Nathusius Investments Sp.z o.o. is a media investment company with a focus on diversified business-to-business (B2B) publishing and event activities based in Warsaw, Poland.
History The company was founded in 1994 (then called Tęcza Dom Wydawniczy i Handlowy) and originally focused on publishing licensed special interest magazines. Its titles included Moje MieszkanieToday published by Murator SA (an interior magazine based on a license by German publisher Gruner + Jahr) and Majster (a do it yourself-title licensed from German Jahreszeiten Verlag).Infoat Mediainfo.pl (in Polish) Article Prószyński Media przejmie wydawanie "Majstra" po Motor-Presse about the purchase of Majster by Prószyński Media in 2006 (in Polish)
In 1996 Nathusius Investments started business-to-business publishing with the foundation of the subsidiary Unit Wydawnictwo Informacje Branżowe.Article Teraz snobizm about ownership of Unit Wydawnictwo Informacje Branżowe at the launch of special interest magazine “Top Class” in the year 1997 in Gazeta Wyborcza (nr 279, page 34, in Polish) This entity published 15 magazines, mainly directed to trade managers in the non-fast-moving consumer goods-sector.Website of Unit Wydawnictwo Informacje Branżowe (in English) The company was sold in 2000 to Verlagsgruppe Ebner Ulm (publisher of WatchTime Magazine).Information at the publishers website
Beside publishing business magazines Nathusius Investments in 1998 involved in several internet-only businesses through its subsidiary WebMastersHome Sp. z o.o.. Public attention has been raised by the project “Salon.pl” (run by Shop Online Sp.z o.o., a company owned by WebMastersHome).Paweł Piasecki, Odrobina luksusu, in: “Dot.com”, 9/2001, Parkiet Media SA, Warszawa, p 30-31 (in Polish)Roseanne Gerin, Acquired tastes, in: “Warsaw Business Journal”, 11/2001, NWP New World Publishing, Warsaw, p. 22 (in English)Marcin Grządka, Z magazynu na salony, in: “i-biz”, 6/2000, VFP Communications Sp.z o.o., Warszawa, p. 32-33 (in Polish)
Activities Nathusius Investments established several awards, for example the Polish dairy industry award “Lider Forum”. Others are "Top Kupiec" and "Top Sprzedawca". The company is a member in the Polish Press Publishers Association (Izba Wydawców Prasy - IWP),Info at IWP's website the International Advertising Association, Polish chapterInfo at IAA website (in Polish) and at the Polish press auditing association ZKDP (Związek Kontroli Dystrybucji Prasy).Website ZKDP
Major brands Disco Magic Publishing Forum Mleczarskie - Media Branży NabiałowejWebsite of the network Strategie - Świat Dyrektorów FinansowychWebsite of the network
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External links Website of the company Website of the award Lider Forum