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Atos SE
Saving Atos: Jean-Pierre Mustier handed one of France’s messiest rescue missions
...The Czech energy tycoon, a fluent French speaker who started investing in France in 2018 and has impressed the Paris elite with his knowledge of French literature, has bought publisher Editis from Vivendi...
October 22, 2023
Media
Penguin Random House’s $2.2bn deal for Simon & Schuster collapses
...Bertelsmann significantly outbid Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and French media group Vivendi for Simon & Schuster....
November 21, 2022
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Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
Media
Billionaires prepare for new battle over French broadcaster M6
...Vincent Bolloré’s Vivendi, which actively opposed the TF1-M6 merger, is also assessing whether to return with an offer after bidding last year....
September 22, 2022
Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA
Bertelsmann leads the race to acquire Simon & Schuster
...Vivendi decided that option would be a better fit than bidding up for Simon & Schuster, said the person. Vivendi declined to comment, while Lagardère could not immediately be reached for comment....
November 24, 2020
Media
French TV broadcasters M6 and TF1 seek to merge
...German media group Bertelsmann has chosen to merge its French television business M6 with its larger domestic rival TF1 after a months-long auction process that attracted bids from Vivendi and Mediaset among...
May 17, 2021
Due Diligence
The curious timing behind Europe’s biggest merger of 2021 Premium content
...Reuters) News round-up Amazon sued by Washington DC over pricing for merchants (FT) BDT Capital to buy Culligan from Advent, Centerbridge (Wall Street Journal) Activist Bluebell Capital takes aim at Vivendi...
May 26, 2021
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Tuesday, 8 OctoberLondon, UK
Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA
Bertelsmann aims for new national TV champion in France
...Rabe’s move has already attracted multiple bidders including Bolloré’s Vivendi, Bouygues’ TF1 and a consortium led by telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel....
March 30, 2021
Simon & Schuster Inc
News Corp to join battle for Simon & Schuster
...Vivendi declined to comment....
November 17, 2020
Simon & Schuster Inc
News Corp hits at Bertelsmann ‘behemoth of books’
...French media group Vivendi, which owns a roughly 27 per cent stake in the world’s second biggest book publisher Lagardère, is also weighing a bid....
November 19, 2020
Simon & Schuster Inc
Bertelsmann wins battle for Simon & Schuster with $2.2bn deal
...Bertelsmann significantly outbid Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and French media group Vivendi but the German group still faces a significant challenge in winning competition approval for the deal....
November 25, 2020
Due Diligence
Bertelsmann enters the Simon & Schuster fray Premium content
...Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong faces charges of stock manipulation (FT) Soros-backed football finance lender 23 Capital winds down (FT) Tesla seeks to raise up to $5bn through share sale (FT + Alphaville) Vivendi...
September 2, 2020
Due Diligence
A uniquely French affair: billionaires and back scratching Premium content
...How French billionaires rallied behind Lagardère There is a French saying that closely resembles the old English adage birds of a feather flock together: qui se ressemble s’assemble....
June 2, 2020
European companies
Vincent Bolloré moves to consolidate media empire
...Arnaud de Puyfontaine, chief executive at Vivendi, said: “There is no need per se to make an acquisition . . . but it’s moving from an involved relationship to a more committed relationship.”...
May 12, 2017
European companies
Bertelsmann considers business shift after Brexit
...France’s Vivendi is also pushing ahead with plans to build a new London headquarters near King’s Cross for its UK-based companies, which employ 1,700 people....
March 28, 2017
European companies
French media investors band together to buy content
...Meanwhile, French billionaire Vincent Bolloré has been tightening his grip on Vivendi, which last year also took full control of pay-television business Canal+ in France....
April 12, 2016
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LexUS & Canadian companies
Tech M&A: paved with good intentions
...Vivendi’s $9.8bn acquisition of a 52 per cent stake in video games maker Activision in 2007 is sui generis....
December 30, 2015
News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
Chinese investors flood into Hollywood
...But some think that this time could be different, in part because of the focus on acquiring content rather than on studios per se....
June 8, 2016
US & Canadian companies
How the FT falcon flew to Nikkei’s nest
...at least three other companies had also been approached — Bloomberg, the financial information provider that had made an informal approach in 2013; its rival Thomson Reuters; and the French media group Vivendi...
July 24, 2015
European companies
State lifts Air France stake to win vote
...However, Vincent Bolloré — Vivendi’s chairman and largest investor, who has faced criticism from US activist investor Peter Schoenfeld over his strategy — was able to secure investor backing for the Florange...
May 8, 2015
European companies
Activist shareholders lead new French revolution of pay excess
...At Vivendi, the Florage law change was similarly adopted, but this time through the support of major shareholder Vincent Bollore....
May 10, 2015
News in-depthThe Big Read
Thomas Middelhoff: the rise and fall of a dotcom evangelist
...Mr Messier transformed Vivendi, a water and sewage utility, into a multimedia empire with the purchase of Universal Studios – an empire that was later picked apart....
November 21, 2014
InterviewThe Monday Interview
Thomas Rabe, Bertelsmann CEO: from punk rock to family values
...Another, France’s Vivendi, is breaking up after investors judged it less than the sum of its parts. So it is lucky that the man in charge of Bertelsmann has some experience of transformation....
April 27, 2014
European companies
Lagardère plans EADS stake sale
...The media group is locked in a legal dispute with Vivendi, a French rival, over its 20 per cent stake in Canal Plus France, the pay-TV operator. Vivendi owns the other 80 per cent of the TV group....
March 7, 2013
European equities
Gains for EADS and Deutsche Post
...Competition for mobile subscribers hit Vivendi, the French conglomerate, after competition and price cuts hit earnings at its SFR subscribers....
May 14, 2013
Inside BusinessPersonal & Household Goods
Inside Business: Letter gives Hirai chance to change Sony
...Vivendi shareholders are anxious for a more drastic restructuring that may put Universal Music in play. So there is a case for Mr Hirai to get out ahead of the pack....
May 15, 2013

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