The National Magazine Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Corporation established by William Randolph Hearst in 1910.
The business comprises the core wholly owned business, also called The National Magazine Co and interests in three Joint Ventures. These are partnerships with some of the world’s best publishers as follows:
ACP-NatMag:
A 50:50 JV with ACP of Australia which focuses on weekly magazines.
NatMag Rodale:
A 50:50 JV with Rodale Inc. of the USA which focuses on health and wellbeing.
COMAG:
A 65:35 JV with Conde Nast, one of the UK’s largest magazine distributors.
NatMag publishes 14 consumer titles in the UK: Coast, Company, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan Bride, Country Living, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, House Beautiful, Prima, Prima Baby, SHE, You & Your Wedding, and Zest. The group publishes a further two magazines, Men’s Health and Runner’s World, through NatMag Rodale and three large scale weeklies, Best , Reveal and Real People through ACP-NatMag.
NatMag division, Hearst Digital Network, publishes a number of community websites for NatMag magazines and also includes the Handbag network and www.netdoctor.co.uk, the UK’s leading consumer health site.
For more information please log on to www.natmags.co.uk
