Planeta (media group)

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Grupo Planeta
legal form Limited Liability Company (Spain)
founding 1949
Seat Madrid , SpainSpainSpain 
management
  • José Crehueras, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Number of employees > 9000
sales EUR 3.2 billion (2016)
Branch media
Website www.planeta.es

Planeta Corporación, SRL based in Madrid , known as Grupo Planeta , is the most important publishing group in Spain and Latin America. The family business is in 25 countries (in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France and Latin America) with over 100 publishers and 15,000 authors. In addition to its publishing activities, the group is active in TV / radio, internet and teaching.

background

The company was founded as Editorial Planeta in 1949 in Barcelona by José Manuel Lara Hernandez .

In addition to the publishing activities (with, among others, the publishers Planeta, Editis, Seix Barral, Ediciones Destino); DeAPlaneta Libri has existed in Italy since 2016 , a joint venture with DeAgostini , with which Planeta has operated the Planeta DeAgostini publishing house since 1984 . Planeta also publishes the Spanish newspaper La Razón . Planeta also has a 42% stake in the listed Atresmedia . a. Involved in the Spanish television stations La Sexta and Antena 3 and the radio station Onda Cero . In addition to publishing, the group also works in the areas of collectibles, book stores and clubs, and online marketing and sales. In the field of teaching, Planeta serves 100,000 university students in Barcelona, ​​Madrid and Paris (since 2016), as well as through online courses.

The former Planeta publishing house on Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona

After disputes about the succession between the heirs and failed investments (including a loss-making stake in Banco de Sabadell), the group decided in 2018 to sell the former headquarters in Barcelona and the Editis publishing house to reduce debts. The sale of Editis to Vivendi was announced in August 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Self-presentation on the Planeta website , accessed on August 31, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c Publishers Weekly: Global Publishing Leaders 2017: Grupo Planeta , August 25, 2017, accessed on August 31, 2018 (English)
  3. ↑ http://www.planeta.es/es/prensa/la-raz%C3%B3n
  4. ↑ http://www.planeta.es/es/radio/atresmedia-radio
  5. ↑ El Confidencial: Dos herederos de Planeta revolucionan el consejo en plena guerra familiar , August 10, 2018 (Spanish)

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