Egmont is one of the leading media industry groups of 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 initiated a cooperation with Disney, and in 1948 the company started to publish a Donald Duck comic magazine in Sweden. With the acquisition in 1963 of the Danish publisher Aschehoug, Egmont also entered the book market. The company also controls 33% of the Norwegian television channel TV 2. The media industry describes the once very distinct, but today interacting, newspaper, magazine, book, radio, internet and TV industries. ... Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital and largest city of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Donald Duck Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character best known for his cartoons from Walt Disney Productions. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Aschehoug is the danish part of Egmont Books with a mission to develop, refine and publish literary fiction and non-fiction that entertain, inform and enrich readers. ... A television station is a type of radio station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... The TV 2 logotype TV 2 is Norways most viewed commercial television station. ...

Today, Egmont produces weeklies, magazines, comics, books, film, TV-programmes, textbooks, games, content for mobile services and electronic entertainment. Egmont has activities in 21 countries, and around 3,500 employees. Total revenues in 2004 was 1.07 billion euro. A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles. ... Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... A game is a recreational activity involving one or more players. ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, collectively known as the Eurozone. ...

External link

• Official site