Reinhard Mohn, German media magnate, died on October 3rd, aged 88.

德国传媒大亨莱因哈德·摩恩于10月3日逝世，享年88岁。

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In 1977 Mr Mohn set up a non-profit foundation, which now holds 76.9% of Bertelsmann's shares, though the voting rights lie with another company, half of whose directors are members of the family.

1977年，莫恩成立了一家非盈利性基金会，如今已拥有贝塔斯曼76.9%的股份，尽管选举权不属于该基金会，其董事会一半的成员都是家族人员。

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As time went by, Mr Mohn came increasingly to be seen as a benign patriarch who personified the collaborative, we-all-eat-together-in-the-canteen way in which Germans did business.

随着时间的流逝，摩恩作为公司“家长”的形象越发变得亲近温和。他是德国商人的典范：那种讲究合作，“大家一起吃食堂”的经商方式。

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Ms Mohn rose to power at Bertelsmann via her marriage to Reinhard Mohn, whose family founded it in 1835.

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Mr Mohn believed that professional managers, not family members, should run the firm.

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But the recent travails of other media firms, such as Time Warner, and Vivendi under Jean-Marie Messier, changed Mr Mohn's mind somewhat.

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