Country of origin Spain Official website www.planeta.es | Headquarters location Barcelona Founded 1949 | |
Founder José Manuel Lara Hernández Successor José Manuel Lara García Publication types Books, Newspapers, Magazines CEO José Lara García (13 Feb 2015–) Subsidiaries Casa del Libro S.L., Editis, Planeta DeAgostini Profiles | ||
Planeta Corporación, S.R.L., doing business as Grupo Planeta, is a Spanish media group based in Barcelona. The company operates in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin America.
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History and profile
The company was founded as Editorial Planeta in 1949. José Lara Hernandez is the founder of the company.
Planeta owns over 70 publishing houses worldwide. It publishes the newspaper La Razón. 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, 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.
Selected imprints
References
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