Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA operates as a media, services, and education company. The company's RTL Group segment engages in the broadcasting, content, and digital activities. It holds interest in 68 television channels, 8 streaming services, and 30 radio stations, as well as content production and digital businesses; and creates, produces, and distributes television content.
Its Penguin Random House segment publishes approximately 300 imprints in six continents. This segment publishes 15,000 new titles; and sells 600 million print books, audiobooks, and e-books. The company's Gruner + Jahr segment publishes Stern, Brigitte, Eltern, Geo, Barbara, Essen & Trinken, Guido, Chefkoch, Beef, 11 Freunde, Spiegel-Gruppe, and Wohllebens Welt magazines; Prisma Media, a French magazine; and Sachsische Zeitung, a newspaper.
It holds interests in Outbrain, an online native advertising market; Schoner Wohnen, a furniture collection product; and urbia.de, Chefkoch.de, and AppLike digital offerings. Its BMG segment operates as a music publisher. It holds approximately three million songs and recordings. The company's Arvato segment provides supply chain, financial, customer relations, and IT services.
Its Bertelsmann Printing Group segment provides illustration and book printing services, as well as digital printing of customizable products. This segment produces magazines, catalogs, brochures, books, and packaging products. The company's Bertelsmann Education Group segment provides digital education and services in healthcare and technology sectors, as well as e-learning services and an online education platform.
Its Bertelsmann Investments segment invests in start-up companies in Brazil, China, India, the United States, and Europe. The company operates in approximately 50 countries worldwide. The company was formerly known as Bertelsmann AG and changed its name to Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in August 2012. The company was founded in 1835 and is headquartered in Gºtersloh, Germany.
