Grupo Planeta

History and profile

The company was founded as Editorial Planeta in 1949. was the founder of the company. Starting in 1952, the publishing group awards the Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize.

The company expanded from Spain to the Latin American market in the mid-1960s.

In 1992, Planeta acquired the Espasa Calpe publishing company and the bookstore chain.

José Manuel Lara Hernández's son, José Manuel Lara Bosch, became the company president upon the death of his father in 2003. Also in 2003, Planeta became the primary shareholder of Antena 3.

The merger of Antena 3 with LaSexta (by means of the absorption of the latter) was announced in December 2011 even though it was not formalised until October 2012. After the merger, LaSexta somewhat retained a perception of a left-leaning profile, starkly contrasting to those of the rest of Planeta media properties.

With its purchase of Editis in 2009, Planeta 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.

Following the death of Lara Bosch in 2015, became the president of the company.

Hitherto headquartered in Barcelona, Grupo Planeta decided to move its head office to Madrid in October 2017 because of the "uncertainty" caused by the thwarted Catalan declaration of independence.

Selected imprints

• (including Planeta Cómic)
• Ediciones Destino
• Emecé Editores
• Joaquín Mortiz
• Planeta DeAgostini
• Planeta Junior
• Seix Barral
• Grup62

References

References

1. "[https://www.planeta.es/en/privacy-policy Privacy Policy]." Planeta. Retrieved on 15 May 2018. "PLANETA CORPORACIÓN, SRL, with registered address at Josefa Valcárcel, nº 42, 28027 Madrid,"
2. Seoane Pérez, Francisco. "Informe Nacional sobre Medios – España".
3. "Country Profile: Spain". Institute of Media and Communications Study.
4. Cabezas, E.. (29 November 2009). "Casa del Libro escribe la primera página de su historia en la ciudad".
5. Tàpies, Josep. (2014). "100 familias que cambiaron el mundo. Las empresas familiares y la industrialización". Fundación Josep Serra.
6. (31 January 2015). "Fallece José Manuel Lara Bosch, presidente del Grupo Planeta".
7. (25 January 2010). "Antena 3… porque veinte años no es nada".
8. García-Santamaría, José Vicente. "Televisión y concentración en España: el duopolio de Mediaset y Atresmedia". Palabra Clave 16.
9. (27 June 2014). "Global Publishing Leaders 2014: Planeta". Publishers Weekly.
10. (27 June 2014). "The World's 56 Largest Book Publishers, 2014". Publishers Weekly.
11. (16 February 2015). "Jose Creuheras, nuevo presidente del grupo Planeta".
12. "[http://www.planeta.es/eng/asp/aviso.asp Legal Warning] {{webarchive. link. (2010-11-20 ." 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,")
13. (10 October 2017). "Planeta traslada su sede social a Madrid". [[El Español]].