Grupo Planeta, a communication and editorial group, offers publishing, promotion, and marketing services. The company publishes fiction, essay, education, children’s literature, biographies, practical guides, bullfighting, and dictionaries; the works of the royal academy of the Spanish language; children and youth picture and fiction books; cultural works of philology, history, philosophy, science, archaeology, anthropology, politics, and economics; and classics of Spanish literature. It provides collectables, interactive products, and comics, such as CD-ROM and DVD; and direct sales and distribution, training and professional, and distance learning services. The company engages in the production and distribution of audiovisual content; focuses on filmmaking and generating a catalogue of fictional works, documentaries, and children’s programs; and provides media services, such as TV and radio. Grupo Planeta operates in Latin America, Portugal, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Mexico, and the United States. The company was founded in 1949 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.