Bertelsmann chairman bows out
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Bertelsmann AG's chairman, Mark Woessner, has resigned from the company after 32 years. Mr. Woessner is resigning as the result of a dispute with founder Reinhard Mohn over the amassing of management control.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2000
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Bertelsmann plans to give funds to Nazi victims
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Bertelsmann AG announced that it would provide funding for victims and survivors of the Nazi period. The company has been implicated in the publication of anti-Semitic essays during the Nazi period.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2000
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Citing U.S. growth, Bertelsmann appoints Olson to global post
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Bertelsmann AG has appointed Peter Olson to become the head of its worldwide book publishing operations. Mr. Olson will become the first executive board member of Bertelsmann who is not German.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 1999
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