Company type | Publishing House |
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Founded | 1994 |
Founder | Krystyna von Nathusius, Nikolaus von Nathusius |
Headquarters | Warsaw , Poland |
Key people | Dariusz Jaroszek (COO), Urszula Jankowska (CFO) |
Products | Magazines, events |
Services | Publishing |
Website | www.nathusius.pl |
Nathusius Investments Sp.z o.o. is a media investment company with a focus on diversified b2b publishing and event activities based in Warsaw, Poland.
The company was founded in 1994 [1] and originally focussed on publishing licensed special interest magazines. Major titles have been “Moje Mieszkanie” [2] (an interior magazine based on a license by German publisher Gruner + Jahr), “Majster” (a do it yourself-title licensed from German Jahreszeiten Verlag) [3] [4] and the knitting magazine “Sandra” (by DPV/BPV). In 1999 all consumer titles were sold, partly to local subsidiaries of the licensors, partly to other publishers like Motorpresse Polska (publisher of the Polish version of “ Auto, Motor und Sport”).
In 1996 Nathusius Investments started business-to-business publishing with the foundation of the subsidiary Unit Wydawnictwo Informacje Branżowe. [5] This entity published 15 magazines, mainly directed to trade managers in the non- fast-moving consumer goods-sector. [6] The company was sold in the year 2000 to Verlagsgruppe Ebner Ulm (publisher of “WatchTime Magazine”). [7]
Beside publishing business magazines Nathusius Investments in 1998 involved in several internet-only businesses through its subsidiary WebMastersHome Sp. z o.o.. [8] Public attention has been raised by the project “Salon.pl” (run by Shop Online Sp.z o.o., a company owned by WebMastersHome). [9] [10] [11]
With the brand “Disco Magic Publishing” Nathusius Investments since 1995 is a representative of foreign record labels and as member of the Polish copyright collection society Stowarzyszenie Autorów ZAiKS (Związek Autorów i Kompozytorów Scenicznych) listed with more than 4.000 songs actually.
Nathusius Investments established several awards, for example the Polish dairy industry award “Lider Forum”. [12] Others are “Top Kupiec” and “Top Sprzedawca”. The company is a member in the Polish Press Publishers Association (Izba Wydawców Prasy - IWP), [13] the International Advertising Association, Polish chapter [14] and at the Polish press auditing association ZKDP (Związek Kontroli Dystrybucji Prasy). [15]