Editis is a French group of

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companies, subsidiary of French group Vivendi. It is the second-largest French publishing group, after Hachette Livre.

History

Editis was created in January 2004 by the regrouping of approximately 60% of the publishing assets of Vivendi, the other part remaining with Lagardère Group. 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

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, the main Spanish-speaking publisher. In January 2019, Vivendi reacquired Editis from Planeta for €900m.

Group members

the main subsidiaries were: * Bordas * CLE International * Comptoir du Livre * DNL * Éditions First *

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* Interforum * La Découverte, formerly Éditions Maspero * Le Cherche Midi éditeur *

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* Éditions Nathan * Éditions Syros * Éditions Perrin *

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* Solar * Plon *

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* SEJER * SOGEDIF *

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* Paraschool

References

External links

* {{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