11.   Because of its size, Random House, a unit of the German media giant Bertelsmann, is expected to have considerable influence on the evolving industry standards.

12.   Bertelsmann AG, for example, the German media conglomerate, is creating a store to sell its books directly online.

13.   Bertelsmann, the huge German media conglomerate, recently abandoned efforts to acquire EMI, the British music producer, because of concerns raised by Monti.

14.   Bertelsmann will continue a relationship with AOL through a four-year agreement that makes the German media company a preferred content provider for AOL.

15.   Both companies are divisions of Bertelsmann AG, the German media conglomerate.

16.   But as part of a deal with the German media giant Bertelsmann, it announced last month that it would begin charging unspecified fees and paying royalties.

17.   But compared to the brutal satires and mockery that surface regularly in German media, the questions about his hair story seem tame.

18.   But with the German media infiltrating his daily press briefings this week, Arena has been laying on the sauerkraut.

19.   Consequently, the German media are brimming with stories about the prospect of delaying the euro or weakening the criteria for adopting the currency.

20.   Deutsche Bank, the larger of the would-be partners, has come under withering criticism from analysts, the German media and some political leaders.