Bertelsmann reported results for the first half of 2015 from Germany on Monday morning, with the strong dollar powering topline gains at Penguin Random House. Sales of €1.697 billion were up 236 million euros compared to a year, and EBITDA of €207 million was €48 million higher than a year ago, both “mainly due to exchange rate effects.” (These totals include the separate Random House Germany, which was “near-stable” in the period. For all of 2014, RHG had sales of €279 million.) This reporting period also includes the incorporation of Santillana’s trade publishing lines (where were acquired on July 1, 2014), where […]
