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| Parent company | Odhams Press (1960–1961) IPC (1961–1970) Reed International (1970–1992) Elsevier/RELX (1992–present) |
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| Founded | 1891 |
| Founder | George Newnes |
| Country of origin | England |
| Headquarters location | 8–11 Southampton Street London |
| Key people | W. T. Stead, C. Arthur Pearson, Neville Pearson, Frank Newnes, Hedley Le Bas, Sydney Horler, Ida Pollock, Malcolm Saville, R. J. Minney, Frederick James Camm |
| Publication types | periodicals, books |
| Nonfiction topics | News, popular culture, economics, technology |
| Imprints | C. Arthur Pearson (c. 1914–1959) |
George Newnes Ltd is a British publisher. The company was founded in 1891 by George Newnes (1851–1910), considered a founding father of popular journalism. Newnes published such magazines and periodicals as Tit-Bits, The Wide World Magazine, The Captain, The Strand Magazine, The Grand Magazine, John O'London's Weekly, Sunny Stories for Little Folk, Woman's Own, and the "Practical" line of magazines overseen by editor Frederick J. Camm. Long after the founder's death, Newnes was known for publishing ground-breaking consumer magazines such as Nova.
Newnes published books by such authors as Enid Blyton, Hall Caine, Richmal Crompton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, George Goodchild, W. E. Johns, P. G. Wodehouse, and John Wyndham.
Initially an independent publisher, Newnes became an imprint of the International Publishing Company in 1961. Today, books under the Newnes imprint continue to be published by Elsevier.[1][2]