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 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) 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) Road House Cinema Pálás Cinema (Galway) Volta (Irish film VOD service) Element Pictures Distribution 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 2 RTL Kockica RTL Croatia World RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg RTL Zwee
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 Newspapers Sächsische Zeitung (60%)
Penguin Random House 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 Music publishers Bug Music Crosstown Songs Cherry Lane Music Publishing Chrysalis Music Group Stage Three Music Evergreen Copyrights Famous Music UKBMG Buys Virgin, Famous Music Catalog From Sony/ATV. The Hollywood Reporter (2012-12-21). Retrieved on 2013-07-16. R2M Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Select songwriters) Virgin Music 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 FremantleMedia Kids & Family – sold to Boat Rocker Media in 2018 Ludia - sold to Jam City in 2021 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
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
See also Lists of corporate assets
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