List of assets owned by Bertelsmann

This is an incomplete 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
  • M6
  • RTL.de
  • RTL.nl
  • Videoland.nl
  • sport.de
  • turbo.fr
• Programming and Distribution
  • Fremantle
    • 495 Productions
    • Original Productions
  • Random House Studio (transferred from Penguin Random House in 2016)
    • Random House Films
    • Random House Television
  • Buzzr
  • Boundless (United Kingdom)
  • Talkback (United Kingdom)
  • Thames (United Kingdom)
  • Hare and Tortoise (United Kingdom)[1]
  • Newman Street (United Kingdom)
  • Ludia (Canada)
  • Blu A/S (Denmark)
  • No Pictures Please (Netherlands)
  • Wildside (Italy)
  • Fontaram (France)
  • Corona TV (United Kingdom)
  • Blue Circle (Netherlands)
  • FourOne.Media (Netherlands)
  • RadicalMedia
  • Naked Entertainment (United Kingdom)
  • Kwaï (France)
  • Divimove (Europe)
  • Miso Film (Denmark)
  • Tiny Riot
  • Shotglass Media (United Kingdom)
  • Spring (Australian digital production studio)
  • UFA Film & TV Productions (Germany)
    • UFA Fiction
    • UFA Serial Drama
    • UFA Show & Factual
    • UFA Lab
  • UFA Magyarország Kft (Hungary)
  • Abot Hameiri Communication Ltd. (Israel)
  • Euston Films (United Kingdom)
  • Fiction Valley (Netherlands)
• Universum Film GmbH (Germany)
• 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)
  • Fun Radio (France)
  • Hit-Radio Antenne (Germany)
  • Oldie 95 (Hamburg)
  • Radio Hamburg (Hamburg)
  • Radio NRW (Germany)
  • Radio Ton (Germany)
  • RTL (France)
  • RTL 2 (France)
  • RTL Radio - Deutschlands Hit-Radio (Germany, Belgium, northern France)
• Television
  • M6 Group (France)
    • M6
    • W9
    • 6ter
    • Paris Première
    • Téva
    • M6 Music
      • M6 Music Club
      • M6 Music Black
    • M6 Boutique & Co
    • Best of Shopping
    • FC Girondins de Bordeaux#Media
    • Série Club
    • M6 Films
  • Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (Germany)
    • n-tv
    • RTL Television
    • RTL II
    • Super RTL
    • Nitro
    • Traumpartner TV
    • VOX
  • RTL Nederland (The Netherlands)
    • RTL 4
    • RTL 5
    • RTL 7
    • RTL 8
    • RTL Z
    • RTL Telekids
    • RTL Crime
    • RTL Lounge
  • RTL Klub (Hungary)
  • RTL Televizija (Croatia)
  • RTL TVI (Belgium)
  • Club RTL (Belgium)
  • Plug RTL (Belgium)

Gruner + Jahr

• Magazines
  • Europe
    • Claudia (Poland)
    • Femme Actuelle (France)
    • Focus (Italy) (50%)
    • Gala (France)
    • Geo (Russia)
    • Mia (Spain)
    • Muy Interesante (Spain)
    • Naj (Poland)
    • National Geographic (Poland)
    • News (Austria)(56.03%)
    • Prima (France)
    • Tele-Loisirs (France)
    • Top Girl (Italy)
    • TV Times (Austria) (56.03%)
  • Germany
    • art
    • Brigitte
    • Capital
    • Eltern
    • Essen & Trinken
    • P.M.
    • Schöner Wohnen
    • Stern
• Newspapers
  • Financial Times Deutschland (50% - Ceased publication December 2012)
  • Sächsische Zeitung (60%)

Penguin Random House

• Alfred A. Knopf (USA)
• Anchor Books
• Ballantine Books (USA)
  • Ballantine Reader's Circle
  • Del Rey Books
  • Del Rey/LucasBooks (under license from Disney/Lucasfilm)
  • Fawcett Publications
  • Ivy
  • One World
  • Wellspring
• Broadway (USA)
• C. Bertelsmann Verlag (Germany)
• Doubleday (USA)
  • Black Ink/Harlem Moon
  • Currency Business Books
  • Doubleday Graphic Novels
  • Doubleday Religion
  • Nan A. Talese
• Ediciones B (Spain)
• Everyman's Library
• Goldmann (Germany)
• Karl Blessing Verlag (Germany)
• Out of Print[2]
• Pantheon Books (USA)
• Random House UK (UK)
  • Andersen Press
  • David Fickling Books
  • Pimlico
  • Penguin Books
• Schocken Books
• Siedler Verlag (Germany)
• Sudamericana (Argentina)
• Transworld (UK)
  • Anchor
  • Bantam
  • Bantam Press
  • Black Swan
  • Corgi
  • Corgi Audio
  • Doubleday
  • Eden Books
  • Expert
  • Partridge Press
• Vintage
  • Black Lizard
• Alpha Books
• Prima Games
• Rough Guides
• Amphoto Books
• Clarkson Potter
• Crown Archetype
• Crown Business
• Crown Forum
• Harmony Press
• Hargoth Press
• Image Catholic Books
• Multnomah Books
• Pam Krauss Books
• Ten Speed Press
• Three Rivers Press
• Tim Duggan Books
• WaterBrook Multonomah
• Watson-Guptill

BMG

Television and film

• BMG Pictures
  • Constantin Film
  • BMG Independents
  • BMG Video
  • Video Collection International

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

See also

• Lists of corporate assets

References

1. "www.hareandtortoise.tv". www.hareandtortoise.tv.
2. "Penguin Random House Acquires Leading Literary Merchandise Company Out Of Print". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
3. "BMG Rights Management to Purchase Bug Music". Billboard. 2011-09-12.
4. "BMG and Warner Music Said to Weigh Bid for Chrysalis". The New York Times. 2010-11-04.
5. BMG Buys Virgin, Famous Music Catalog From Sony/ATV. The Hollywood Reporter (2012-12-21). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
6. "BMG Rights Management Purchases R2M Music Lux SARL Catalog". Billboard. 2012-03-02.