Who owns the publishing brands?
35 publishing brands tracked here are owned by 9 companies; the three largest owners, Advance, Hearst and Future, control 16 of them (46%) as of Sep 2026.
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35
brands
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9
owning companies
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46%
held by top 3 owners
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8
foreign-owned brands · origin ≠ owner HQ
Biggest owners of publishing brands
| # | Owner | HQ | Brands in this category | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advance | 🇺🇸 United States | 6 | Condé Nast, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue and 1 more |
| 2 | Hearst | 🇺🇸 United States | 5 | Car and Driver, Cosmopolitan, ELLE (US), Esquire, Good Housekeeping |
| 3 | Future | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 5 | Country Life, Marie Claire (UK), PC Gamer, TechRadar, Tom's Guide |
| 4 | News Corp | 🇺🇸 United States | 5 | Dow Jones, HarperCollins, The Sun, The Times, The Wall Street Journal |
| 5 | Ziff Davis | 🇺🇸 United States | 4 | CNET, IGN, Mashable, PCMag |
| 6 | Scholastic | 🇺🇸 United States | 4 | Clifford the Big Red Dog, Goosebumps, Harry Potter (US publishing), Scholastic |
| 7 | The New York Times | 🇺🇸 United States | 3 | The Athletic, The New York Times, Wirecutter |
| 8 | Bertelsmann | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2 | Penguin Books, Penguin Random House |
| 9 | Disney | 🇺🇸 United States | 1 | National Geographic |