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The UK games trade is concerned over the latest round of redundanciesat beleaguered retail giant HMV. The firm has cut down the group of ten games buyers and merchandisers down to just two. Amongst the redundancies were head of technology and games Ewan Pinder and games category manager Andy Pinder. …
Read More »Future’s consumer reach hits record high
The latest ABC numbers from Future Entertainment show that the publishing company now reaches a higher global audience than ever before. As a whole the company’s publications now reach 20.2m people, a 29 per cent year-on-year increase. The figure includes duplicates, however, gathering together ABCs, unique users, digital subscribers, social …
Read More »Further digital growth at Future as UK leads the way
Future PLC has announced digital revenue growth of 24 per cent for its most recent financial quarter. Overall group revenues were down three per cent, although the UK outperformed this with revenues falling just one per cent. Furthermore, Future’s US operations remain on track for profitability in 2013, despite further …
Read More »Lee Nutter becomes Future’s group publisher for entertainment
Future has promoted Lee Nutter to the position of group publisher for the entertainment group. He moves having most recently served on Total Film and Official Nintendo Magazine. Nutter has been at Future since 2003 where he joined as editor of PSW. This well deserved promotion reflects the work Lee …
Read More »New editor for Edge Online
Former MCV editor Neil Long has been named as the new editor of Edge Online. Long joined Future in 2008 and has since served as editor-in-chief of Future’s Nintendo Group and games special projects editor. Also moving is Nathan Brown who becomes games editor across the whole Edge brand. Brown …
Read More »Future reports annual profit climb
Publisher and media group Future has reported normalised operating profit of 6.9m for the year ending September 30th. That’s a 68 per cent year-on-year increase. Group revenues were down three per cent, although Future attributes that to the restructure of tis US business. Net debt comes in at a lower …
Read More »Future announces plans to close PSM3 and Xbox World
UK magazines PSM3 and Xbox World are to be closed by publisher Future. The final issues of both mags, which are renowned for sharing content between them, will go on sale in Wednesday December 12th. "After careful consideration, Future has made the decision to close Xbox World and PSM3 magazines …
Read More »Clair Porteous named head of Entertainment at Future
Future Publishing has named Clair Porteous as head of its Entertainment group. She replaces Simon Maxwell, who left to join Eurogamer in August. Porteous has been holding down the role on a interim basis since his departure. She will now take control of Future’s entire games and film portfolio. Prior …
Read More »Eurogamer bans booth babes from future Expos
The MD of Eurogamer has stated that booth babes will be banned from future Eurogamer Expo events. The issue was thrust into the spotlight over the weekend when concerns were raised over the presence of Virgin Gaming booth babes at last week’s well received Eurogamer Expo. Each had a QR …
Read More »Future’s digital magazine sales pass £5m in 11 months
Publishing giant Future is seemingly making good on its plans to successfully transition into the new digital world. The company reports that it has sold over 5m worth of digital magazines for Apple devices in the last 11 months, or since the launch of Apple Newsstand. T3 is the current …
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