verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message imagine publishing type private limited industry magazine publishing founded may 14 2005 ; 11 years ago 2005 05 14 headquarters bournemouth england u.k. area served united kingdom key people damian butt group managing director aaron asadi publishing director marco peroni uk finance director jane hawkins production director james hanbury chairman website imagine publishing imagine publishing is a uk based magazine publisher which publishes a number of video games computing creative and lifestyle magazines . it was founded on 14 may 2005 with private funds by damian butt steven boyd and mark kendrick all were former directors of paragon publishing and launched with a core set of six gaming and creative computing titles . in october 2005 it acquired the only retro games magazine retro gamer after its original publisher live publishing went bankrupt . early in 2006 it further acquired the rights to publish a considerable number of titles including gamestm play powerstation x360 digital photographer and icreate from the old paragon publishing stable of magazines when owner highbury house communications went into liquidation following future publishing s withdrawal of its offer to buy the company due to threats of a monopoly investigation by the united kingdom competition commission . 1 2 3 imagine publishing is a worldwide multimedia content producer and currently when has a portfolio of over 20 regular print magazines 25 websites 30 mobile apps and over 130 bookazines and ebooks published worldwide within the four key markets technology photography knowledge science and videogames . citation needed key titles edit key magazine titles published by imagine publishing include play gamestm retro gamer scifinow digital photographer photography for beginners icreate web designer photoshop creative total 911 linux user and developer 3d artist how it works android magazine all about space all about history world of animals history of war nowgamer gadget real crime references edit imagine acquires 24 highbury titles pdf . imagine publishing . retrieved 2006 07 18 . daniel farey jones january 24 2006 . highbury magazines picked off after company s collapse . media bulletin . haymarket . will harris 2005 04 18 . future takeover derailed by competition commission . inquire . vnu . external links edit imagine publishing official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title imagine publishing & oldid 735780494 categories 2005 establishments in the united kingdomcomputer magazine publishing companiesmagazine publishing companies of the united kingdompublishing companies established in 2005companies based in bournemouthhidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2014all articles needing additional referencesvague or ambiguous time from march 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlandspolski edit links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 01 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view