Brussels, 08/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 5 April, the European Commission authorised the proposed creation of Penguin Random House, which combines parts of the publishing businesses of the German media company Bertelsmann and of the British publishing company Pearson.
The Commission assessed the impact of the transaction on the upstream markets for the acquisition of authors' rights for English language books in the European Economic Area (EEA) and worldwide, and on the downstream...