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Earnings
Milestone: Digital Gains Offset Magazines’ Decline At Future

Feb 8, 2012 2:04 AM

Magazine and web publisher Future has hit a key milestone in the media industry’s great transition - UK digital revenues made up for print revenue falls between October and December.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, Earnings, Companies, Apple, iPad, Future Publishing

Industry Moves: Financial Times, Future, O2, Emap, Moo

Jan 26, 2012 7:05 AM

Here is a round-up of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business…

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Posted In: Companies, Emap, Future Publishing, O2, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com

Future’s Newsstand Transformation: 75,000 New Subscribers

Jan 25, 2012 10:22 AM

UK magazine publisher Future made $1 million in new tablet magazine revenue within a month of debuting 65 of its titles on iTunes’ Newsstand.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Apple, iPad, Future Publishing

Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services

Jan 23, 2012 6:18 AM

Polar Mobile—the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustrated (NYSE: TWX), Shanghai Daily, Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) and the WSJ—today announced two steps up in its growth: it has picked up an additional $6 million in funding and has launched…

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Posted In: Apps, E-Commerce, Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, B2B, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, CBS, CBS Interactive, Conde Nast, Future Publishing, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, georgian partners, polar mobile

Future Sells New York-Based Music Magazines For $3 Million

Jan 13, 2012 5:09 AM

Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) has sold off its loss-making New York operation – home to magazines including Guitar World, Revolver and Guitar Aficionado – in a deal worth $3m (£1.9m).

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Future Publishing

Future Launching TechRadar State-Side To Turn U.S. Fortunes

Jan 5, 2012 10:41 AM

Amongst the first moves in UK magazine publisher Future’s new effort to turn around its U.S. business, the company is launching its TechRadar portal in America.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Future Publishing

Earnings
Future Aims To Turn U.S. Around With Digital After Swinging To A Loss

Nov 24, 2011 5:10 AM

Future wants to tackle a worsening U.S. print magazine market by merging its UK and U.S. businesses and by more quickly converting its American business to digital.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, Earnings, Companies, Apple, iPad, Future Publishing

Industry Moves
Updated: Future’s CEO Spring Exits To Cut Costs

Oct 27, 2011 4:03 AM

UK-based magazine publisher Future is “eliminating an entire tier of overhead” in the shape of its own CEO Stevie Spring and finance director John Bowman, in a move that could signal its exit from the U.S. market.

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Future Publishing

Interview: Future Publishing’s Tablet Chief Embracing iPad’s Newsstand

Oct 13, 2011 11:32 AM

Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) will decide which of its magazine titles to convert in to full iPad editions after unleashing 65 new replica editions on Apple’s new iOS Newsstand.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Apple, iPad, Future Publishing

Future Mulls Radical U.S. Digital Publishing Re-Think, Sell-Off?

Sep 28, 2011 9:24 AM

Games Radar and Guitar World publisher Future Plc of the UK is weighing its options for its U.S. division, it disclosed in a preview of full-year earnings due in November…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Future Publishing

Future, Gawker Will Launch Gizmodo UK Edition

Aug 31, 2011 9:56 AM

Despite already having a strong portfolio of technology titles, magazine and website publisher Future is bringing a localised version of Gawker Media’s Gizmodo tech blog to the UK.

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Posted In: Companies, Future Publishing

Future Looks To Sell Eight Magazines, Lay Off 100 Staff In Digital Push

Jul 20, 2011 12:55 PM

Another day, another publisher looking to take a step away from print. Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR), the UK-based special-interest magazine publisher, is looking to sell or close eight print titles and lose 100 staff, as it looks to stem a decline in revenues, particularly in the U.S., and continue its…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Jobs & Layoffs, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Future Publishing

Earnings
Tablets Tip Future To First Digital Profit

May 20, 2011 4:27 AM

Future says tablet magazine sales of over £100,000 ($161863.16) per month pushed its digital activities in to their first ever profit during the first half of this year.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, Earnings, Companies, Future Publishing

Industry Moves
Industry Moves: AppNexus, Jumptap; Financial Times, Future US

Mar 28, 2011 12:03 PM

—AppNexus: Nielsen’s audience head Ari Paparo is joining real-time ad platform AppNexus as product SVP. —Jumptap:  Regina Sebring has signed onto the new position of VP of publisher partnerships, reporting to CMO/CRO Todd Anderman. Previously, Sebring was VP/GM at AudienceScience and earlier, she held executive positions at Valueclick, Advertising.com and…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Industry Moves Roundup, Companies, Future Publishing, Pearson, Financial Times

Earnings
Future Says Online Growth Now Off-Setting Print Shrinkage

Feb 9, 2011 5:36 AM

October-to-January digital ad revenue at magazine publisher Future was 25 percent up from the same period a year earlier. Future says that “more than compensated for a 10 percent decline in print advertising revenue, and now represent 32 percent of total advertising revenue”.

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Posted In: Money, Earnings, Companies, Future Publishing

Industry Moves
Future Taps Ex-Yahoo SVP Marcom Jr. To Kick-Start U.S. Unit

Sep 29, 2009 4:43 AM

UK magazine publisher Future is hiring ad sales house AdGent 007’s chief operating officer John Marcom Jr. as president of its U.S. business, in a bid to point its fortunes back in the right direction. The U.S. unit, which makes up 30 percent of group revenue, is expected to swing…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, Future Publishing

World Of Warcraft Magazine Targeting Gold-Rich, Long-Term Subscribers

Aug 20, 2009 4:37 AM

Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) is adding orcs, trolls and blood elves to its list of licensed magazine franchises. The Bath, England-based publisher is partnering with Blizzard Entertainment for World Of Warcraft: The Magazine, a quarterly available in English, French, German, and Spanish. Most interestingly, the 148-page title will be available…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Future Publishing, Vivendi

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