World History Group is a magazine publishing company headquartered in

Leesburg, Virginia Leesburg is a town in and the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. It is part of both the Northern Virginia region of the state and the Washington metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., the nation's capital. European se ...

. It was founded in 2006 as Weider History Group by Eric Weider, the son of fitness entrepreneur

Ben Weider Benjamin Weider, (1 February 1923 – 17 October 2008) was a Canadian soldier, author, historian ( Napoleonic history), fitness proponent, benefactor of the arts, and entrepreneur. He co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IF ...

(and nephew of

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) and current President of

Schiff Nutrition International Schiff Nutrition International (NYSE: SHF) was a company based in Salt Lake City, and is the manufacturer of dietary supplements such as Airborne, MegaRed, and Move Free. Founded by Joe Weider as Weider Nutrition (NYSE: WNI) in 1936, considered t ...

. The Weider History Group publishes 11 titles reaching 600,000 readers. It operates HistoryNet.com, a website that contains daily features, photo galleries, and articles published in various magazines. The Weider History Group was acquired by private equity firm Regent, L.P. in 2015 and was renamed the World History Group. Regent formed the publisher Archetype in 2019 for its media holdings. Stopped publishing in 2024

List of publications

Print

* ''

America's Civil War ''America's Civil War'' was a full-color history magazine published bi-monthly which covered the American Civil War. It was established in 1987 by editor Roy Morris Jr. It carried articles about the battles, campaigns, leaders, and common soldier ...

'' * ''American History'' * ''Aviation History'' * ''

Civil War Times ''Civil War Times'' (formerly ''Civil War Times Illustrated'') was a history magazine that covered the American Civil War. It was established in 1962 by Robert Fowler due to centennial anniversary interest in the Civil War in the United States. ...

'' * ''MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History'' * ''Military History'' * ''

Vietnam Magazine ''Vietnam Magazine'' was an American full-color history magazine published bi-monthly which covers the Vietnam War. It was founded in 1988 by the late Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr. Colonel Summers served in the U.S. Army in both Korea and Vietnam, ...

'' * ''Wild West'' * ''World War II''

Defunct

* ''British Heritage'' (new publisher apparently Kliger Heritage)

References

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