
The media and participation areas should be legally separated from each other in the future. This should also simplify the media group's sales plans.
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The media company Burda is restructuring its business areas in order to separate the publishing business and the investments.
The media and participation areas should be legally separated from each other in the future. This should also simplify the media group's sales plans.
Burda-Druckerei: With the media and publishing business on the one hand, and the investment business on the other, “two powerful, focused companies” are to be created. Photo: Burda
Dusseldorf. The media company Burda is splitting into two legally independent companies: Burda Media and Burda Equity. The company announced this on Tuesday. With the media and publishing business on the one hand, and the investment business on the other, “two powerful, focused companies” are to be created, it is said. The legal implementation should be completed by 2028 at the latest.
The owners, patriarch Hubert Burda and his two children, Jacob and Elisabeth, will remain involved in both companies via a holding company. Burda had already restructured internally last year and separated the two business areas more clearly.
The best-known brands in Burda’s media sector are the magazines “Focus” and “Bunte”. In its investment business, Burda is active with “HolidayCheck”, “Cyberport” and Xing, among others.
Portfolio restructuring is made easier
Burda is currently trying to slim down, particularly in the investment business. As the Handelsblatt exclusively reported, a partner was initially sought for the employer rating platform “Kununu” last year. However, these plans fell apart after Burda was unable to achieve the desired price. Most recently, Burda was looking for a buyer for the holiday portal “HolidayCheck”, as Handelsblatt exclusively reported.
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The search for buyers and investors could now be simplified with the legal separation of the company's divisions. Board spokesman Maximilian Preisser said of the new structure: “Investment transactions require portfolio discipline, structural independence and long-term business development.” Burda Equity can independently enter into partnerships with investors and mobilize external capital, it is said.
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