List of assets owned by Bertelsmann

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

Music publishers

 * Bug Music
 * Crosstown Songs
 * Cherry Lane Music Publishing
 * Chrysalis Music Group
 * Stage Three Music
 * Evergreen Copyrights
 * Famous Music UK
 * 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

Divested

 * Boundless - merged with Naked in 2020
 * 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
 * Hare and Tortoise
 * 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

 * Blue Rider Press
 * EVA Entertainment
 * Fontaram Productions (France)
 * Newman Street (United Kingdom)
 * Razorbill - folded into Putnum Children's Books