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

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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