Disney Publishing Worldwide is the publishing group controlled by
The Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney Company , often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world, known for its family-friendly products...
. Its imprints include Disney Editions, Hyperion Books for Children and
Disney PressDisney Press is a department of The Walt Disney Company specifically used to produce books of various genres and for various age groups . Many of the books Disney Press produces are picture books based on Mickey Mouse and friends and other characters from many popular Disney animated features...
. Through this group, Disney gets the royalties for any kind of licensed publication. The current President is R. Russell Hampton Jr..
DPW's four areas of revenue are Global Magazines, Global Books, U.S. Magazines and
Disney EnglishDisney English is the Disney educational program for teaching English as a second language to children using the Disney characters and stories. The first Disney-operated learning center opened in Shanghai, China in October of 2008. The curriculum is developed in the U.S. and taught by North...
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Disney Book Group (DBG) is a leading U.S.
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Disney Publishing Worldwide is the publishing group controlled by
The Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney Company , often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world, known for its family-friendly products...
. Its imprints include Disney Editions, Hyperion Books for Children and
Disney PressDisney Press is a department of The Walt Disney Company specifically used to produce books of various genres and for various age groups . Many of the books Disney Press produces are picture books based on Mickey Mouse and friends and other characters from many popular Disney animated features...
. Through this group, Disney gets the royalties for any kind of licensed publication. The current President is R. Russell Hampton Jr..
DPW's four areas of revenue are Global Magazines, Global Books, U.S. Magazines and
Disney EnglishDisney English is the Disney educational program for teaching English as a second language to children using the Disney characters and stories. The first Disney-operated learning center opened in Shanghai, China in October of 2008. The curriculum is developed in the U.S. and taught by North...
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Disney Book Group (DBG) is a leading U.S. publisher of children's books. With an extensive catalog that encompasses both in-house and licensed publishing imprints, DBG offers a variety of formats including novelty, story, reader, chapter, sound, graphic novel and coloring/activity books. Moreover, DBG publishes fiction, non-fiction, bilingual, educational and direct-to-mail titles.
DBG is part of Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW), the world's largest publisher of children’s books and magazines with 441 children's magazines published and 120 million children's books sold each year. Headquartered in New York, DPW publishes books and magazines in 85 languages in 75 countries, reaching more than 100 million readers each month.
Disney Publishing Worldwide is also responsible for publishing FamilyFun magazine, which was started in 1991, and Wondertime magazine, which launched in 2006. Wondertime was shut down in March 2009.