Publisher's new chief says the Future's not content – it's job cuts and adverts
Zillah Byng-Maddick's message sets out an ad-funded challenge which brings a change of culture for magazinesThe average corporate announcement from a magazine company boss resembles a word cloud into...
View ArticleFuture Publishing to cut more than 200 jobs and sell sport and craft titles
Publisher reports £30.6m pre-tax loss in its first half year as it signs deal to sell off magazines to Immediate Media for £24mFuture is to cut more than 200 jobs and sell off its sport and craft...
View ArticleFuture Publishing cuts more than 400 jobs as part of restructure
Total Film publisher reports £35.4m loss in year to end of September, with digital making up 63% of total ad revenueFuture Publishing has reported a £35m loss, as the embattled publisher revealed it...
View ArticleNME magazine back on the rocks with another fall in sales
Time Inc music title narrowly avoids dropping below the 15,000 circulation mark for the first time in its historyNME, the last of the old-school inkies, suffered another fall in sales, narrowly...
View ArticleFuture Publishing reports first US profit in seven years
T3, Gizmodo and Total Film publisher also reports 50% of its revenues now come from digital and diversified businessesFuture Publishing has reported the first profit at its struggling US business in...
View ArticleFrom Bloomberg to Quartz: five attempts to tackle our attention deficit
We look some of the innovative techniques online publishers are using to hold the attention of their readers for longerIn a world of finite time and apparent infinite choice, how are publishers...
View ArticleFuture to launch Crime Scene magazine
Quarterly title to cover fiction, film and TV dramas such as Sherlock and True DetectiveA magazine dedicated to crime dramas such as Sherlock, True Detective and Fargo is to be launched next...
View ArticlePublisher Future slashes losses and raises £3.3m to invest in digital
Company, which has shed 460 staff over two years in bid to reverse losses of £35m, to split operations into media and magazine divisionsFuture, the publisher of a portfolio of websites and magazines...
View ArticleTotal Film owner Future presses trigger on shooting and music acquisition
Publisher enters the shooting market for the first time, buying Sporting Rifle owner BlazeFuture, the publisher of titles including T3, Total Film and TechRadar, has acquired Blaze, the owner of events...
View ArticleNo need to fret: Metal Hammer magazine saved from closure
Future Publishing buys TeamRock’s classic magazines, websites and events including 30-year-old Metal Hammer for £800,000Thirty-year-old Metal Hammer magazine and stablemates Classic Rock and Prog have...
View ArticleCountry Life publisher Future to buy GoCompare for £594m
Takeover means another huge windfall for comparison website’s Sir Peter WoodThe comparison website GoCompare has agreed to a £594m takeover offer from Future, Britain’s biggest magazines publisher.The...
View ArticleThe green bank went south; let's hope Sunak's new version succeeds
Can the government value the proposed national infrastructure bank – given the last one did make a profit before its sell-off?A new national infrastructure bank, you say, Mr Sunak, to help reach our...
View ArticleFuture to introduce CEO bonus scheme despite shareholder revolt
Almost 40% of investors in UK’s biggest magazine publisher fail to approve controversial planFuture, the UK’s biggest magazine publisher, home to titles from Country Life and Total Guitar, is to...
View ArticleMarie Claire owner reports record profits on back of Covid reading boom
Future’s share price soars as it says full-year results will be ‘materially ahead’ of expectationsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFuture, the owner of magazines from Marie...
View ArticleCountry Life owner buys Dennis Publishing in £300m deal
Future continues buying spree with purchase of 12 titles including The Week and Computer ActiveFuture, the owner of titles including Country Life and Metal Hammer, has acquired the publisher of...
View Article‘Hand on heart, I don’t do this for money’: Zillah Byng-Thorne on success at...
The CEO shares the secret of how she masterminded the magazine publisher’s remarkable turnaroundWhen Zillah Byng-Thorne took over at Future, she remembers spending her first year worrying that she...
View ArticleStaff at magazine publisher Future to share in £10m bonus pot
Shares in owner of Marie Claire, Techradar and GoCompare rise 15% after forecast of higher profitsStaff at Future, the owner of magazines from Marie Claire to Metal Hammer, are to share a £10m bonus...
View ArticleUK magazine firm reverses staff advice to work in office despite Omicron
Exclusive: ‘No pressure’ to obey HR statement saying full-time working from home was not possible, Future Publishing tells workersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFuture, the...
View ArticleCountry Life publisher reeling after shareholder revolt over executive pay
Future’s shares tumble as investors vote down scheme in which CEO could be awarded £40mFuture, the UK’s biggest magazine publisher that is home to titles from Country Life to Metal Hammer, has been...
View ArticleShares in Marie Claire publisher Future plunge as chief announces departure
More than £300m wiped off market value as company says Zillah Byng-Thorne is to step downFuture, one of Europe’s biggest and most successful digital media companies, has seen more than £300m wiped off...
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