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De Mol and Berlusconi to acquire Endemol for $3.6 billion

Balendu | May 15 2007

Telefonica SA has announced yesterday that it has agreed to sell its 75 percent stake in Dutch television producer Endemol for $3.56 billion, hinting at its departure from the content business as it resumes its aggressive international acquisition..

Tags: Acquisition & Merger, Endemol, Mediaset, Silvio Berlusconi, Goldman Sachs, Business

Key Charges against former Italian premier Berlusconi dropped

Balendu | Jan 16 2007

An Italian court has dropped a range of crucial charges against the former prime minister and media baron Silvio Berlusconi in a corporate fraud case. The latest decision of the court has assured that the former Italian premier will face a smaller...

Tags: Silvio Berlusconi, David Mills, Mediaset, Italy, Economic Fraud, Business

Proposed law can loosen Berlusconi's stranglehold on Italian media

Jayanta Bhattacharya | Nov 27 2006

The Italian government has floated a new conflict of interest law that may weaken Silvio Berlusconi's dominance of the Italian television and help rival media baron Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp in the country. Under the proposed law..