Future plc is a British media company. In 2006, it ranked 6th in the UK in annual turnover. He publishes more than 150 magazines in such areas as video games, technology, automotive , motorcycling , music , etc. [1] Future plc is the publisher of official magazines on the products of the three major manufacturers of game consoles [2] . Has a listing on the London Stock Exchange (FUTR) [3] .
| Future plc | |
|---|---|
| Type of | public |
| Exchange listing | Futr |
| Base | 1985 |
| Founders | |
| Location |  United Kingdom : Somerton |
| Key figures | Chris Anderson (founder) Roger Perry (chairman of the board of directors) Stevie Spring (CEO) |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Products | magazine and web publications |
| Number of employees | |
| Site | futureplc.com |
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History
The company was founded in 1985 by Chris Anderson in Somerton ( Somerset ) [4] . The innovation applied by the company was the distribution of free software on a CD pasted on the magazine cover. Future plc is the first organization to use this technique [4] .
Anderson sold Pearson PLC for £ 52.7 million in 1994, but bought it back in 1998 with Future CEO Greg Inham and Apax Venture Partners for £ 142 million [4] . In 2001, Anderson left the company [5] .
Future US
With the advent of Future plc to the American market, the media holding included Anderson- owned GP Publications publishing house , which released the only magazine Game Players [6] , which later functioned as Imagine Media and Future Network USA , and in 2005 received its modern name Future US . The company is headquartered in San Francisco [7] .
The company's initial focus was the publication of game magazines for PCs and consoles , but by the mid-2000s. the spectrum has been expanded. Today Future US prints the following magazines:
- Official Xbox Magazine
- Maximum PC
- Pc gamer
- Guitar world
- Life (formerly MacAddict )
- Nintendo Power (previously published by Nintendo )
- PlayStation: The Official Magazine
- Revolver
- Pregnantancy
Notes
- ↑ Young, Eric . South SF publisher buys another magazine , San Francisco Business Times (March 6, 2006). Date of appeal September 14, 2011.
- ↑ Another blow to print journalism: Future Publishing profits fall 61% . Gamer Limit (November 28, 2009). Date of treatment September 14, 2011. Archived on August 28, 2012.
- ↑ Future plc on the London Stock Exchange website
- ↑ 1 2 3 Nicholas, Ruth . Profile: Chris Anderson: Media with passion , The Independent (July 11, 1999).
- ↑ Walters, Helen . TED's Not Dead, But It Is Aging: The annual conference tries to reach out to a new generation, awkwardly , Business Week (February 18, 2010). Date of appeal September 14, 2011.
- ↑ TwitchTV Partners with Future US Archived on November 20, 2011. (unavailable link from 11/08/2013 [2214 days] - history , copy )
- ↑ History of Future US on the official website of the company