Editorial Televisa

What Editorial Televisa does

Editorial Televisa is a Mexican media and entertainment company founded in 1992 and headquartered in the Santa Fe business district of Mexico City. It produces, edits, distributes, and markets magazines and comics, and in 2023 merged with Distribuidora Intermex to form OMedia, which the company describes as the largest print and digital editorial publisher in Mexico and Latin America. The portfolio comprises 10 magazine brands spanning lifestyle (Caras, Vanidades), fashion and beauty (Cosmopolitan México, Harper's Bazaar México), entertainment and celebrity (TVyNovelas, Eres, Esquire), cooking (Cocina Fácil), teen culture (Tú, in publication since 1979), and children's education (BigBang). Several titles are licensed Mexican editions of international franchises (Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire), while others are long-running domestic brands with decades of reader equity.

The company's business model combines three revenue streams: recurring print and digital subscriptions (sold direct via tususcripcion.com and through Zinio and Magzter), one-time newsstand and retail sales (leveraging the Intermex distribution network across Mexico and Latin America), and advertising sold to brands seeking access to its audience across lifestyle, fashion, entertainment, and food verticals. It employs 501-1,000 people and serves a primarily consumer subscriber base across Mexico and broader Latin America, with targeted personas including women, teens, and families with children ages 6-12. Customer acquisition runs through editorial websites, branded social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, and direct-response channels including phone, WhatsApp, and email.

Operationally, the company operates with conventional publishing technology — no AI, proprietary platform, API, or SDK is disclosed in available data. GTM is sales-led with multi-channel subscription and advertising sales supported by editorial brand marketing. The 2023 OMedia merger is the defining structural event in the company's recent history, combining editorial content production with physical distribution infrastructure under a single umbrella.

Name

Editorial Televisa

Legal name

Editorial Televisa

Website

https://editorialtelevisa.com.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Consumer Magazine Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Consumer Lifestyle & Fashion Magazines (MPAJAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Culture & Literary Magazines (MPAJAEAN), Digital Content & Media Subscriptions (CRAFAIAA)

Keywords

• Magazine publishing
• Lifestyle publications
• Editorial content
• Print and digital media
• Consumer magazines

Headquarters

HQ city

Alvaro Obregón

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscription Sales: Recurring subscription revenue from print and digital magazine editions sold through multiple platforms including tususcripcion.com, Zinio, and Magzter
2. Newsstand/Retail Sales: Single-copy magazine sales through distribution network
3. Advertising Revenue: Brand advertising opportunities across magazine portfolio targeting Mexican and Latin American consumers

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Editorial Televisa produces, edits, distributes, and markets a portfolio of 10 magazine brands in print and digital editions, covering lifestyle, fashion, beauty, entertainment, cooking, and children's educational content for Mexican and Latin American consumers. Operating as OMedia following the 2023 merger with Distribuidora Intermex, the company sells subscriptions through its own platforms and third-party services like Zinio and Magzter, while also distributing through retail newsstands.

Product overview

OMedia is a comprehensive publishing platform operated by Editorial Televisa that offers a portfolio of magazine brands covering diverse audience segments across Mexico and Latin America. The portfolio includes lifestyle publications (Caras, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Vanidades), entertainment magazines (Eres, Tú, TVyNovelas, Esquire), specialized interest publications (Cocina Fácil for cooking), and children's education (BigBang). The company operates both print and digital editions of these publications, with digital distribution through their own websites and third-party subscription platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Caras Luxury and lifestyle magazine commemorating fashion, culture, and Mexican society. With more than 22 years of trajectory, it serves readers seeking inspiration and lifestyle highlights in print and digital formats.
• Cocina Fácil Cooking magazine celebrating the pleasure of cooking with delicious recipes, exploring wellness and gastronomic trends, and turning everyday ingredients into memorable dishes for home cooks.
• Cosmopolitan México Women's lifestyle magazine serving as an essential guide for women living with authenticity, covering the latest trends in fashion, beauty, lifestyle, health, and sexuality through empowering conversations.
• Esquire Award-winning men's journalism magazine reflecting contemporary masculinity through stories that inspire and challenge traditional perspectives, celebrating sophistication, authenticity, and intellectual curiosity.
• Harper's Bazaar México The Mexican edition of the world's first fashion magazine, an international benchmark that sets global luxury trends through critical and sophisticated coverage of beauty, art, culture, travel, and lifestyle.
• BigBang Children's educational magazine for ages 6-12 that combines fun, creativity, and curiosity on every page through riddles, trivia, science experiments, crafts, and games to help children discover new ways of thinking and learning.
• Eres Authentic, fun, and rebellious young adult magazine combining classic and current content on music, cinema, television, and fashion, featuring interviews, practical advice, tests, and reports on emerging and established artists.
• Tú Teen magazine accompanying adolescents since 1979 with fashion, fun, culture, music, and tests about everything that makes this stage of life unique.
• TVyNovelas Entertainment magazine that has served as the bridge between celebrities and their followers for over four decades, featuring exclusives, interviews, and reports revealing both the public and intimate facets of artists.
• Vanidades Benchmark women's magazine that has accompanied women's interests and aspirations for decades with trending content, exclusive interviews, deep reports, and practical advice, reflecting elegance and strength.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Distribuidora IntermexcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2023Editorial Televisa merged with Distribuidora Intermex to form OMedia, creating the largest print and digital editorial publisher in Mexico and Latin America. The partnership combines Televisa's editorial content expertise with Intermex's distribution network capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Meredith Corporation (Dotdash Meredith): U.S. publisher of lifestyle brands (People, Better Homes & Gardens, InStyle) that has executed an industry-leading print-to-digital pivot. Broad incumbent comparable for OMedia's strategic direction on digital monetization of legacy magazine IP.
• Grupo Planeta: Major Spanish-language publisher (books and select periodicals) with editorial content operations across Spain and LATAM. Comparable publishing footprint and regional language reach, though heavier in book publishing than OMedia's magazine focus.

Direct peers

• Condé Nast: Global magazine publisher of Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, and Wired with regional editions across LATAM, EMEA, and Asia. Same multi-brand luxury/lifestyle portfolio model with localized international editions and a parallel shift to digital subscriptions.
• Hearst Magazines: U.S. magazine publisher and licensor of Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and Harper's Bazaar — the very franchises OMedia runs in Mexico/LATAM. Closely aligned business model (licensed international brands, subscription + advertising), and the most operationally comparable peer for OMedia's flagship titles.
• Bauer Media Group: European magazine and audio publisher (Women's Weekly, Closer, Grazia) running licensed international brands alongside proprietary titles. Closely comparable consumer magazine portfolio and subscription/print revenue mix.
• Mondadori Group: Italian and international publisher of licensed brands (Cosmopolitan, Grazia, Panorama) with both print and digital editions. Highly comparable operating model: licensed international brands + homegrown titles + multi-channel digital subscriptions.

Regional players

• Grupo PRISA: Spanish-language media conglomerate operating El País and other periodicals across Spain and Latin America. Comparable Spanish-language media publishing footprint with regional advertising and subscription operations in overlapping markets.
• Editora Abril: Brazil's largest magazine publisher (Veja, Claudia, Elle), with a multi-decade portfolio of consumer lifestyle, fashion, and entertainment titles across LATAM. Direct regional comparable — same business of licensed international brands plus homegrown titles distributed across Brazil.

Emerging players

• Future plc: U.K.-based digital-first publisher (TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Marie Claire US) with a successful transformation from print to digital subscription and affiliate commerce. Comparable in editorial brand IP monetization, but further along the digital transition curve.

Others

• Grupo Televisa / TelevisaUnivision: Original corporate parent of Editorial Televisa and adjacent media conglomerate in Mexican broadcasting and content (TVyNovelas is similarly named to Televisa's telenovela ecosystem). Adjacent rather than directly competing; relevant for understanding shared audience and historic corporate ties.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/televisa-editorial
• Instagraminstagram.com/omediamexico
• Xx.com/EditorialTVSA

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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