World History Group

World History Group

Parent company	Archetype (Regent, L.P.)
Founded	2006
Founder	Eric Weider
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Leesburg, Virginia
Publication types	Magazines
Official website	www.historynet.com

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. ^{[1] [2]}

The company published 11 titles reaching 600,000 readers. It operates HistoryNet.com, a website that contains daily features, photo galleries, and articles published in various magazines. ^[3]

In 2015, the Weider History Group was acquired by the private equity firm Regent, L.P., and renamed World History Group. ^{[4] [5]} Regent consolidated its media holdings under a new publishing entity, Archetype, in 2019.

The company ceased publishing in 2024. ^[6]

List of publications

Print

• America's Civil War
• American History
• Aviation History
• Civil War Times
• MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History
• Military History
• Vietnam Magazine
• Wild West
• World War II

Defunct

• British Heritage (new publisher apparently Kliger Heritage)

References

1. "Eric Weider - Armchair General - Armchair General Magazine - We Put YOU in Command!". www.armchairgeneral.com.
2. "Eric Weider". Forbes . Archived from the original on May 26, 2013.
3. Company Overview of Weider History Group, Inc. S&P Global Market Intelligence
4. "Real-time collaboration helps HistoryNet go back in time". Hightail Blog. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
5. "World History Group Announces the Launch of its New Website: GreatHistory.com - HistoryNet". www.historynet.com.
6. "Global Private Equity Firm Regent Announces Launch of ARCHETYPE – Multi-Platform Media Accelerator Aimed to Transform Legacy Publication Brands".