Future
Magazines & Video Games | Publisher
Future plc is a British media company based in Bath, Somerset, England. It publishes more than 50 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photography, home, and knowledge.t is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The company was founded as Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset, England, in 1985 by Chris Anderson with the sole magazine Amstrad Action. An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers; they were the first company to do so. It acquired GP Publications so establishing Future US in 1994. From 1995 to 1997, the company published Arcane, a magazine which largely focused on tabletop games. The published the Commodore Magazine, which distributed video games during the 90s.
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MoreFuture plc is a British media company based in Bath, Somerset, England. It publishes more than 50 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photography, home, and knowledge.t is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The company was founded as Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset, England, in 1985 by Chris Anderson with the sole magazine Amstrad Action. An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers; they were the first company to do so. It acquired GP Publications so establishing Future US in 1994. From 1995 to 1997, the company published Arcane, a magazine which largely focused on tabletop games. The published the Commodore Magazine, which distributed video games during the 90s.
Anderson sold Future to Pearson plc for £52.7m in 1994, but bought it back in 1998, with Future chief executive Greg Ingham and Apax Venture Partners, for £142m. The company was the subject of an initial public offering in 1999. Anderson left Future in 2001.
Subject ID: 49664
Subject ID: 49664
