Bertelsmann was not allowed to buy the US publisher Simon & Schuster, now the financial investor KKR is getting involved. A book industry-impact deal that sheds light on a related case.
Coincidentally, but very meaningfully, two interesting processes are currently superimposed in American publishing. One is microscopic from an overall industry perspective. Here an individual is the trigger. The other takes place in XXL format, companies that are global players operate here.