Future US
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Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, music, and technology markets. Headquartered in New York City, the corporation has offices in: Alexandria, Virginia; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Washington, D.C.[2] Future US is owned by parent company, Future plc, a specialist media company based in Bath, Somerset, England.
History
The company was established when
The company launched a number of titles including
Buoyed by the Internet economy and the success of
On September 19, 2007, Nintendo and Future announced that Future US would obtain the publishing rights to Nintendo Power magazine. This came into effect with the creation of issue #222 (December 2007).[6]
On October 1, 2007, it was announced that Future US would be making PlayStation: The Official Magazine, which ended up replacing PSM and first hit newsstands in November 2007. With this launch, Future US became the publisher of the official magazines of all three major console manufacturers in the US. PlayStation: The Official Magazine closed in 2012.[7]
In 2012, NewBay Media bought the Music division of Future US.[8]
In 2018, Future reacquired majority of the assets previously sold to NewBay by buying NewBay outright for US$13.8 million.[9] Future used this acquisition to expand its US footprint, particularly in B2B segment.[10][11]
Magazines and websites
Current titles
Its magazines and websites include:
Defunct titles
- CD-ROM Today
- Daily Radar
- Decorating Spaces
- Do!
- Future Snowboarding Magazine
- Game Players
- Guitar One
- Guitar World Acoustic
- Guitar World Legends
- Guitar World's Bass Guitar
- Maximum Linux
- Men's Edge
- Mobile PC (magazine)
- netPOWER[12]
- Next Generation Magazine
- Nintendo Power
- Official Dreamcast Magazine
- Official Xbox Magazine
- PC Accelerator
- PlayStation: The Official Magazine
- Pocket Gamer (not to be confused with Steel Media)
- Revolution
- Scrapbook Answers
- Skateboard Trade News
- Snowboard Trade News
- T3
- The Net
- Total Movie
- Women's Health & Fitness
- World of Warcraft Official Magazine
References
- ^ "Bloomberg – Future US Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Contact". futureplc.com. Bath, Somerset: Future plc. 2019. Archived from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ISBN 978-0199601639.
- ^ "About Imagine". Imagine Media. Archived from the original on October 12, 1999.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Timeline: a history of magazines". Magforum.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ "Future officially takes over Nintendo Power". Nintendo Forums. October 12, 2007. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ "PlayStation: The Official Magazine Is Shutting Down". Forbes. November 7, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ "NewBay Media Buys Music Mags from Future US". Folio. January 13, 2012.
- ^ "Future plc Acquires NewBay Media for $13.8m". Future. April 4, 2018. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ^ "PennWell Corp. and NewBay Media acquired by UK firms". Folio. Access Intelligence, LLC. April 4, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Butts, Tom. "Future Publishing acquires TV Technology parent NewBay Media". TV Technology. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ "netPOWER". Retrieved February 26, 2013.