M&A Deal Summary

Random House Acquires DHV - Der Hörverlag

On January 1, 2010, Random House acquired publishing company DHV - Der Hörverlag

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Random House’s 3rd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Random House’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-01-01
Target DHV - Der Hörverlag
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Random House
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

DHV - Der Hörverlag

Munich, Germany
DHV - Der Hörverlag GmbH is one of the leading publishers of audio books in the German speaking area.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Random House

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1925
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Random House, Inc. engages in the publication and sale of books in print, digital, and audio formats for adults and children in the United States and internationally.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector: Publishing M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 5
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-06-22 BBC Books

London, United Kingdom

BBC Books is a publisher of fiction, nonfiction, and children's books.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-05 Smashing Ideas

Seattle, Washington, United States

Smashing Ideas, Inc. is an own and operator of a digital media agency in the United States. Smashing Ideas was founded in 1996 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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