World History Group
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Eric Weider |
| Defunct | 2024 |
| Headquarters | Leesburg, Virginia , United States |
Area served | United States |
| Products | Magazines (Armchair General, America's Civil War, American History, Aviation History, Civil War Times, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Military History, Vietnam, Wild West, World War II) |
| Owner | Regent, L.P. (from 2015) |
World History Group is a publishing firm specializing in magazines, headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia. Established in 2006 under the name Weider History Group by Eric Weider, who is the son of fitness pioneer Ben Weider and nephew of Joe Weider, the organization began with 11 magazine titles reaching a total audience of 600,000 readers. Additionally, it manages HistoryNet.com, which offers daily updates, photo collections, and articles derived from its various publications.
In 2015, the private equity company Regent, L.P. purchased the Weider History Group and subsequently renamed it World History Group. Regent later merged its media holdings into the publishing company Archetype in 2019. The World History Group discontinued its publishing activities in 2024.
- America's Civil War
- American History
- Aviation History
- Civil War Times
- MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History
- Military History
- Vietnam
- Wild West
- World War II
Defunct
- British Heritage (purchased in 2014 by Kliger Heritage Media, established by Jack Kliger the same year; rebranded as British Heritage Travel) – Template:ISSN
Past and subsequent publishers to World History Group
- Cowles History Group, a division of Cowles Magazines, located in Leesburg, Virginia
- Primedia Enthusiast Publications, part of PRIMEDIA Special Interest Publications, based in Leesburg, Virginia
- Weider History Group, situated in Leesburg, Virginia
- Empire Press, operating out of Herndon and Leesburg, Virginia
- HistoryNet, with offices in Leesburg, Tysons, Vienna, and Arlington, Virginia