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Egmont is a media industry groups in Scandinavia. Founded by Egmont Harald Petersen in 1878 as a one-man printing business, the company's headquarters is still based in Copenhagen, Denmark. After the Second World War Egmont acquired a license from Disney, and in 1948 the company started to publish Kalle Anka & C:o, a Donald Duck comic magazine in Sweden, in 1949 also in Denmark and Norway, currently in all Nordic Countries. With the acquisition in 1963 of the Danish publisher Aschehoug, Egmont also entered the book market. The company also controls 50% of the Norwegian television channel TV 2.
Development
In 1991, Egmont purchased the Fleetway arm of IPC Media in the UK from Robert Maxwell, and thus became Britain's largest comic book publisher. The resultant company, Fleetway Editions, was absorbed into the main Egmont brand by 2000, having largely divested itself of its original portfolio (such as 2000AD) and continued with only reprint and licensed material titles (e.g. Sonic The Comic).
Today Egmont is one of Scandinavia’s leading media groups producing weeklies, magazines, comics, books, educational materials, activity products, movies and TV programs. The media group also operate movie theaters and TV stations, and the Egmont name is behind interactive games, game consoles, music and a wide range of digital media. Egmont publishes media in more than 30 countries, has 7,600 employees and generate revenue in 2008 amounting to EUR 1.6 billion.
Egmont is a foundation. The founder’s last will and testament paved the way for Egmont's charitable work to support social, cultural and scientific causes. As a foundation, Egmont helps improve children’s and young people’s quality of life, donating more than EUR 235 million to social, cultural and health projects since 1920.
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