List of assets owned by Bertelsmann

This is a list of assets owned by German conglomerate Bertelsmann.

Arvato edit

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 edit

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 edit

RTL Group (75.1%) edit

Internet
- Atresplayer
  - Flooxer
- M6
- RTL.de
- RTL.nl
- Videoland.nl
- sport.de
- turbo.fr
Programming and Distribution
- Fremantle
  - Original Productions
    - Amygdala Music
- 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)
- Hare and Tortoise (United Kingdom)^[1]
- 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)^[2]
    - Road House Cinema^[2]
  - Pálás Cinema (Galway)^[2]
  - Volta (Irish film VOD service)^[2]
  - Element Pictures Distribution^[3]
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)
  - n-tv
  - RTL Television
  - RTLplus
  - RTL Crime (German TV channel)
  - RTL Living
  - RTL Passion
  - RTL Zwei
  - Super RTL
  - Toggo Plus
  - GEO Television
  - Nitro
  - VOX
- RTL Magyarország (Hungary)
  - Cool TV
  - Film+
  - Muzsika TV
  - RTL Gold
  - RTL II
  - RTL Klub
  - RTL+
  - Sorozat+
- RTL Nederland (The Netherlands)
  - RTL 4
  - RTL 5
  - RTL 7
  - RTL 8
  - RTL Z
  - RTL Telekids
  - RTL Crime
  - RTL Lounge
  - RTL XL
- RTL Televizija (Croatia)
- RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg
  - RTL Zwee

Gruner + Jahr edit

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
Newspapers
- Sächsische Zeitung (60%)

Penguin Random House edit

Dorling Kindersley Limited
- Alpha Books
- DK Eyewitness Travel
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Anchor Books
- Black Swan
- Corgi
- Doubleday
- Everyman's Library
- Nan A. Talese
- Pantheon
- Schocken
- Vintage Books
- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
- Vintage Español
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
  - 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
    - The Bodley Head
    - Chatto & Windus
    - Harvill Secker
    - Hogarth Press
    - Jonathan Cape
    - Square Peg
- 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
    - Del Rey Books
      - LucasBooks
  - Bantam Books
    - Bantam Press
    - Spectra
  - Dell Publishing
    - Dial Press
  - 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

BMG edit

Music publishers edit

Bug Music^[4]
Crosstown Songs
Cherry Lane Music Publishing
Chrysalis Music Group^[5]
Stage Three Music
Evergreen Copyrights
Famous Music UK^[6]
R2M^[7]
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Select songwriters)^[6]
Virgin Music^[6]

Labels edit

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

References edit

^ "www.hareandtortoise.tv". www.hareandtortoise.tv.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cinema & Home Entertainment – Element Pictures".
^ "Distribution – Element Pictures".
^ "BMG Rights Management to Purchase Bug Music". Billboard. 2011-09-12.
^ "BMG and Warner Music Said to Weigh Bid for Chrysalis". The New York Times. 2010-11-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c BMG Buys Virgin, Famous Music Catalog From Sony/ATV. The Hollywood Reporter (2012-12-21). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
^ "BMG Rights Management Purchases R2M Music Lux SARL Catalog". Billboard. 2012-03-02.

[1] "www.hareandtortoise.tv". www.hareandtortoise.tv.

[elementpicscinemahe-2] "Cinema & Home Entertainment – Element Pictures".

[3] "Distribution – Element Pictures".

[4] "BMG Rights Management to Purchase Bug Music". Billboard. 2011-09-12.

[5] "BMG and Warner Music Said to Weigh Bid for Chrysalis". The New York Times. 2010-11-04.

[fam-6] BMG Buys Virgin, Famous Music Catalog From Sony/ATV. The Hollywood Reporter (2012-12-21). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.

[7] "BMG Rights Management Purchases R2M Music Lux SARL Catalog". Billboard. 2012-03-02.

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List of assets owned by Bertelsmann

Contents

Arvato edit

Bertelsmann Printing Group edit

Direct Group edit

RTL Group (75.1%) edit

Gruner + Jahr edit

Penguin Random House edit

BMG edit

Music publishers edit

Labels edit

See also edit

References edit