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World Publications Inc.

is in the Media Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.4M

Private
US

Dow Jones Description

Over the past two decades, World Publications has grown from a single magazine title into one of America's most successful special-interest multi-media companies. It currently employs 250 professionals who produce 14 magazine titles, more than a dozen Web sites, on-location participant events, two on-going television series, cable television specials and a variety of custom publications. The company's headquarters are in Winter Park, Florida and it maintains offices in New York and a dozen other locations throughout the U.S. World Publications was founded by Terry L. Snow in 1978 with the launch of WaterSkiing magazine. The name of the magazine was changed from WaterSkiing to World WaterSkiing in 1979, publishing six issues in 1980. A second title, WindRider was launched that year as well, to capitalize on the growing popularity of wind surfing. In 1984, World WaterSkiing surpassed it's largest competitor, Spray, in circulation...

Number of Employees 250

Contact Information

460 N Orlando Ave Ste 200

Winter Park, Florida 32789

www.worldpub.ne...

(407) 628-4802

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Periodical Publishers: 511120

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Bonnier's task: Revive the Time 18; Major branding effort is needed to save struggling stable of acquired titles.(Bonnier Group)

- 2007-02-26

Byline: NAT IVES nives@crain.com The deal was the easy part. Now that the Bonnier Group is just days from closing its estimated $225 million acquisition of 18 Time Inc. titles, the Swedish conglomerate has to assemble its company in the U.S.-and...

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Time4 Media sale includes B2B titles

- 2007-02-01

Among the 18 titles, including 16 Time4 Media titles and two parenting consumer magazines, sold by Time Inc. to Bonnier Magazine Group Stockholm division World Publications (Winter Park, FL) are two B2B titles, including "Shot Business" and "Transworld Business" as well as "Popular Science." Time Inc. purchased the Time4...

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AdMedia Partners Advises Bonnier in Acquisition of Time Inc.'s Time4 Media and Parenting Group Divisions

- 2007-01-25

Acquisition of 18 Titles from Time Inc. Positions Bonnier as One of the Largest U.S. Consumer Magazine Publishers

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World Publications Partners with $2.5 Billion European Media Group Bonnier

- 2006-05-22

NEW YORK -- World Publications CEO Terry Snow announced today a partnership with the Bonnier Magazine Group that positions World to become a substantial player in the U.S. publishing market. World, a leader in special-interest publications and related media products, has sold a major stake to Bonnier, a family-owned, Swedish-based...

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The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., media column.

- 2005-02-21

By Christopher Boyd, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES TO VIE FOR 2005 ADDYS: The Orlando Advertising Federation will hold its annual Addy Awards show Friday at Hard Rock Live at Universal CityWalk...

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Brady's Bunch.(People & Players)(Column)

- 2004-06-14

Byline: James Brady Having confidently predicted women would never buy a magazine just about shopping, and having been proved wrong by Lucky, I was treading carefully over lunch with the two guys who run this latest Conde Nast mag called Cargo. Publisher Alan Katz,...

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The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Media Column.

- 2004-04-27

By Christopher Boyd, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 27--ORLANDO ADVERTISING CLUB SNAGS BEST IN CLASS NATIONWIDE: The Orlando Advertising Federation last week won top honors in its class in the 2004 American Advertising Federation's club achievement awards....

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Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon, Business Briefs Column.

- 2003-12-13

Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 13--Islamorada indicated its willingness to let a for-profit group stage a June sportfishing festival at Founders Park. FishStock would be hosted by Sport Fishing magazine and its parent World Publications, said...

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Key Deals Open Up World of Publishing Possibilities in Winter Park, Fla.

- 2003-12-01

By Christopher Boyd, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 1--When Winter Park publisher Terry Snow launched a water-skiing magazine a quarter century ago, his ambitions were limited. His sales office was the back of a Dodge van and his...

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Magazine Marketplace: A highly selective industry chronicle

- 2003-04-01

THE DEALS The month of March - indeed all of the first quarter - was slow going for magazine M&A. "A lot of the deals getting done are pretty small," says Joseph Berkery, CEO of media investment bank Berkery, Noyes & Co. "The problem is that there's lots of...

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