Scholastic Corporation

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media company public company publishing company

Scholastic Corporation is a major American publishing and media company best known for producing and distributing children's books and educational materials, including the U.S. editions of the Harry Potter series.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Scholastic Corporation canonical	9
Scholastic	4
Scholastic Productions	2
Scholastic (as editor, earlier career)	1
Scholastic Book Clubs	1
Scholastic Book Fairs	1
Scholastic Inc.	1
Scholastic Point	1
Scholastic Press	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971571 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Scholastic Corporation
Context triple: [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, publisher, Scholastic Corporation]

A. Harcourt Brace & World
Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
B. Time Warner Book Group
Time Warner Book Group was a major American publishing company encompassing various imprints and book lines formerly owned by media conglomerate Time Warner.
C. Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin is a major American publishing company known for its educational materials, textbooks, and notable works of fiction and non-fiction.
D. Grosset & Dunlap
Grosset & Dunlap is a major American publishing company best known for producing popular mass-market books, including classic children's series and notable political memoirs.
E. Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers is a major global publishing company known for its wide range of academic, educational, and trade books and imprints.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Scholastic Corporation
Target entity description: Scholastic Corporation is a major American publishing and media company best known for producing and distributing children's books and educational materials, including the U.S. editions of the Harry Potter series.

A. Harcourt Brace & World
Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
B. Time Warner Book Group
Time Warner Book Group was a major American publishing company encompassing various imprints and book lines formerly owned by media conglomerate Time Warner.
C. Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin is a major American publishing company known for its educational materials, textbooks, and notable works of fiction and non-fiction.
D. Grosset & Dunlap
Grosset & Dunlap is a major American publishing company best known for producing popular mass-market books, including classic children's series and notable political memoirs.
E. Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers is a major global publishing company known for its wide range of academic, educational, and trade books and imprints.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	media company ⓘ public company ⓘ publishing company ⓘ
businessModel	distribution ⓘ media production ⓘ publishing ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distributes	books through school book clubs ⓘ books through school book fairs ⓘ
focusesOn	children's literacy ⓘ education ⓘ
foundedAs	The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic ⓘ
foundedBy	Maurice R. Robinson ⓘ
foundedIn	1920 ⓘ
foundedInCity	Pittsburgh ⓘ linked to: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
foundedInState	Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasSubsidiary	Scholastic Book Clubs ⓘ linked to: Scholastic Corporation Scholastic Book Fairs ⓘ linked to: Scholastic Corporation Scholastic Inc. ⓘ linked to: Scholastic Corporation
headquartersCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
headquartersState	New York ⓘ
industry	children's books ⓘ educational materials ⓘ media ⓘ publishing ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
listedOn	NASDAQ ⓘ
notableProduct	Book Clubs ⓘ Book Fairs ⓘ Clifford the Big Red Dog books ⓘ Goosebumps series ⓘ linked to: Goosebumps Scholastic News classroom magazines ⓘ The Hunger Games series ⓘ linked to: The Hunger Games The Magic School Bus books ⓘ linked to: The Magic School Bus U.S. editions of the Harry Potter series ⓘ
operatesIn	Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ North America ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
publishes	children's fiction ⓘ children's non-fiction ⓘ classroom magazines ⓘ educational textbooks ⓘ
stockTicker	SCHL ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ schools ⓘ teachers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban → publisher → Scholastic Corporation ⓘ

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire → publisher → Scholastic Corporation ⓘ

Captain Underpants → publisher → Scholastic Corporation ⓘ

Slappy → publisher → Scholastic Corporation ⓘ

Marauder's Map → publisher → Scholastic Corporation ⓘ

Scholastic Corporation → hasSubsidiary → Scholastic Inc. ⓘ