Editis is a French group of

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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, vid ...

. 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, Hachette ...

History

Editis was created in January 2004 by the regrouping of approximately 60% of the publishing assets of

, 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 focused ...

. 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, 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 * First Interactive * Interforum *

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, formerly Éditions Maspero * Le Cherche Midi éditeur * Dictionnaires Le Robert * Éditions Nathan * Éditions Syros * Éditions Perrin * Place des éditeurs * Acropole * Éditions Belfond * En Voyage Editions * Hors Collection * Le pré aux clercs *

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France * Omnibus * Presses de la Cité * Solar * Plon * Presses de la Renaissance * Retz *

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- NiL Éditions - Éditions Julliard - Seghers * SEJER * SOGEDIF * 10/18, Fleuve noir, Langues Pour Tous,

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, Pocket Jeunesse * XO éditions * Oh! Editions * Editions Gründ * Paraschool

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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