Major Media Companies' Book Divisions
A Who Owns Whom Guide to the Book Publishing Industry

 

Time Warner (USA) (name changed from AOL Time Warner 2003)
(Time Warner merged with AOL 2000; Time Inc. merged with Warner Brothers 1989)

 
* Time Inc.
* Leisure Arts
* Southern Progress Corp.
* Oxmoor House
* Sunset Books (acq. by Time Warner from Lane Publishing 1990)
* Time Inc. Home Entertainment

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Previous Holdings

Bookspan (50% stake; formed by Time Inc. and Doubleday Direct/Bertelsmann as joint venture
    2000) (stake sold to Bertelsmann 2007; included Book-of-the-Month Club (acq. by Time
    Inc. 1977; founded 1926); Doubleday Book Club (founded 1930); American Compass (formed
    by Bookspan 2004); Architects & Designers Book Service (formed 1965); Behavioral Science
    Book Service (formed 1950); Black Expressions (formed 1999); Children's Book-of-the-Month
    Club; BookPlanet (formed by Bookspan 2002); Círculo de Lectores (formed by Bookspan
    2004); Computer Book Club; Country Homes & Gardens Book Club; Crafters Choice Book
    Club (formed 1993); Crossings; Discovery Channel Book Club (name changed from Natural
    Science Book Club) (formed 1963); Doubleday Large Print Home Library (formed 1985);
    Equestrian's Edge (formed 2000); The Good Cook Book Club (formed 1971); History Book
    Club (formed 1947); InsightOut Books (formed by Bookspan 2001); Military Book Club (formed
    1969); Mosaico (formed by Bookspan 2001); One Spirit (formed 1995); Quality Paperback
    Book Club (formed 1974); Rhapsody (formed 2000); Booksonline; International
    Book-of-the-Month Club (formed by Bookspan 2003); Madison Park Press (formed 2005);
    Zooba.com (acq. 2001; 50% stake controlled by Bookspan); YES Solutions (formed 2006))
Time Warner Book Group (sold to Groupe Lagardère Média 2006)
BookFace.com (minority stake; acq. 2000) (ceased operations 2001)
Teen People Book Club (formed 2000) (discontinued by AOL Time Warner 2001)
iPublish.com at Time Warner Books(formed 2000) (discontinued by AOL Time Warner 2001)
Traditions (formed 2001) (discontinued by Bookspan 2003)
Stage & Screen Book Club (discontinued by Bookspan 2003)
Gardening & Landscape Book Club (discontinued by Bookspan 2003)
Little, Brown Canada (formed 1987) (discontinued by Time Warner 1998)
Time-Life Books (formed by Time Inc. 1961) (sold to Ripplewood Holdings and ZelnickMedia
    Corp. 2003)
 

                  last updated September 20, 2008