World History Group
World History Group is a magazine publishing company headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia. It was founded in 2006 as the Weider History Group by Eric Weider, son of fitness entrepreneur Ben Weider and nephew of Joe Weider, who also current President of Schiff Nutrition International. The company published 11 titles reaching 600,000 readers.
Also recorded as Weider History Group · HistoryNet · History Net
World History Group
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- World History Group
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- 2006
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- United States
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It operates HistoryNet.com, a website that contains daily features, photo galleries, and articles published in various magazines. In 2015, the Weider History Group was acquired by the private equity firm Regent, L.P, and renamed World History Group. Regent consolidated its media holdings under a new publishing entity, Archetype, in 2019. The company ceased publishing in 2024.
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• Name — World History Group • Parent — Archetype (Regent, L.P.) • Founded — 2006 • Founder — Eric Weider • Country — United States • Headquarters — Leesburg, Virginia • Publications — Magazines
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British Heritage (acquired in 2014 by Kliger Heritage Media, a company also founded in 2014 by Jack Kliger, the magazine was renamed British Heritage Travel) –
Past and subsequent publishers to World History Group
Past and subsequent publishers to World History Group
• Cowles History Group, a division of Cowles Magazines, Leesburg, Virginia • Primedia Enthusiast Publications of PRIMEDIA Special Interest Publications, Leesburg, Virginia • Weider History Group, Leesburg, Virginia • Empire Press, Herndon, Leesburg • HistoryNet, Leesburg, Tysons, Vienna, and Arlington, Virginia
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- 1.Eric Weider - Armchair General - Armchair General Magazine - We Put YOU in Command!. ArmChairGeneral.com.
- 2.Eric Weider. Forbes.
- 3.Company Overview of Weider History Group, Inc. S&P Global Market Intelligence
- 4.Walker, Brian. Real-Time Collaboration Helps HistoryNet Go Back in Time. Hightail Blog. 2015-09-09.
- 5.World History Group Announces the Launch of its New Website: GreatHistory.com. HistoryNet.com.
- 6.Regent. Global Private Equity Firm Regent Announces Launch of ARCHETYPE – Multi-Platform Media Accelerator Aimed to Transform Legacy Publication Brands. January 8, 2019.
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