Our history

José Manuel Lara Hernández and his wife, María Teresa Bosch Carbonell, set up in Barcelona Editorial Planeta, a publishing imprint born with an initial capital, according to its founder, of under 100,000 pesetas. It was the seed of what would become Grupo Planeta. The first book published was the novel Mientras la ciudad duerme, by American writer Frank Yerby, which quickly became a huge bestseller. It was the first of the many international bestsellers that the company published in this first stage. That same year a dozen titles appeared, including Caballero sin espada, by Lewis R. Foster; Esta es mi cosecha, by Lee Atkins; Nina, by Susana March, and La última esperanza, by Mildred Masterson McNeilly.

With the intention of finding new Spanish and Latin American authors, José Manuel Lara Hernández created the Planeta Novel Prize, which would become one of the publisher's flagships. The first edition of the award, with an initial prize money of 40,000 pesetas, was held in October during an evening at the Lhardy restaurant in Madrid. The jury was made up of Bartolomé Soler as president, César González Ruano, Tristán La Rosa, Pedro de Lorenzo, José María Romero de Tejada, José Manuel Lara himself and Gregorio del Toro as secretary. A total of 247 original works were submitted and Juan José Mira won with his novel En la noche no hay caminos, which arrived in bookstores the following year with a first edition of 5,000 copies. The runner-up was Severiano Fernández Nicolás with Tierra de promisión.

Over the year, the imprint also published works by Frank Yerby, Pearl S. Buck and Vicki Baum.

Planeta published Los cipreses creen en Dios, a novel by José María Gironella which turned into a true publishing phenomenon. The first part of a successful tetralogy, it became one of the most read books in Spanish in the 20th century.

The prize money for the Planeta Prize grew to 100,000 pesetas, a record at the time. On this occasion, the jury, made up of Wenceslao Fernández Flórez, Manuel Pombo Angulo, José Luis Navasqüés, José María Romero de Tejada, Juan Gich, Pedro de Lorenzo, José Manuel Lara Hernán- dez and César González Ruano as secretary, decided to award the work Una casa con goteras, by Santiago Lorén, and the runner-up was Otros son los caminos, by Antonio Ortiz Muñoz. The Planeta Prize continued to be presented in Madrid, this time at the Círculo de Bellas Artes.

Over the course of the year, it also published works by Dashiell Hammett, Vicki Baum, Luis Romero, John Dos Passos, Álvaro de Laiglesia, César González-Ruano and the posthumous novel of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, La voluntad de vivir.

Pío Baroja, one of the surviving authors of the Generation of '98, joined the Planeta catalogue. It published, in the collection Autores Españoles Contemporáneos, his novels La feria de los discre- tos and Los últimos románticos.

Ana María Matute won the Planeta Prize with Pequeño teatro, and the runner-up was El fulgor y la sangre, by Ignacio Aldecoa.

The Planeta Prize gala moved to the Hotel Palace in Madrid in the year it was won by Tres pisadas de hombre, by Antonio Prieto, and the runner-up was Carretera intermedia, by Mercedes Salisachs. The award ceremony took place on 15 October, in honour of the Saint’s day of María Teresa Bosch, wife of José Manuel Lara Hernández. This date would be the definitive one for future editions.

Planeta published Duelo en el paraíso, by Juan Goytisolo; Duermen bajo las aguas, by Carmen Kurtz; El malvado Carabel, by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez, and Memorias de S. A. el Aga Khan, among other titles.

Planeta entered the sector of selling books on credit. Publisher José Manuel Lara Hernández founded, with Manuel Lombardero, Crédito Internacional del Libro, later called Planeta Crédito, which allowed major reference works to be brought into the majority of Spanish homes and which would become one of the great milestones in the publishing house’s growth.

Carmen Kurtz won the Planeta Prize with El desconocido, while A fuego lento, by Raúl Grien, was runner-up.

Planeta also published El vengador, by José Luis Castillo-Puche; Buenas noches, Argüelles, by Antonio Prieto, and La cometa y el eco, by Mercedes Ballesteros.

Emilio Romero won the Planeta Prize with La paz empieza nunca, and the runner-up was Elisa Brufal with Siete puertas.

Planeta published the classic by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez El bosque animado, as well as Las praderas del cielo, by John Steinbeck, while Gironella’s Los cipreses creen en Dios reached its thirteenth edition.

Fernando Bermúdez de Castro won the Planeta Prize with Pasos sin huellas, and the runner-up was La ciudad amarilla, by Julio Manegat.

Over the year, Planeta expanded its library dedicated to the work of Blasco Ibáñez, as well as publishing books by Sinclair Lewis, Ana María Matute, Aldous Huxley, François Mauriac, Rafael Sánchez Mazas and Pierre Loti, thus surpassing eighty new releases at bookstores.

The Planeta Prize increased its prize money to 200,000 pesetas. At a gala at the Ritz Hotel, the proclaimed winner was Andrés Bosch with La noche, and José María Castillo was runner-up with El grito de la paloma.

Carlos Rojas and Giovanni Papini joined the Planeta catalogue.

Editorial Planeta published in a single volume the novelistic works of Carmen Laforet, as well as recovering Manhattan Transfer, by John Dos Passos.

The Planeta Prize went to El atentado, by Tomás Salvador, and the runner-up was El borrador, by Manuel San Martín.

Un millón de muertos, by José María Gironella, the sequel to Los cipreses creen en Dios, appeared, and instantly became a publishing success.

Planeta recovered some of the classic titles from Baroja's work, such as El árbol de la ciencia and La dama errante.

Torcuato Luca de Tena wins the Planeta Prize thanks to La mujer de otro. Andrés Avelino Artís (Sempronio) was the runner-up, with La oración del diablo.

Los cipreses creen en Dios reached its 35th edition, confirming Gironella as a best-selling author. Planeta published Las uvas de la ira, by John Steinbeck, and Reportaje de la Historia, by Martín de Riquer, in addition to incorporating into its catalogue G. K. Chesterton and Manuel del Arco.

Se enciende y se apaga una luz, by Ángel Vázquez, won the Planeta Prize, and El pozo de los monos, by Juan Antonio Usero, was the runner-up. In fact, the winning work was Los enanos, by Concha Alós, but the author could not win the award because she had signed a contract for the novel with another publisher.

The first major agreement between Editorial Planeta and an international partner, the French imprint Larousse, which enabled the sales on credit business to become consolidated. In this way, Planeta began the publication in Spanish of the Larousse encyclopaedias. Planeta Crédito would later become Editorial Planeta Grandes Publicaciones.

Between new releases and new editions, by 1963 Planeta exceeded a hundred titles in bookstores, with successes such as Yo soy Fulana de Tal, by Álvaro de Laiglesia; El baile de los malditos, by Irwin Shaw; Desiderio, by Ignacio Agustí, and La mujer de otro, by Torcuato Luca de Tena. The publication commenced of the complete works of Quevedo, Clarín, Dickens, and Goethe.

The Planeta Prize went to El cacique, by Luis Romero. Víctor Chamorro was runner-up with El santo y el demonio.

Editorial Planeta began its international expansion through the opening of sales companies for the distribution of its books in Mexico and Colombia. The network, with time, would spread across the length of the whole of Latin America.

Baltasar Porcel and Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa publish with Planeta for the first time.

Concha Alós finally won the Planeta Prize for Las hogueras, and Víctor Chamorro (Vizarco) is runner-up with El adúltero y Dios.

Editorial Planeta by now had over 120 titles published between new releases and re-editions. Joan Fuster and Josep Faulí joined the imprint, which also published to great success 19 de julio, a novel by Ignacio Agustí.

Equipaje de amor para la tierra, by Rodrigo Rubio, won the Planeta Prize, and Julio Manegat was the runner-up with Spanish Show.

The prize money for the Planeta Prize reached 250,000 pesetas in the year that the winner was Marta Portal with A tientas y a ciegas, while the runner-up was Santiago Moncada with El stress.

The long-awaited continuation of the saga created by José María Gironella arrives with Ha estallado la paz, which turned into another great publishing success.

The Planeta Prize made a dramatic impact by increasing its prize money to 1,100,000 pesetas, which went, in that edition, to the work Las últimas banderas, by Ángel María de Lera. The runner-up was Tiempo de morir, by Eugenio Juan Zappietro. The Planeta Prize became the highest-value literary prize in the world, only surpassed by the Nobel Prize.

The collection of complete works continued with the publication of all of Shakespeare's theatrical production, the same year in which the essay La novela picaresca española, by Francisco Rico, and the novel Paralelo 35, by Carmen Laforet, both appeared.

Editorial Planeta created the Ramon Llull Prize for works published in Catalan. Its first two editions were won by Incerta glòria, by Joan Sales, and El carrer de les Camèlies, by Mercè Rodoreda (1969).

For its part, the Planeta Prize went to Con la noche a cuestas, by Manuel Ferrand, while the runner-up was No hay aceras, by Pedro Entenza.

Planeta began publishing the works of Ernest Hemingway, with the release of Enviado especial, Por quién doblan las campanas and Muerte en la tarde.

Creation of the Ateneo de Sevilla Prize, the first edition of which was won by Manuel Pombo with La sombra de las banderas.

Ramón J. Sender, with En la vida de Ignacio Morel, won the Planeta Prize, while the runner-up was Redoble por Rancas, by Manuel Scorza.

Planeta published William Faulkner, Jorge Luis Borges, Joan Sales, George Orwell and Ernesto Sabato.

Planeta inaugurated another of the important areas of activity for which it would be known, that of collectibles, with the series La historia se confiesa, by Ricardo de la Cierva.

The Planeta Prize went to La cruz invertida, by Marcos Aguinis. Retrato de una bruja, by Luis de Castresana, was runner-up.

Editorial Planeta published books by Italo Calvino, Mercè Rodoreda, Graham Greene and José Luis Sampedro, as well as the complete works of Franz Kafka.

José María Gironella took the Planeta Prize thanks to his novel Condenados a vivir. The runner-up was Seno, by Ramiro Pinilla.

Francisco Umbral and Marguerite Duras start to publish with Planeta.

La cárcel, by Jesús Zárate, won the Planeta Prize. This was the first time it had gone to an author who had already died, making it advisable to change the terms and conditions for the Prize, which that year had as runner-up El sitio de nadie, by Hilda Perera.

The publishing house incorporated Joan Perucho, Francisco Candel and Juan Rulfo into its catalogue, as well as publishing Yo maté a Kennedy, by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, the first instalment of the series Pepe Carvalho.

Planeta launched one of the imprint’s most emblematic collection: Espejo de España, where numerous essays and books of memoirs on the history of Spain in the 20th century were published.

Carlos Rojas won the Planeta with Azaña, and Mercedes Salisachs was again runner-up with Adagio confidencial.

The Planeta Prize went to Icaria, Icaria…, byXavier Benguerel, while the runner-up was Gran Café, by Pedro de Lorenzo.

The Espejo de España Prize was born, dedicated to historical essays. Its first winner was José Luis Vila-San Juan with García Lorca, asesinado: toda la verdad.

La gangrena, by Mercedes Salisachs, won the Planeta Prize, while the runner-up was Víctor Alba with El pájaro africano.

Faced with the unstoppable growth of the publishing house, Planeta moved into a larger building, which would become the historic headquarters at number 273 of Carrer Còrsega in Barcelona. It was during this time that Planeta consolidated its credit sales network with special strength thanks to the publication of major reference works, such as Historia de la Humanidad.

That same year a book appeared that would be a real sales phenomenon for several years, Mis conversaciones privadas con Franco, in which the confidences that the dictator made to his cousin Francisco Franco Salgado-Araujo are collected.

The prize money for the Planeta Prize rose to 4 million pesetas the year it was won by En el día de hoy, by Jesús Torbado. Alfonso Grosso was runner-up with La buena muerte.

Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez, by Jorge Semprún, won the Planeta Prize. The runner-up was Ángel Palomino with Divorcio para una virgen rota.

Juan Marsé took the Planeta Prize with La muchacha de las bragas de oro. Meanwhile, the runner-up was Alfonso Grosso with Los invitados.

The prize money for the Planeta Prize rose to 8 million pesetas the year in which it was won by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán with Los mares del Sur, and the runner-up was Las mil noches de Hortensia Romero, by Fernando Quiñones.

Volavérunt, by Antonio Larreta, won the Planeta Prize. The runner-up was Juan Benet with El aire de un crimen.

Planeta published the first edition of Los santos inocentes, by Miguel Delibes.

Starting this year, through Planeta DeAgostini, it began to publish comics a year later the Comics Forum division was created, which would feature some of Marvel's best-known characters. Planeta recovered the Ramon Llull Prize, now for unpublished novels, and which was won by Joan Perucho with Les aventures del cavaller Kosmas.

Cristóbal Zaragoza was winner of the Planeta with Y Dios en la última playa, while José María del Val was runner-up with Llegaré tarde a Hendaya.

Grupo Planeta acquired the legendary Seix Barral imprint, preserving its personality and autonomy. Also joining the group was Ariel, a publishing house dedicated to essays.

Jesús Fernández Santos won the Planeta Prize with Jaque a la Dama. The runner-up work was La conspiración del Golfo, by Fernando Schwartz.
 

La guerra del general Escobar, by José Luis Olaizola, took the Planeta Prize, and La canción del pirata, by Fernando Quiñones, was runner-up.

The Planeta Prize increased its prize money to 12 million pesetas in the year in which it went to Crónica sentimental en rojo, by Francisco González Ledesma. El año del wólfram, by Raúl Guerra Garrido, was the runner-up.

Grupo Planeta signed one of the most important joint ventures in its history with the Italian publishing house Istituto Geografico De Agostini. The merger would result in Planeta DeAgostini, an essential imprint in collectibles and works in instalments, with a presence in over twenty-two countries.

Yo, el rey, by Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera, took the Planeta Prize. The runner-up was Francisco Umbral withPío XII, la escolta mora y un general sin un ojo.

Planeta Internacional (PISA), an independent company in charge of managing exports and coordinating the group's subsidiaries abroad, was established.

The prize money for the Planeta Prize grew to 15 million pesetas the year it was won by Terenci Moix with No digas que fue un sueño, a novel that would easily exceed a million and a half copies sold. La jeringuilla, by Pedro Casals, was the runner-up.
 

Temas de Hoy was born, a benchmark in non-fiction works aimed at the general public, especially in thematic areas such as essays, political and social current affairs, psychology, and health.

Juan Eslava Galán won the Planeta with En busca del unicornio in an edition whose runner-up was Fernando Fernán-Gómez with El mal amor.

The Planeta Prize was by now worth 20 million pesetas. This year it was won by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester with Filomeno, a mi pesar, and Ricardo de la Cierva was runner-up with El triángulo. Alumna de la libertad.

Planeta incorporated into its catalogue Ediciones Deusto, a reference imprint in economic subjects.

The group acquired 50 per cent of the share capital of the historic Ediciones Destino imprint, awarder of the prestigious Nadal Prize, and publisher of practically all the works of Miguel Delibes and Josep Pla.

Queda la noche, by Soledad Puértolas, won the Planeta Prize, with the runner-up being Las hogueras del rey, by Pedro Casals.

Antonio Gala won the Planeta Prize thanks to his new novel El manuscrito carmesí, another of the major bestsellers of its day. Runner-up position was taken by Fernando Sánchez Dragó with El camino del corazón.

The prize money for the Planeta now stood at 25 million pesetas, in the year it was won by Antonio Muñoz Molina for El jinete polaco, and the runner-up was Los espejos paralelos, by Néstor Luján.

Grupo Planeta acquired Espasa-Calpe, one of the most important imprints in the history of publishing in Spain and publisher of the dictionary of the Real Academia de la Lengua Española, the legendary Austral collectino and the famous Enciclopedia Espasa. With Espasa, the bookstore chain Casa del Libro also joins the group. This same year sees the purchase of another important imprint, Ediciones Martínez Roca, a publisher founded in 1965. Planeta doubled the prize money for the Planeta Prize, setting it at 50 million pesetas, in the year it was won by Fernando Sánchez Dragó with La prueba del laberinto, and the runner-up was Eduardo Chamorro with La cruz de Santiago.

The José Manuel Lara Foundation was born, dedicated to the development of cultural activities of creation, publishing, and dissemination. Its objective was to be the awarding of literary and essay prizes, as well as contributing to the promotion of reading, organising cultural events and promoting all kinds of studies, research and publications that are related to the social and cultural reality of Andalusia.

Mario Vargas Llosa won the Planeta with his novel Lituma en los Andes. The runner-up was Fernando Savater con El Jarden de las dudas.

Editorial Planeta began its collaboration with the Provincial Council of Alicante to promote the Azorín Novel Prize, which Gonzalo Torrente Ballester won in that edition with the work La novela de Pepe Anusree. Grupo Planeta also joined forces with Lunwerg Editores to found the Plawerg imprint, specialising in prestigious illustrated works.

Camilo José Cela, after winning the Nobel Prize, also took the Planeta thanks to his novel La cruz de San Andrés. The runner-up was Ángeles Caso with El peso de las sombras.

Grupo Planeta joins forces with Tusquets Editores with a 40 percent stake, which it will expand two years later.

After the death of Fernando Lara Bosch in a traffic accident, the company's major restructuring began. Planeta Holding, the division for sales in instalments and foreign subsidiaries, led by José Manuel Lara Bosch, merged with Planeta Corporación, in charge of literary publishing houses and credit sales, for which Fernando had been responsible until then.

La mirada del otro, by Fernando G. Delgado, was winner of the Planeta Prize. Lourdes Ortiz was runner-up thanks to her novel La fuente de la vida.

José Manuel Lara Hernández created, as a tribute to his son, the Fernando Lara Novel Prize, to be awarded in Seville. In its first edition it went to Terenci Moix for El amargo don de la belleza.

Planeta created Booket, an imprint dedicated to publishing in paperback format the titles of the group's publishers.

The Planeta Prize was won by Fernando Schwartz with El desencuentro. The runner-up was Zoé Valdés with Te di la vida entera.

Espasa created the Primavera Novel Prize, which was won in its first edition by Rosa Montero with La hija del caníbal.

The Planeta went to La tempestad, by Juan Manuel de Prada, while the runner-up was Carmen Rigalt with Mi corazón que baila con espigas.

Carmen Posadas won the Planeta with Pequeñas infamias while José María Mendiluce was runner-up with Pura vida.

DeAPlaneta, initially Planeta 2010, was born, a company owned by the European communication groups DeAgostini and Planeta. Since then it has become one of the leading companies in the Spanish audiovisual sector, with titles such as El pianista, Saw and El discurso del rey, among many others, in addition to its own productions, such as La llamada.

Grupo Planeta acquired the Catalan-language publishing house Columna and Ediciones del Bronce. Also joining the group were Crítica, one of the reference imprints dedicated to historical essays, and Ediciones Altaya, dedicated to collectibles.

Espido Freire won the Planeta Prize with Melocotones helados and the runner-up was Nativel Preciado, with El egoísta

Grupo Planeta becomes the majority shareholder of the newspaper La Razón, today considered an informative reference of Spanish political, social and economic life.

Planeta Junior, a company dedicated to products for children's entertainment, was born.

Maruja Torres won the Planeta with Mientras vivimos. The runner-up was Salvador Compán with Cuaderno de viaje.

Grupo Planeta acquired Ediciones Minotauro, one of the leading imprints of fantasy and science fiction literature, especially known for publishing El Señor de los Anillos, by J. R. R. Tolkien, in addition to names such as Ray Bradbury. Also joining the group was Emecé Editores, one of the most important publishers in Argentina, responsible for publishing the complete works of Jorge Luis Borges.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón's novel La Sombra del Viento, one of the great publishing phenomena of Editorial Planeta both in terms of critics and readers, was published.

Planeta D was born, specialising in the documentary genre, and alliances established with foreign companies, such as ZDF, Discovery or Galatée Films, and Spanish companies, such as TVE.

The Planeta Prize celebrated 50 years of literary life and was celebrated with a grand gala dinner presided over by Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía. On the occasion of the anniversary, the prize value was doubled, reaching 100 million pesetas. In this edition the award-winning work was La canción de Dorotea, by Rosa Regàs, and Lo que está en mi corazón, by Marcela Serrano, was runner-up.

Grupo Planeta's headquarters are installed in its new corporate offices, at number 662 of Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona, an emblematic building in the city.

Grupo Planeta acquired 75 per cent of CEAC and became the majority shareholder of the companies Centro de Estudios CEAC, Home English, and Grupo Editorial CEAC.

Alfredo Bryce Echenique won the Planeta with El huerto de mi amada, and Maria de la Pau Janer was selected as runner-up with Las mujeres que hay en mí.

On 11 May, José Manuel Lara Hernández, the founder of the group, died in Barcelona at the age of 88. José Manuel Lara Bosch took over the presidency of Grupo Planeta.

The group became a reference shareholder of Antena 3 Televisión and Onda Cero. Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación was born, which began to be listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange on 29 October of that year.

Planeta Formación y Universidades was created as an international network of educational institutions.

Artika, a label dedicated to artist's and limited-edition books, was launched with the publication of Don Quijote de la Mancha, illustrated by Salvador Dalí.

The film El pianista, by Roman Polansky, distributed by DeAPlaneta, won three Oscars.

Antonio Skármeta won the Planeta Prize with El baile de la Victoria, while El amante albanés, by Susana Fortes, was the runner-up.

For a short period of time, the group began to share a shareholding with the Godó Group in the Catalan newspaper Avui.

Lucía Etxebarria earned the Planeta Prize with her Un milagro en equilibrio. Ferran Torrent was the runner-up with La vida en el abismo.

The Antena 3 Foundation was born, which would later be renamed the Atresmedia Foundation, a private organisation dedicated to channelling the group's social action.

Antena 3's news programmes snatched the lead from public television, with an average audience share of 23.5%. 

Zenith was born, a leading imprint in self-help, body, mind and spirit, and moral fables.

Maria de la Pau Janer was winner of the Planeta Prize with Pasiones romanas. The runner-up was Y de repente, un ángel, by Jaime Bayly.

Grupo Planeta and Enciclopèdia Catalana became shareholders, together with La Caixa, of Grup 62. Thus, the imprints incorporated into the publishing project were Proa, Pòrtic,Mina, Columna, and the sections in Catalan of Planeta, Destino and Timun Mas.

Lunwerg Editores, which specialises in illustrated and large-format books, joined Grupo Planeta, as did Mexican publisher Diana.

OBS Business School is born, a business school that becomes the first of its kind to offer its teaching 100% online.

Álvaro Pombo took the Planeta Prize with La fortuna de Matilda Turpin, and the runner-up was Marta Rivera de la Cruz with En tiempo de prodigios.

EAE Business School joined Grupo Planeta, promoting its professional training project.

Esencia, an imprint dedicated to romantic novels, was born.

Neox and Nova, the two digital channels of the Antena 3 group, became the offers with the biggest audiences on DTT.

Planeta acquired 55% of El Tiempo Casa Edito- rial, Colombia's main media group.

Ediciones Oniro, an imprint dedicated to self-help and spirituality, joined Grupo Planeta.

Juan José Millás won the Planeta Prize with El mundo, while Boris Izaguirre was runner-up with Villa Diamante.

Grupo Planeta strengthened its presence in Europe by acquiring Editis, the second largest publishing group in France.

La Hermandad de la Buena Suerte, by Fernando Savater, took the Planeta Prize. The runner-up was Ángela Vallvey with Muerte entre poetas.

Nitro, the fourth TV channel of the Antena 3 group, was born.

Temas de Hoy published the novel El tiempo entre costuras, by María Dueñas, one of this imprint’s best-selling titles.

Ángeles Caso won the Planeta Prize with Contra el viento. La bailarina y el inglés, by Emilio Calderón, was runner-up

Grupo Planeta and Grupo Bertelsmann joined forces to give impetus to Círculo de Lectores, the largest social reading club in Spain which reaches over a million families.

Arrobabooks, an imprint dedicated to digital books, was launched.

En tierra hostil, the film by Kathryn Bigelow distributed by DeAPlaneta, won six Oscars, including Best Picture.

Prisma Publicaciones, a corporate-magazine publishing company, joined Grupo Planeta.

Eduardo Mendoza won the Planeta Prize with Riña de gatos. The runner-up was El tiempo mientras tanto, by Carmen Amoraga.

Antena 3 TV began broadcasting El hormiguero 3.0, which from the outset would be audience leader in its time slot, with an average of 3 million viewers.

El discurso del rey, by Tom Hooper, distributed by DeAPlaneta, swept the Oscars with four awards, including Best Picture.

Javier Moro won the Planeta with El Imperio eres tú. Inma Chacón was runner-up with Tiempo de arena.

On 1 November, the merger between Antena 3 and La Sexta took place, in addition to the incorporation of the Sexta 3 and Xplora channels.

Tusquets Editores was definitively integrated into Grupo Planeta.

OBS (Online Business School), the first online business school, was considered, for the second consecutive year, the best online learning centre in Spanish.

Grup 62 commemorated the 50th anniversary of Edicions 62.

La marca del meridiano, by Lorenzo Silva, was winner of the Planeta Prize, while La vida imaginaria, by Mara Torres, was runner-up.

Atresmedia, encompassing Antena 3, Onda Cero, Europa FM, Melodía FM, Neox, Nova, Nitro, la Sexta, Xplora and la Sexta 3 was born and launched a new corporate identity.

Grupo Planeta acquires La Caixa's stake in Grup 62 and becomes the majority shareholder of the leading group in Catalan publishing.

Clara Sánchez won the Planeta Prize with the novel El cielo ha vuelto. Ángeles González-Sinde was runner-up with El buen hijo.

Grupo Planeta formalised with the Generalitat Valenciana the acquisition of 70% of the VIU online University, a proposal that completed the offer of the group's Learning Division in the university environment.

An agreement is reached with the University of Barcelona for the creation of UNIBA, an international centre that offers online university degrees.

Grupo Planeta entered the school world with the creation of AulaPlaneta, a digital educational platform with over 170,000 resources.

Grupo Planeta acquired 100% of Círculo de Lectores.

Grupo Planeta created Conference Planeta, a company dedicated to the management of conferences and events for its writers.

The digital imprint Click Ediciones is born.

Jorge Zepeda Patterson won the Planeta Prize with Milena o el fémur más bello del mundo. Pilar Eyre was runner-up with Mi color favorito es verte.

The president of Grupo Planeta and Atresmedia, José Manuel Lara Bosch, died at the age of 68 in Barcelona. The group's shareholders appointed José Creuheras as the new chairman.

The Mega and Atreseries channels were born.

IFP, the new vocational training initiative promoted by Grupo Planeta, was presented.

Hombres desnudos, by Alicia Giménez Bartlett, took the Planeta Prize. The runner-up was Daniel Sánchez Arévalo with La isla de Alice.

Grupo Planeta expanded the international presence of its Planeta Formación y Universidades Division with the acquisition of French business school ESLSCA Business School, located in Paris and specialising in the areas of finances, trading and market intelligence.

Fernando Aramburu published under Tusquets Patria, which became phenomenon in terms of critics and sales.

Dolores Redondo won the Planeta Prize with Todo esto te daré. Marcos Chicot was runner-up with El asesinato de Sócrates.

Grupo Planeta launched Universo de letras, a new platform for self-publishing in Spanish.

Planeta Formación y Universidades acquired EDC Paris Business School, one of the best business schools in France.

Opening of two major higher education schools in Morocco.

Divestment in Editis and El Tiempo Casa Editorial.

DeAPlaneta began the production of fictional television series with Ana Tramel.

Dan Brown published his new novel, Origen, which takes place entirely in Spain.

Atresmedia made history with the series La casa de papel, the first Spanish production to win an Emmy.

Atresmedia Studios, a company dedicated to the creation of fictional content was founded along with Atresmedia Internacional, which made the group the first European private operator with the most subscribers and channels outside our borders.

El fuego invisible, by Javier Sierra, won the Planeta Prize. Niebla en Tánger, by Cristina López Barrio, was the runner-up.

Planeta Fabrik Ventures was born, a project to dynamize and promote innovative initiatives in collaboration with startups and entrepreneurs.

Grupo Planeta sold Editis to theVivendi group.

Artika publishes Las mujeres de Botero, a work designed in its totality by the Colombian artist.

Yo, Julia, by Santiago Posteguillo, won the Planeta Prize. Un mar violeta oscuro, by Ayanta Barilli, was runner-up.

Grupo Planeta commemorates its 70th anniversary with a facsimile edition of Mientras la ciudad duerme, by Frank Yerby.

An agreement was reached with ONCE for the adaptation of books and audiobooks for blind people.

Atresmedia and Telefónica joined forces to create fictional content in Spanish around the world. Planeta Formación y Universidades inaugurated a new campus in Madrid.

Planeta Formación y Universidades acquired the Italian business school Rome Business School, which offers Master's and MBA programmes in face-to-face and online modalities and Executive Education training programmes, as does ESEIT, an educational institution whose four pillars of learning are the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) areas.

Atresplayer Premium, a new content distribution model for subscribers only, was born.

Artika entered the North American market, opening offices in Miami.

Planeta ceased the traditional bookselling activity of Círculo de Lectores due to the change in readers' consumption habits.

Javier Cercas won the Planeta with his Terra Alta, while Manuel Vilas was runner-up with Alegría.

Grupo Planeta offered its online education platform AulaPlaneta free of charge to schoolchildren during the closure of schools during the pandemic.

DeAPlaneta began production of the animated cartoon series Milo.

Aquitania, by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, won the Planeta Prize, while the runner-up prize went to Sandra Barneda, for Un océano para llegar a ti.

Their Majesties the King and Queen attended the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Planeta Prize in the year in which it was won by La Bestia, by Carmen Mola, and the runner-up was Últimos días en Berlín, by Paloma Sánchez-Garnica. The prize money rose to one million euros.

Broward International University (BIU), Barcelona Culinary Hub (BCH) and The Core Entertainment Science School also join Planeta Formación y Universidades.

DeAPlaneta produced the television series Los pacientes del doctor García, based on the novel of the same name by Almudena Grandes.

Artika launched the artist's book Paisajes, produced by the realist painter and sculptor Antonio López.

Prisma Publicaciones launched an immersive audio podcast project in the field of research and stories adapted to fiction.

Luz Gabás won the Planeta Prize with Lejos de Luisiana, while the runner-up work was Historias de mujeres casadas, by Cristina Campos.

The Universidad Internacional de la Empresa (UNIE), the first face-to-face university of Planeta Formación y Universidades, with its two campuses in Arapiles and Tres Cantos, was inaugurated in Madrid, with the presence of H. M. the King.

Grupo Planeta joined the shareholding of Bromera to promote this Valencian publishing group project.

The commemoration of the centenary of Casa del Libro was celebrated with the presence of Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Spain.

Participation in the Planeta Prize reached an all-time record with 1,129 original works. Sonsoles Ónega was proclaimed winner of the Planeta with Las hijas de la criada, and Alfonso Goizueta was runner-up with La sangre del padre.

Atresmedia consolidated its robust leadership in audiences for the second consecutive year.

Grupo Planeta commemorates its 75th anniversary.

The writer Paloma Sánchez-Garnica wins the 2024 Planeta Prize with her work Victoria, and Beatriz Serrano is the finalist with her work Fuego en la garganta.

Artika publishes the book Damas y Caballeros by Manolo Valdés, a journey through the trajectory of the renowned artist that delves into his techniques, concerns, and influences.

UNIE Universidad launches five new faculties: Applied Social Sciences and Communication, Legal Sciences and International Relations, Education Sciences, Higher School of Engineering, and Health Sciences.

Manel Loureiro wins the XXIX edition of the Fernando Lara Novel Prize with his novel Cuando la tormenta pase.

Casa del Libro continues its expansion throughout Spain and opens a new bookstore in Pamplona in June, which is the fifty-eighth of the chain.

Lita Cabellut joins Grupo Planeta’s 75th anniversary celebrations and paints the canvas De tu mano, which expresses the transmission of talent as a symbol of the group's activity.