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The Kirch jewels

12 April 2012

LEO KIRCH'S empire sprawls across Germany in 150 subsidiary companies gathered together in a complex and far-from-transparent web of shareholdings. Among the jewels are:

40% of Germany's Axel Springer, the publisher of the mid-market title Die Welt, the influential popular paper Bild Zeitung and a raft of consumer magazines

58% stake in Formula One motor racing

52% of ProSiebenSat.1, Germany's biggest TV station

Broadcast rights to the next two football World Cups

16% of Spanish TV broadcaster Telecinco

Premiere, the German digital TV service

Broadcast rights to the Bundesliga, German football's first division

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