s 48.3% stake in M6 Group, France’s second largest commercial TV group ...

As Bertelsmann’s CEO, he emerged as a top dealmaker with the $1.2 billion acquisition of Random House from the Newhouse family’s Advance Publications in 1998 — a move that stunned the ...

Bertelsmann’s RTL Group owns a near-50% stake in M6. According to the paper, a consortium of prominent French entrepreneurs are mulling bids including Banijay’s Stéphane Courbit, ...

Bertelsmann's earnings halved last year despite the German media, services and education conglomerate achieving a record 20 billion euros ($21.68 billion) in revenue, it said on Thursday.

German family-owned media conglomerate Bertelsmann is taking full control of Gruner + Jahr, the publisher of Stern magazine, buying the 25.1% it doesn’t yet own of the company from Jahr Holding.

Bertelsmann SE, Europe’s largest media company, said it would push farther into the growing field of online education with the acquisition of Relias Learning LLC for an undisclosed amount.

The German media giant could raise up to $2.5 billion for further acquisitions from the sale of some 17 percent of RTL.