Editis is a French
group
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of
publishing companies, subsidiary of French group
Vivendi
Vivendi SE is a French mass media holding company headquartered in Paris. Widely known as the owner of Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has activities in television, film, video ...
. It is the second-largest
French publishing group, after
Hachette Livre
Hachette () is a French publisher. Founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif, the company later became L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, Hachette SA and Hachette Livre in France. After acquiring an Australian publisher, Hachett ...
.
History
Editis was created in January 2004 by the regrouping of approximately 60% of the publishing assets of
Vivendi
Vivendi SE is a French mass media holding company headquartered in Paris. Widely known as the owner of Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has activities in television, film, video ...
, the other part remaining with
Lagardère Group
Lagardère S.A. () is an international group with operations in over 40 countries. It is headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The group was created in 1992 as Matra, Hachette & Lagardère. Headed by Arnaud Lagardère, it is focuse ...
.
Editis was, for 4 years (until May 2008), part of
Wendel, a financial investment group which had acquired it from Investima10 (a financial ''ad hoc'' structure holding Vivendi Universal Publishing assets after Lagardère's purchase in 2003). Wendel purchased this group of publishers for about €400 million plus debt, and sold it to Planeta for about €960 million, realizing a profit.
In May 2008, Editis integrated with the
Planeta Group
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Editorial Planeta, founded in ...
, the main Spanish-speaking publisher. In January 2019, Vivendi reacquired Editis from Planeta for €900m.
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Group members
the main subsidiaries were:
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Bordas
* CLE International
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Comptoir du Livre
* DNL
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Éditions First
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First Interactive
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Interforum
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La Découverte
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
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, formerly Éditions
Maspero People with the name Maspero include:
*François Maspero (1932–2015), French author and journalist
*Gaston Maspero (1846–1916), French Egyptologist
* Georges Maspero (1872–1942), French sinologist, son of Gaston
* Henri Maspero (1882–1945), ...
*
Le Cherche Midi éditeur
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Dictionnaires Le Robert
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The founding members of the editorial board were the ...
* Éditions Nathan
* Éditions Syros
* Éditions Perrin
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Place des éditeurs
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Acropole
* Éditions Belfond
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En Voyage Editions
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Hors Collection
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Le pré aux clercs
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Lonely Planet
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France
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Omnibus
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Presses de la Cité
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In 1988, with its merg ...
* Solar
*
Plon
*
Presses de la Renaissance
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Retz
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Robert Laffont
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NiL Éditions NiL Éditions is a French publishing house
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Éditions Julliard
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Seghers
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SEJER
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SOGEDIF
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10/18
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.
* 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philos ...
,
Fleuve noir
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Langues Pour Tous
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Pocket
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Pocket Jeunesse
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XO éditions
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* XO sauce, a spicy seafood sauce
* XO, a grade of cognac, meaning "extra old"
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* XO (record label), a record label founded by artist the Weeknd
* "XO / The Host", a song by the Weeknd from his third mi ...
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Oh! Editions
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Editions Gründ
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Paraschool
References
External links
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{{Vivendi
Book publishing companies of France
Companies based in Paris
French companies established in 2004
Publishing companies established in 2004
Vivendi subsidiaries
2008 mergers and acquisitions
2019 mergers and acquisitions