Planeta Corporación, S.R.L., doing business as Grupo Planeta (lit. 'Planet Group'), is a Spanish mass media conglomerate operating in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin America. It is headquartered in Madrid.[1]
Editorial Planeta, founded in 1949, was the seed of Grupo Planeta, which includes many more publishing imprints as well as other media assets. Planeta is the primary shareholder of the media group Atresmedia (dominating alongside Mediaset España the free-to-air television landscape in Spain under a duopoly) and the publisher of the Conservative newspaper La Razón.[2] Since 1952, Planeta awards the Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize.
History and profile
The company was founded as Editorial Planeta in 1949.[3] José Manuel Lara Hernández was the founder of the company.[3]