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• Mobile advertising firm, MoJiva, raises funding

  Strategy Eye - 2008-11-14

  Mojiva, a New York-based mobile advertising firm, has raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding from Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, the venture capital arm of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Founded in May 2008, Mojiva provides advertising tools which enable...

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• Bertelsmann wants to sell Sony BMG stake to Sony

  - 2008-06-10

  FRANKFURT AFP — German media group Bertelsmann is in talks with Japanese partner Sony on the sale of Bertelsmann's half in their jointly owned music company Sony BMG, a newspaper said Tuesday. Each has owned half of the music publishing firm since 2004, and Sony has an option to...

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• Media giant Bertelsmann posts sharp drop in profit

  - 2008-03-18

  FRANKFURT AFP — Bertelsmann, the fifth largest media group in the world and owner of broadcaster RTL, said Tuesday that profit fell sharply last year due to charges linked to problems with its book and DVD sales unit Direct Group. Net profit at Bertelsmann, which is active in radio...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bertelsmann AG, DVD, MARKETING, SALES

• Bertelsmann Stiftung: The USA Is Increasingly Losing Its Superpower Image - No More World Power by 2020

  - 2007-12-12

  The USA is losing its image as a superpower. By 2020 China will almost have caught up with the USA in the eyes of the international public. In the meantime, according to international perception, Russia too will be seen increasingly as an international power. At the same time, awareness of...

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• m-Wise Selected by Bertelsmann's Arvato Mobile to Deliver Mobile Content Services in Brazil

  - 2007-11-27

  Mobile content technology vendor, m-Wise (OTCBB: MWIS) announces a partnership with Arvato Mobile, a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann media group, to provide hosted content management and delivery services to Arvato Mobile's extensive base of mobile subscribers in Brazil.

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• It's a family affair in Germany.

  - 2007-06-14

  Byline: Andrew McCathie Jun 14, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Germany's huge family-dominated companies are moving to protect themselves from foreign acquisition. The corporate dynasties employ 70 per cent of the nation's workforce and include such names as ...

  Tags: Bertelsmann AG, BMW AG, FINANCE, Germany, Investment, Porsche AG, Volkswagen AG

• Week in review.(American Broadcasting Companies Inc. ABC Broadcast Group appointed Rosie O'Donnell)(Warner Music Group Corp. filed case against Bertelsmann AG)(Jarden Corp. to acquire K2 Inc.)

  - 2007-04-30

  Byline: staff and bloomberg news reports Rosie to exit The View Rosie O'Donnell left is leaving The View after failing to reach a contract agreement with ABC. The opinionated host boosted ratings in her one season on the show after Meredith Vi...

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• Bertelsmann announces partnership with YeePay for e-payment solution

  - 2007-04-19

  M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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• DirectGroup Bertelsmann purchases Time Inc's 50% Bookspan stake

  - 2007-04-10

  M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD DirectGroup Bertelsmann, the global direct-to-consumer division of media group Bertelsmann AG, has confirmed it has purchased the 50% share of Bookspan that was held by Time Inc. Bookspan, a partnership that was established between the two companies in 2000, owns and operates...

  Tags: Bertelsmann AG, Bertelsmann Music Group, Columbia House, DVD, FINANCE

• DirectGroup Bertelsmann Acquires Time Inc.'S 50% Stake in Bookspan Partnership

  - 2007-04-10

  Book Clubs to Be Integrated into U.S. Music and DVD Direct-to-Customer Business

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• Research and Markets: This Report Is an Indispensable Tool for Individuals Wanting To Gather the Relevant Facts on Bertelsmann AG and the Industry It Operates In

  - 2007-04-10

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c53578) has announced the addition of Bertelsmann AG - Company Profile and Executive Databank to their offering

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• Bertelsmann plans buying spree after profits soar

  - 2007-03-21

  BERLIN AFP — German media giant Bertelsmann said Wednesday it was planning a buying spree after its net profit soared in 2006. But the company said it would wait until 2008 to make new acquisitions in order to give itself time to absorb the cost of a share buy-back...

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• Research and Markets: Revenues at Bertelsmann AG Fell by Over $1 Billion Between 2001 and 2005

  - 2006-12-15

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c47102) has announced the addition of Bertelsmann AG: Company Analysis to their offering.

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• Bertelsmann Foundation: Religious Fanaticism Not the Main Cause of Political Violence and Terrorism

  - 2006-11-21

  Worldwide, the number of terrorist attacks and the number of victims from such attacks have more than tripled in recent years. Yet contrary to what is generally believed, religion is the motivating factor in only a minority of cases. In terms of location, moreover, most violence-prone conflicts and most instances...

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• Two law firms make Broadway debut; Take space in former Bertelsmann site; Scandinavian Hus finds Village home.(Hodgson, Russ L.L.P. and Whatley Drake and Kallas)(Steen Knigge opening new store)(J.P. Morgan Chase and Co.'s new facility)

  - 2006-11-06

  Two law firms are moving into 1540 Broadway, the former Bertelsmann Building acquired by Equity Office Properties this summer. Hodgson Russ is leasing the entire 24th floor, and Whatley Drake & Kallas is leasing the entire 37th floor. The asking Two law firms are moving...

  Tags: Bertelsmann AG, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., leasing

• BERTELSMANN COOPERATED WITH CARREFOUR

  - 2006-11-03

  AsiaInfo Services 11-03-2006 Bertelsmann Cooperated with Carrefour BEIJING, Nov 03, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Direct Group Bertelsmann China and the investment invitation department of Carrefour China headquarters recently announced that th AsiaInfo Services 11-03-2006 ...

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• Sony and Bertelsmann appeal against EU court ruling

  - 2006-10-05

  LUXEMBOURG AFP — Japanese electronics giant Sony and Germany's Bertelsmann, the largest media group in Europe, have appealed against an EU court ruling that scuppered a planned merger of their music businesses, the European Court of Justice has said. "A joint appeal was lodged on Tuesday," a European Court of...

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• Bertelsmann agrees to sell BMG Music Publishing to Vivendi for 1.63 bln euros

  - 2006-09-06

  FRANKFURT AFP — German media giant Bertelsmann said it had agreed to sell its BMG Music Publishing arm to French group Vivendi for 1.63 billion euros two billion dollars. The deal has already been approved by the supervisory boards of both Bertelsmann and Vivendi, the German group said in a...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bertelsmann AG, Bertelsmann Music Group, MARKETING, Vivendi Universal

• Warner, Viacom and Universal make bids for BMG Music

  - 2006-09-03

  NEW YORK AFP — Warner Music Group Corp., Universal Music Group and Viacom Inc. have made bids for BMG Music Publishing, a unit of German media giant Bertelsmann AG, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. The final round of an auction for BMG closed Thursday...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bertelsmann AG, Bertelsmann Music Group, INTERNET, Viacom Inc.

• 250,000 s/f opens at 1540 B'way as Bertelsmann exits the building

  - 2006-07-26

  Bertelsmann has terminated a lease for 250,000 s/f at 1540 Broadway, freeing a large block of vacancy that, given the strength of the midtown office market and its fierce demand for big contiguous blocks, could provide the building's landlord, Equity Office Properties, with an opportunity to fetch far higher rents...

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