Bertelsmann, HarperCollins Show Interest in S&S

In an interview with the Financial Times, Bertelsmann chief executive Thomas Rabe said he was "interested" in S&S and that Bertelsmann would be ready to make a bid when the time comes. "We've been the most active player on the consolidation of the book publishing market in the last 10 years. We combined Penguin and Random House very successfully to create by far the largest book publisher in the world-actually, the only global book publisher," he said in the interview. "Given this position, we would, of course, be interested in Simon & Schuster."