List of assets owned by Bertelsmann

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This is a list of assets owned by German conglomerate Bertelsmann.

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Arvato

Bertelsmann Printing Group

Direct Group

RTL Group (75.1%)

Gruner + Jahr

Penguin Random House

BMG

Music publishers

Labels

Former assets

Divested

Dormant or shuttered

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