Editing RTL Group (section)

===Recent developments===
RTL Group was already responsible for a large part of the revenue and profit of Bertelsmann in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geschäftsbericht 2000/01|publisher=Bertelsmann|access-date=15 June 2020 |url= https://www.bertelsmann.de/media/investor-relations/geschaeftsberichte/geschaeftsbericht-2001.pdf |language=de |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140706041522/https://www.bertelsmann.de/media/investor-relations/geschaeftsberichte/geschaeftsbericht-2001.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the new structure of Bertelsmann, introduced in 2016, the company maintained its position as an important division.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Henrik Mortsiefer |title= Bertelsmann stellt sich breiter auf |newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |location= Berlin |date=23 March 2016 |page=16 |language=de}}</ref> Since April 2019, [[Thomas Rabe (manager)|Thomas Rabe]], chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann, has also simultaneously been at the helm of RTL Group.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bertelsmann-Chef Rabe führt künftig auch RTL |magazine=Der Spiegel |location= Hamburg |date=1 April 2019 |access-date=15 June 2020 |url= https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/bertelsmann-chef-thomas-rabe-fuehrt-kuenftig-auch-rtl-a-1260698.html |language=de}}</ref> Under his management, the company is pursuing the objective of strengthening its core businesses, establishing local [[streaming services]] and further developing [[Advertising technology|advertising technologies]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Annette Becker |title=Chef der RTL Group tritt ab – Bertelsmann-CEO übernimmt |newspaper=Börsen-Zeitung |date=2 April 2019 |page=16 |language=de}}</ref> Fostering its alliances and partnerships with other companies in the European media industry also plays an important role in the current strategy of RTL Group.<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Steffen Klusmann, Thomas Schulz |title=Allein schaufeln wir nur unser eigenes Grab |magazine=Der Spiegel |location= Hamburg |date=16 March 2019 |page=78 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Marc Bartl |title=Thomas Rabes Traum von der RTL-ProSiebenSat.1-Hochzeit |website=Kress News |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=24 June 2020 |url= https://kress.de/news/detail/beitrag/144539-thomas-rabes-traum-von-der-rtl-prosiebensat1-hochzeit.html |language=de}}</ref>