Nat Mags (short for National Magazine Company) is a British magazine publisher based in
London. It was established in 1910 by
William Randolph Hearst and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Hearst Corporation.
Since 2004 Nat Mags has been run by
chief executive Duncan Edwards, who has been at the company since around 1990 and was previously
managing director. In 2008
The Guardian newspaper named him the 75th most important person in the British media.
In 2006 Nat Mags expanded in to digital media by purchasing women's portal website
Handbag.com. Nat Mags soon launched its digital arm
Hearst Digital to act as an umbrella for
Handbag and its other web acquisition,
Net Doctor.
Publications
Nat Mag publishes 19 magazines in total in the
UK. They are:
Hearst Digital Websites
Hearst Digital manages the websites of Nat Mags' five core brands.
