Bertelsmann to buy Columbia House
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German media company Bertelsmann AG is purchasing Columbia House, a mail-order retailer of DVDs and music, in an effort to expand its music club business in the United States and Canada. Columbia House, which has struggled to keep its membership-based business viable amidst competition from online companies, was sold by Time Warner Inc. and Sony Corp. to Blackstone Group in 2002.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
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Controversial German bank outlines plans for breakup
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Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG intends to split itself into three smaller units and sell some of its real-estate operations. The article includes an interview with Wolfgang Rupf, head of the bank's management board.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2001
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Fischer Turns the Page
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S. Fischer Verlag has come to terms with the evolving German market.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2000
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