GBL To Begin Talks on Taking Bertelsmann Public At the annual meeting of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Albert Frere announced that the company “has decided to exercise its right to request that Bertelsmann launch an initial public offering.” He added, “In accordance with our agreement, discussions with Bertelsmann on the IPO are expected to begin next month.” Guardian Passages Crown has revised and merged the two internal working documents cited exclusively here yesterday in a new numbered document that quotes 45 passages of varying lengths from Megan McCafferty’s novels accompanied by what are characterized as “alleged infringing passage(s) from Viswanathan’s novel.” […]