Grupo Santillana
Grupo Santillana, formerly Santillana Ediciones Generales, is a Spanish publisher founded in 1959 by Jesús de Polanco and Francisco Pérez González. From 2008 and due to the high debts of the group PRISA, Santillana made disinvestments to guide itself. In 2008 the bookshop Crisol, with fourteen subsidiaries in Spain, two in Buenos Aires and one in Lima, closed.
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- Grupo Santillana
- Founded
- Grupo Santillana was established or created on 1 January 1958.
- Headquarters
- Grupo Santillana has its headquarters at Madrid.
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Grupo Santillana, formerly Santillana Ediciones Generales, is a Spanish publisher founded in 1959 by Jesús de Polanco and Francisco Pérez González. From 2008 and due to the high debts of the group PRISA, Santillana made disinvestments to guide itself. In 2008 the bookshop Crisol, with fourteen subsidiaries in Spain, two in Buenos Aires and one in Lima, closed.
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In 2010, Crisol was sold 25% of Santillana's shares. 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. On October 19, 2020, Santillana was acquired by the Finnish company Sanoma.
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• Name — Grupo Santillana • Parent — PRISA • Founded — 1959 • Founders — * Jesús de Polanco • Francisco Pérez González • Country — Spain • Headquarters — Madrid
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Grupo Santillana established.
1958
Grupo Santillana is recorded from 1958.
1958
Grupo Santillana was established or created on 1 January 1958.
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Grupo Santillana is situated in Brazil.
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Grupo Santillana is situated in Spain.
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Grupo Santillana is associated with Brazil and Spain.
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The circumstances in which Grupo Santillana stands. Established or created on 1 January 1958. Recorded as publishing house. Santillana has its headquarters at Madrid. Situated in Brazil. Situated in Spain.
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- 1.G. Ibáñez, Juan. Fallece a los 84 años Francisco Pérez González, cofundador de Santillana y uno de los principales accionistas de PRISA. El País. PRISA. 23 October 2010.
- 2.Hernanz, Carlos. Prisa pierde al cofundador de Santillana, el embrión del imperio de los Polanco. El Confidencial. Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. 24 October 2010.
- 3.Arranz, Rubén. La clave de la Operación Santillana: Prisa debe pagar 1.000 M. de deuda en 2 años. Voz Populi.
- 4.PRISA. PRISA firma un acuerdo con Liberty para captar hasta 900 millones de dólares. El País. 5 March 2010.
- 5.Los inversores huyen de Prisa: La acción toca su mínimo histórico. Libertad Digital. 17 February 2009.
- 6.Gaviña, Susana. Crisol escribe su epílogo y cierra sus últimas tres librerías. ABC. 30 April 2009.
- 7.EFE. El Grupo Santillana cierra la cadena de librerías Crisol. El Confidencial. Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. 29 April 2009.
- 8.PRISA. PRISA obtiene 279 millones con la venta del 25% de Santillana. El País. 30 April 2010.
- 9.PRISA. Santillana vende Ediciones Generales a Penguin Random House para centrarse en el área educativa. El País. 19 March 2014.
- 10.Finland's Sanoma buys Spanish educational publisher Santillana. Reuters. 19 October 2020.
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