Grupo Santillana, formerly Santillana Ediciones Generales, is a Spanish publisher founded in 1959 by Jesús de Polanco and Francisco Pérez González.[1][2]
 Santillana headquarter in Barcelona | |
| Parent company | PRISA |
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| Founded | 1959 |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Headquarters location | Madrid |
| Official website | www |
From 2008 and due to the high debts of the group PRISA, Santillana made disinvestments to guide itself.[3][4][5] In 2008 the bookshop Crisol, which come to have fourteen subsidiaries in Spain, two in Buenos Aires and one in Lima, closed.[6][7] In 2010, it was sold the 25% of shares.[8]
In 2014 Santillana sold all its trade publishing (including the Alfaguara and Objetiva publishing houses) to Penguin Random House for €72 million. Santillana then shifted its focus towards educational publishing.[9]
On October 19, 2020, Santillana was acquired by the Finnish company Sanoma.[10]
References
edit- ^ G. Ibáñez, Juan (23 October 2010). "Fallece a los 84 años Francisco Pérez González, cofundador de Santillana y uno de los principales accionistas de PRISA". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: PRISA. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ Hernanz, Carlos (24 October 2010). "Prisa pierde al cofundador de Santillana, el embrión del imperio de los Polanco". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editoral, S.L. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ Arranz, Rubén. "La clave de la Operación Santillana: Prisa debe pagar 1.000 M. de deuda en 2 años". Voz Populi (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "PRISA firma un acuerdo con Liberty para captar hasta 900 millones de dólares". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: PRISA. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Los inversores huyen de Prisa: La acción toca su mínimo histórico". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 17 February 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ Gaviña, Susana (30 April 2009). "Crisol escribe su epílogo y cierra sus últimas tres librerías". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ EFE (29 April 2009). "El Grupo Santillana cierra la cadena de librerías Crisol". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editoral, S.L. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "PRISA obtiene 279 millones con la venta del 25% de Santillana". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: PRISA. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Santillana vende Ediciones Generales a Penguin Random House para centrarse en el área educativa". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: PRISA. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Finland's Sanoma buys Spanish educational publisher Santillana". Reuters. 19 October 2020.