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Bertelsmann-backed Penguin Random House failed to acquire Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for $2.2bn.

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LionTree Advisors

financial advisors

LionTree Advisors

Shearman & Sterling

legal advisors

Shearman & Sterling

Finsbury Glover Hering

pr advisors

Finsbury Glover Hering

Davis Polk & Wardwell

legal advisors

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

legal advisors

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

JP Morgan

financial advisors

JP Morgan

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VIACOMCBS INC

vendor

VIACOMCBS INC

SIMON & SCHUSTER

target

SIMON & SCHUSTER

PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC

bidder

PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC

BERTELSMANN SE & CO KGAA

bidder

BERTELSMANN SE & CO KGAA

PARAMOUNT GLOBAL

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PARAMOUNT GLOBAL

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