Global 50 The World Ranking of the Publishing Industry 2020 The Ranking of the International Publishing Industry 2020 Rüdiger Wischenbart, with Michaela Anna Fleischhacker Research: Ruediger Wischenbart Content and Consulting and Bookwire © 2020 Livres Hebdo + Ruediger Wischenbart Content and Consulting 2020. All Rights Reserved www.wischenbart.com This book was created with Booktype. For more information, please visit: www.booktype.pro Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 6 About the "Global 50" Ranking: The approach and methodology ........................................................... 7 A global long-term perspective on publishing in key sectors indicators: Key findings of the Global 50 Ranking 2020 ....................................................................................................................................... 10 First insights on the Covid-19 fallout and its impact on selected publishing groups ............................. 20 Worlds biggest Publishing Companies.................................................................................................. 24 Profiles..................................................................................................................................................... 27 Albin Michel ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Bertelsmann ........................................................................................................................................ 30 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc................................................................................................................... 37 Bonnier ................................................................................................................................................ 42 ............................................................................................................................... 47 Cambridge University Press ................................................................................................................. 49 Cengage Learning Holdings II LP .......................................................................................................... 52 China Publishing Group Corporation (CPG) .......................................................................................... 56 China South Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd................................................................................... 60 Cornelsen............................................................................................................................................. 64 C.H.Beck............................................................................................................................................... 67 Editis-Vivendi ....................................................................................................................................... 70 Egmont ................................................................................................................................................ 74 .......................................................................................................................................... 78 FTD Editora .......................................................................................................................................... 81 Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd...................................................................................................................... 83 Hachette Livre ...................................................................................................................................... 85 HarperCollins ....................................................................................................................................... 91 Haufe Group ........................................................................................................................................ 96 Holtzbrinck Publishing Group............................................................................................................... 99 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ................................................................................................................. 103 Informa.............................................................................................................................................. 107 Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd................................................................................................. 111 ................................................................................. 114 Klett ................................................................................................................................................... 117 Kyowon Co., Ltd. ................................................................................................................................ 120 Les Editions Lefebvre-Sarrut............................................................................................................... 124 Madrigall / Groupe Gallimard / Flammarion....................................................................................... 127 McGraw-Hill Education....................................................................................................................... 131 Média Participations .......................................................................................................................... 134 Messagerie Italiane and Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol (GeMS)..................................................... 137 Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A....................................................................................................... 141 Oxford University Press...................................................................................................................... 146 Pearson Plc ........................................................................................................................................ 149 Phoenix Publishing and Media Group ................................................................................................ 154 Grupo Planeta.................................................................................................................................... 157 Prosveshcheniye ................................................................................................................................ 161 RELX Group ........................................................................................................................................ 168 Sanoma.............................................................................................................................................. 172 Santillana ........................................................................................................................................... 175 Scholastic ........................................................................................................................................... 179 Shinchosha Publishing Co Ltd ............................................................................................................ 183 Shogakukan Inc.................................................................................................................................. 185 Shueisha Publishing Co., Ltd. ............................................................................................................. 188 Simon & Schuster............................................................................................................................... 191 Somos Educação S.A. ......................................................................................................................... 195 Springer Nature ................................................................................................................................. 199 Thieme............................................................................................................................................... 202 Thomson Reuters............................................................................................................................... 204 WEKA ................................................................................................................................................. 209 Westermann Gruppe.......................................................................................................................... 212 John Wiley & Sons .............................................................................................................................. 215 Wolters Kluwer................................................................................................................................... 219 Woongjin ThinkBig ............................................................................................................................. 223 Annex..................................................................................................................................................... 227 Abbreviations used in this report ....................................................................................................... 228 Introduction