{"id":4555,"date":"2013-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2013\/04\/04\/bertelsmann-to-reduce-rtl-stake\/"},"modified":"2013-04-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T00:00:00","slug":"bertelsmann-to-reduce-rtl-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2013\/04\/04\/bertelsmann-to-reduce-rtl-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Bertelsmann to Reduce RTL Stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">G&Uuml;TERSLOH: Bertelsmann announced today that it intends to reduce its shareholding in the RTL Group from the current 92.3 percent to no less than 75 percent of the company.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Shares will be offered to private and institutional investors through a public offering in&nbsp;Germany and Luxembourg before the summer. According to reports, the sale would bring in anywhere from 1.5 billion euros to 3 billion euros for Bertelsmann, which is expected to use the funds to step up its digital-media efforts and expand further into emerging markets.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The European conglomerate&mdash;which also owns Random House, among other assets&mdash;reported 2012 revenues of 16.1 billion euros, a 4.5-percent gain. The RTL&nbsp;Group is the biggest contributor to Bertelsmann revenues.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G&Uuml;TERSLOH: Bertelsmann announced today that it intends to reduce its shareholding in the RTL Group from the current 92.3 percent to no less than 75 percent of the company. 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