Germany’s Minister for State and Culture and Media has urged MediaForEurope boss Pier Silvio Berlusconi to keep “promises” about strengthening ProSiebenSat.1 Media ‘s future.

Directly addressing Berlusconi at the Munich Media Days event yesterday after MFE replaced ProSieben CEO Bert Habets with MFE CFO Marco Giordani earlier this week, Wolfram Weimer said Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder was “paying special attention” to the situation as a keen supporter of media independence.

Weimer and Berlusconi had discussions about the future of German broadcaster ProSieben after MFE gained 75.61% of voting shares last month , as the Italy-based media group formed Europe’s biggest broadcasting group through the deal.

ProSieben, which operates in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, n

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