List of assets owned by Bertelsmann
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of assets owned by German conglomerate Bertelsmann.
Arvato
- Mohn Media Gruppe
- Prinovis - joint-venture with Axel Springer and Gruner + Jahr
- Sonopress in Germany, North America, Latin America, South Africa, Australia
- Arvato Services
- Arvato Systems
- Arvato Mobile
- Arvato Finances
- Empolis
Bertelsmann Printing Group
- AZ Direct
- Berryville Graphics
- Campaign
- Coral Graphics
- DeutschlandCard
- GGP Media
- MBS Nürnberg
- Mohn Media
- Offset Paperback Manufacturers (OPM)
- Prinovis
- rtv media group
- Sonopress
- Vogel Druck
Direct Group
- Bertelsmann BookClub (China)
- Bertrand (Portugal)
- BMG Music Service
- BOL China
- BOL Great Britain
- BCA Great Britain
- BDMI
- Bookspan (United States) (50%)
- Architects & Designers Book Service
- Behavioral Science Book Club
- Black Expressions
- Book-of-the-Month Club
- Children's Book-of-the-Month Club
- Computer Books Direct
- Country Homes & Gardens
- Crafter's Choice
- Discovery Channel Book Club
- Doubleday Book Club
- Doubleday Large Print
- Early Childhood Teachers Club
- Equestrian
- The Good Cook
- History Book Club
- Intermediate & Middle Grades Book Club
- The Library of Speech-Language Pathology
- The Literary Guild
- The Military Book Club
- Mystery Guild
- One Spirit
- Outdoorsman's Edge
- Nurse's Book Society
- Primary Teachers' Book Club
- Reader's Subscription
- Rhapsody
- Scientific American Book Club
- Science Fiction Book Club
- Circulo de Lectores (Spain)
- Círculo de Leitores (Portugal)
- Der Club (Germany)
- Donauland (Austria)
- ECI (Netherlands)
- France Loisirs (France)
- Quebec Loisirs (Canada)
- The BookClub (Korea)
- CDnow
RTL Group (75.1%)
- Internet
- Atresplayer
- Flooxer
- M6
- RTL.de
- RTL.nl
- Videoland.nl
- sport.de
- turbo.fr
- Atresplayer
- Programming and Distribution
- Fremantle
- Original Productions
- Amygdala Music
- Original Productions
- Random House Studio (transferred from Penguin Random House in 2016)
- Random House Films
- Random House Television
- Buzzr
- Naked Television (United Kingdom)
- Naked West
- Talkback (United Kingdom)
- Thames (United Kingdom)
- Castlefield (United Kingdom)
- Moskito Television (Finland)
- Rakett (Norway)
- Wild Blue Media (United Kingdom)
- One Big Happy Family (Norway)
- Baluba (Sweden)
- Monster Media AS (Norway)
- Dr Pluto Films (United Kingdom)
- Blu A/S (Denmark)
- No Pictures Please (Netherlands)
- Label1 (United Kingdom)
- Strong Productions (Denmark)
- Production House (Finland)
- Novemberfilm (Norway)
- Wildside (Italy)
- Eureka Productions (Australia)
- The Apartment Pictures (Italy)
- Blue Circle (Netherlands)
- Full Fat TV (United Kingdom)
- Kwaï (France)
- Miso Film (Denmark)
- UFA Film & TV Productions (Germany)
- UFA Fiction
- UFA Serial Drama
- UFA Show & Factual
- UFA Documentary
- Abot Hameiri Communication Ltd. (Israel)
- Easy Tiger (Australia)
- Wavy (Italy)
- Fremantle Australia
- Dancing Ledge Productions (United Kingdom)
- Man Alive Entertainment (United Kingdom)
- Grillifilms (Finland)
- Playroom (Norway)
- Strix Television (Sweden/Norway/Netherlands/Belgium)
- The Immigrant (United States/Spain/Latin America)
- Euston Films (United Kingdom)
- Fiction Valley (Netherlands)
- Element Pictures (Republic of Ireland)
- Light House Cinema (Dublin)[1]
- Road House Cinema[1]
- Pálás Cinema (Galway)[1]
- Volta (Irish film VOD service)[1]
- Element Pictures Distribution[2]
- Light House Cinema (Dublin)[1]
- Fremantle
- Radio
- 104.6 RTL (Berlin)
- Antenne Bayern (Germany)
- Antenne Mecklenburg (Germany)
- Antenne Thueringen (Germany)
- Bel RTL (Belgium)
- Radio Contact (Belgium)
- RTL Radio Letzebuerg (Luxembourg)
- Eldoradio (Luxembourg)
- Europa FM (Spain)
- Fun Radio (France)
- Hit-Radio Antenne (Germany)
- Melodia FM (Spain)
- Oldie 95 (Hamburg)
- Onda Cero (Spain)
- Radio Hamburg (Hamburg)
- Radio NRW (Germany)
- Radio Ton (Germany)
- RTL (France)
- RTL 2 (France)
- RTL Radio - Deutschlands Hit-Radio (Germany, Belgium, northern France)
- Television
- Atresmedia (Spain)
- Antena 3
- Atreseries
- LaSexta
- Neox
- Nova
- Mega
- Atresmedia Cine
- Atresmedia Studios
- Groupe M6 (France)
- M6
- W9
- 6ter
- Paris Première
- Téva
- M6 Music
- Gulli
- Canal J
- Tiji
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux
- Série Club
- M6 Films
- Groupe MCM
- MCM
- MCM Top
- RFM TV
- Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (Germany)
- RTL Magyarország (Hungary)
- RTL Nederland (The Netherlands)
- RTL Televizija (Croatia)
- RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg
- Atresmedia (Spain)
Gruner + Jahr
- Magazines
- Europe
- Claudia (Poland)
- Focus (Italy) (50%)
- Mia (Spain)
- Muy Interesante (Spain)
- Naj (Poland)
- National Geographic (Poland)
- News (Austria)(56.03%)
- Tele-Loisirs (France)
- Top Girl (Italy)
- TV Times (Austria) (56.03%)
- Germany
- art
- Brigitte
- Capital
- Eltern
- Essen & Trinken
- P.M.
- Schöner Wohnen
- Stern
- Europe
- Newspapers
- Sächsische Zeitung (60%)
Penguin Random House
- Dorling Kindersley Limited
- Alpha Books
- DK Eyewitness Travel
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Avery Publishing
- Berkley Books
- Ace Books
- Jove Books
- New American Library
- Plume
- Obsidian
- Onyx
- Roc Books
- Signet Books
- Signet Classics
- Signet Fiction
- Topaz
- DAW
- Dutton
- Family Tree Books
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Amy Enborne
- Marian Wood
- Coward-McCann
- Krause Publications
- Impact Books
- Interweave
- North Light Books
- Pelican Books
- Penguin Books
- Awa Press
- Michael Joseph
- Penguin General
- Fig Tree Books
- Hamish Hamilton
- Penguin Life
- Penguin Business
- Sandycove Books
- Viking Books UK
- Penguin Press
- Allen Lane Books
- Particular Books
- Pelican Books
- Penguin Classics
- Pamela Dorman Books
- Popular Woodworking Books
- Portfolio
- Riverhead Books
- Sentinel
- Square Peg
- TarcherPerigee
- Transworld Publishers
- Viking Press
- Vintage Classics
- Vintage Paperback
- Writer's Digest Books
- Yellow Jersey
- Penguin Random House Digital Publishing Group
- Books on Tape
- Listening Library
- Living Language
- Penguin Random House Audio Publishing
- Penguin Random House Puzzles & Games
- Penguin Audio
- Random House Audio
- Random House Large Print
- Random House Reference
- Sasquatch Books
- Little Bigfoot
- Spruce Books
- Penguin Random House International
- Zahar
- Penguin Random House Australia
- Penguin Books Australia
- Penguin Random House Canada
- Anchor Canada
- Appetite by Random House
- Bond Street Books
- Doubleday Canada
- Hamish Hamilton Canada
- Knopf Canada
- McClelland & Stewart
- Douglas Gibson Books
- Emblem Books
- New Canadian Library
- Tundra Books
- Penguin Canada
- Penguin Teen
- Puffin Canada
- Random House Canada
- Signal
- Strange Light
- Viking Canada
- Vintage Canada
- Penguin Random House Group (UK)
- Cornerstone Publishing
- Arrow
- Young Arrow
- Century
- Del Rey UK
- Hutchinson
- Random House UK
- William Heinemann
- #Merky Books
- Random House Business
- Windmill
- Arrow
- Ebury Publishing
- BBC Books
- Ebury Press
- Ebury Edge
- Pop Press
- Rider
- Vermilion
- Virgin Books (90%)
- WH Allen
- Witness Books
- Penguin Random House Audio (UK)
- BBC Audio
- The Penguin Podcast
- Vintage Publishing UK
- Cornerstone Publishing
- Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (Spain/Portugal/Latin America)
- Aguliar
- Alfaguara
- Ediciones B
- B de Bloke
- B de Books
- B de Bolsillo
- B Comic
- Ediciones Cliper
- Cliper+
- Ediciones Salamandra
- Companhia das Letras (70%)
- Editorial Bruguera
- Editorial Molino
- Editorial Sudamericana
- Editorial Grijabo
- Grupo Santillana
- Lumen
- Objetiva
- Penguin Clasicos
- Plaza & Janés
- Random Cómics
- Suma de Letras
- Taurus
- Penguin Random House India
- Duckbill Books
- Penguin Random House New Zealand
- Penguin Random House Struik (South Africa)
- Transworld Ireland
- Verlasgsgruppe Penguin Random House (Germany)
- Anaconda Verlag
- Ariston
- Arkana Verlag
- Bassermann
- Blanvalet
- Blessing Verlag
- Btb Verlag
- carl's books
- C. Bertelsmann Verlag
- Der Audio Verlag
- der Hörverlag
- Deutsche Verlag-Anstalt
- Diana Verlag
- Diederichs
- Goldmann
- Gütersloher Verlagshaus
- Heyne Publishing
- Heyne Hardcore
- Heyne fliegt
- Luchterhand Literaturverlag
- Manesse Verlag
- Pantheon Verlag
- Penguin JUNIOR
- Penguin Verlag
- Penhaligon
- Prestel Publishing
- Random House Audio (Germany)
- Reimann Verlag
- Siedler Verlag
- Südwest-Verlag
- Wunderraum
- Yuna Publishing
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Dial Books for Young Readers
- Dutton Children's Books
- Firebird Books
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Charter Books (Ace Charter)
- Bedtime Stories
- Junior Library
- Platt & Mutt
- Kathy Dawson Books
- Koklia
- Ladybird Books
- Nancy Paulsen Books
- Penguin Workshop
- Philomel Books
- Price Stern Sloan
- Puffin Books
- Razorbill
- Viking Children's Books
- Random House
- Crown Publishing Group
- Amphoto Books
- Broadway Books
- Clarkson Potter
- Convergent Books
- Crown
- Crown Archetype
- Crown Forum
- Currency
- Harmony Books
- Hogarth Press
- Image Catholic Books
- Multnomah
- Random House Books USA
- Rodale Books
- Ten Speed Press
- Lorena Jones Books
- Watson-Guptill
- Three Rivers Press
- Tim Duggan Books
- WaterBrook
- Multnomah
- Random House Publishing Group
- Ballantine Books
- Bantam Books
- Dell Publishing
- Loveswept & Flirt
- Modern Library
- One World
- Spiegel & Grau
- SPJ For Horgath
- Random House Children's Books
- Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Anne Schwartz Books
- Skylark
- Bluefire
- Crown Books for Young Readers
- Doubleday Children's Books
- Delacorte Press
- Dragonfly Books
- Ember
- Golden Books
- Laurel-Leaf Books
- Lee Wade
- Little Tiger Press
- The Princeton Review
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Sylvan Learning
- Wendy Lamb Books
- Yearling Books
- Crown Publishing Group
BMG
Music publishers
- Bug Music[3]
- Crosstown Songs
- Cherry Lane Music Publishing
- Chrysalis Music Group[4]
- Stage Three Music
- Evergreen Copyrights
- Famous Music UK[5]
- R2M[6]
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Select songwriters)[5]
- Virgin Music[5]
Labels
- 50/50 Global Muzik Inc and 50/50 Global EDM
- Albert Music
- Broken Bow Records
- Disques Dreyfus
- Double U Records (Founded by Jacob Whitesides)
- Dutchess Music (Founded by Fergie)
- The Echo Label
- The End Records
- Hal David
- Infectious Records
- Mute Records
- Noise Records
- Neon Nation Corporation
- Paracadute (Founded by OK GO)
- RAM Records
- Rise Records
- Rhythm Nation (Founded by Janet Jackson)
- S-Curve Records
- Sanctuary Records
- Sedona Recording Company
- Skint Records
- Strictly Rhythm
- Vagrant Records
- Victory Records
- Verse Music Group
- ZTT Records
Former assets
Divested
- BMG Interactive - sold to Take-Two Interactive in 2000
- Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited - sold to Northern & Shell in 2010[7]
- FremantleMedia Kids & Family – sold to Boat Rocker Media in 2018[8]
- Ludia - sold to Jam City in 2021[9]
- REN TV
- RTL 7 - sold to TVN Group in 2002
- RTL-TVI
- Club RTL
- Plug RTL
- Universum Film GmbH - sold to Leonine Holding in 2019[10]
Dormant or shuttered
- Boundless (United Kingdom) - merged with Naked in 2020
- Blue Rider Press
- EVA Entertainment
- Fontaram Productions (France)
- Hare & Tortoise (United Kingdom)
- Newman Street (United Kingdom)
- Razorbill - folded into Putnum Children's Books