Turnover: 20.2 billion EUR (2022)

Country: Germany

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Bertelsmann stands firm. 31/03/2023

  • Record Bertelsmann sales in 2022: €20.2 billion, up 4% organically.
  • - Group operating income in 2022: 3.2 billion euros.
  • - RTL group operating income in 2022: €1.33 billion, down 6.5%.
  • - Operating income of the Penguin Random House publishing division in 2022: 666 million euros, down 11.8%.
  • - Operating income for Arvato's IT and logistics services division in 2022: 877 million euros, up 6.3%.
  • - Operating income for music publisher BMG and education subsidiary Bertelsmann Education Group in 2022: increases of 35.4% and 123% respectively.
  • - Long-term sales target in the digital health sector: 1 billion euros.

Bertelsmann to cut more than a third of its press division staff 08/02/2023

  • 700 jobs cut in Hamburg over the next two years
  • 23 titles and spin-offs discontinued or sold
  • rTL Germany plans to invest 80 million euros between now and 2025 in its publishing business, including 60 million euros in digital content and the pay-per-view offering of its flagship titles