PARIS (Reuters) – French media giant Vivendi said on Wednesday first-half core operating profit jumped by 49% from a year earlier, driven by its music unit Universal, which it plans to list in Amsterdam later in the year.
The Paris-based group’s earnings before interest, tax and amortisation (EBITA) advanced to 1.07 billion euros ($1.26 billion). Revenue over the first six months of the year was up by about 12%, at constant change and excluding acquisitions, to 8.22 billion euros.
The company, controlled by French tycoon Vincent Bollore, did not provide full-year targets.
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(Reporting by Mathieu Rosemain; editing by David Evans)
