Planeta Group
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Founded | 1949 |
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Founder | José Manuel Lara Hernández |
Country of origin | Spain |
Headquarters location | Madrid |
Key people | José Creuheras (president) |
Publication types | Books, Comics, Newspapers, Magazines |
No. of employees | 9000 |
Official website | www |
Planeta Corporación, S.R.L., doing business as Grupo Planeta, is a Spanish media group based in Madrid.[1] The company operates in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin America.
It was previously headquartered in Barcelona,[2] but in October 2017 it decided to move its head office to Madrid following the unsuccesful presentation of the Catalan declaration of independence.[3]
Editorial planeta, founded in 1949 was the seed of Grupo planeta, which includes many more publishing imprints as well as other cultural, audiovisual and communication companies. Editorial planeta, a leading publisher and a reference point across the entire Spanish-speaking world, publishes works by Spanish and foreign authors aimed at a broad public that seeks reading matter that combines quality and success. Its catalogue lists nearly two thousand authors and encompasses all the literary genres
History and profile[]
The company was founded as Editorial Planeta in 1949.[4] José Lara Hernandez is the founder of the company.[4]
Planeta owns over 70 publishing houses worldwide. It publishes the newspaper La Razón.[4] Besides publishing, the group operates in the areas of collectibles, training, direct marketing, distance learning, and audiovisual media.
With its purchase of Editis in 2009, it became one of the largest publishers in the world,[5] with over 1 billion dollars of revenue that year. Both in 2013 and 2014 the company was the eight largest book publisher in the world.[6]
Selected imprints[]
- Editorial Planeta (including Planeta Cómic)
- Ediciones Destino
- Emecé Editores
- Planeta DeAgostini
- Planeta Junior
- Seix Barral
- Grup62
See also[]
- Media of Spain
- Books in Spain
References[]
- ^ "Privacy Policy." Planeta. Retrieved on 15 May 2018. "PLANETA CORPORACIÓN, SRL, with registered address at Josefa Valcárcel, nº 42, 28027 Madrid,"
- ^ "Legal Warning Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine." Planeta. Retrieved on 20 December 2010. "Planeta Corporación, S.R.L. is a Spanish business entity, with address at Av. Diagonal, 662-664, 08034 Barcelona, Spain,"
- ^ Planeta moves its head office to Madrid. El Español, 10 October 2017
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Country Profile: Spain". Institute of Media and Communications Study. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Global Publishing Leaders 2014: Planeta". Publishers Weekly. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "The World's 56 Largest Book Publishers, 2014". Publishers Weekly. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
External links[]
- Official website
- Official website (in Catalan)
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Planeta Group
- 1949 establishments in Spain
- Publishing companies established in 1949
- Publishing companies of Spain
- Companies based in Madrid
- Book publishing companies of Spain
- Mass media in Madrid
- Conglomerate companies of Spain