June 17, 2026
Courtesy of BMG/Concord
The proposed merger of BMG and Concord has been cleared by competition regulators in the United States and Germany.
Germany’s competition regulatory agency, the Bundeskartellamt, officially cleared the deal on Friday (June 12).
Reuters reports that Bertelsmann said on Wednesday (June 17) that US competition authorities had also approved the merger.
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