Article: Down or out. (Axel Springer Verlag and Kirch Group must reduce shares in German commercial channel SAT 1) (Brief Article)

Article: Axel Springer publishing threatens legal action ...
AP Worldstream;  March 9, 2002 ;     563 words ... ... BERLIN German publishing giant Axel Springer Verlag on Saturday threatened ... to force the debt-laden Kirch Group to purchase the Springer ... owns 11.5 percent of the Kirch Group's profitable ProSiebenSAT ... of the statements of the Kirch group we have been forced to ...

Article: Media Company Kirch Group to File for Bankruptcy.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 7, 2002 ;     662 words ... ... Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 7--The Kirch Group will file for insolvency this week, perhaps ... to World Cup football. Its parent company, Kirch Group, also owns stakes in Axel Springer, publisher of Germany's largest daily newspaper ...

Article: Kirch Group Secures Grip on German TV
International Herald Tribune;  June 29, 2000 ;     595 words ... ... through an alliance with the Axel Springer Verlag AG publishing group ... months of negotiations, the Kirch Group late Tuesday announced that it ... percent of the new company. Axel Springer will take an 11.48 percent ...

Article: Germany's Kirch Group says Formula One motor racing ...
AP Worldstream;  February 20, 2002 ;     627 words ... ... 40 percent stake in Axel Springer Verlag, which publishes ... and an option from Axel Springer to sell back an 11 ... this week for talks on Kirch Group's future. Kirch ... talks to buy Kirch's Axel Springer stake for 1.1 billion ...

Article: German media mogul says "shark" Murdoch still circling indebted ...
AP Worldstream;  February 23, 2002 ;     608 words ... ... addition, one-time ally Axel Springer Verlag, the publisher ... extend new credit, but Kirch Group's managing director ... 40 percent stake in Axel Springer, part of its stake ... their sponsors. If Kirch Group fails, analysts say ...

Article: Kirch spent big on 'content'; he now reckons with ...
Advertising Age;  March 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... is founder of Kirch Group, the German ... 40% stake in Axel Springer, Germany's ... On paper, Kirch Group owns two of the ... in the U.K. Kirch Group may now sell ... billion for its Axel Springer stake, which ...

Article: Crunch time; Kirch in trouble.(Kirch Group)(Brief ...
The Economist (US);  February 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... rumours have grown that the Kirch group, a giant German media empire ... longstanding equity investor, Axel Springer Verlag, Germany's largest ... parts of the Kirch empire. Axel Springer announced that it had exercised ... for euro767m. According to Axel Springer, the money ...