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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10175

7 July 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Joint Planeta-Bertelsmann control of Círculo

Brussels, 06/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 6 July, the European Commission cleared the acquisition by the Spanish media group Planeta of a majority shareholding in the Spanish book club Círculo (active in the retail of books through book clubs), currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of international media company Bertelsmann. Following the operation, which was notified on 31 May, Planeta and Bertelsmann will take joint control of Círculo. Planeta and Círculo both publish and sell...

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