Future
Publishing
About
Future Publishing
The
Future Network produces carefully targeted specialist magazines
and websites for groups of people who share a passion. They
aim to satisfy their passion by creating titles that offer
superb value for money, trustworthy information, multiple
ways to save time and money, and are a pleasure to read or
visit. Today Future publish more than 80 magazines and over
30 magazine websites and networks from offices in five countries.
The company also licenses 32 of its titles resulting in over
60 local editions in a further 23 countries.
The Future Network plc is a public company quoted on the London
Stock Exchange (symbol: FNET).
Choose from Future
Publishing's vast portfolio of specialist
interest magazines - there's something for everyone. Whether
it's football or mountain bikes, computing or web design,
you'll find your ideal read magazine to suit your interest.
Future Publishing's Strategy
People
who have a passion are more demanding. They have less time,
but more choice. This creates a problem for broad-based media
- but many, many dynamics opportunities for specialists.
Future has built its business through creating uniquely differenciated,
high quality properties, clearly targeted at specialist sector
where readers typically require a narrow range of information
which is deep in content and authority and satisfy their passion.
Often that's been through innovations of combining various
media.
Future is driven through passion. Passion for great, innovative
magazines. Passion for compelling websites. Passion for growth.
And passion for technology.
Future Publishing - History
At
the beginning
- In
1985 Future was founded in the UK . Today 80 magazines
worldwide are published and Future has extensive online
activities also.
- June
1, 1985: Future Publishing is founded by Chris Anderson.
Amstrad Action is Future's very first magazine.
- By
October 1986, Future's turnover is approximately £440,000.
The company relocates to Bath in May 1987.
- In
June 1987, PC Plus is first British magazine to covermount
a computer diskette every month.
- Autumn
1988 - Greg Ingham joins as publisher.
Future becomes Britain's leading publisher of newsstand
computer magazines by end of 1989.
- In
1990, Commodore Format is launched, ensuring Future has
a magazine dedicated to every major home computer format.
Recent
History
- August
2001 John Bowman is appointed Group Finance Director with
effect from November 16. Bowman joins from Scottish Radio
Holdings plc, where he has been Group Finance Director
since 1994.
- September
2001 Future announces its interim results for the six
months ended 30 June 2001. Alongside his role as COO,
Colin Morrison is appointed Managing Director of Future
UK. Roger Parry is appointed Non-executive Chairman, while
Chris Anderson becomes Non-executive Director.
Following the presentation of its interim results, Future
announces a proposed refinancing of the company through
a 6 for 5 Rights Issue.
Imagine Media, the Future Network's US subsidiary, launches
the American version of the Official Xbox Magazine - the
officially licensed publication for Microsoft's next-generation
games console.
- October
2001 Future holds an extraordinary general meeting, at
which the resolution in relation to the 6 for 5 Rights
Issue is duly passed.
The UK arm of the Future Network, Future Publishing, launches
DeckMaster, a monthly publication aimed at players of
collectable card games.
Beauford
Court,
30 Monmouth Street,
Bath
BA1 2BW
www.futurenet.com
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