The publicly traded company was eventually divestitured through fundamental asset-stripping after rights of the renown Brockhaus-brand including rights for its online presence and Meyers Online was sold off to Bertelsmann-subsidiary Arvato, following a stock take-over through majority stakeholder Cornelsen Verlag. The remaining book publisher and legal successor, which has completely withdrawn from any lexical functional grammar or reference-works business-fields, now operates under the name Bibliographisches Institut GmbH. (Source Accessed Jan 29, 2024)