lse futr industry magazine and internet publishing founded 1985 ; 31 years ago 1985 founder chris anderson headquarters bath somerset uk area served united kingdom united states australia key people peter allen non executive chairman zillah byng maddick chief executive officer subsidiaries future us website http www.futureplc.com future plc is a british media company founded in 1985 . it publishes more than 30 magazines in fields such as video games technology films photography and sport . 1 it is a constituent of the ftse fledgling index . the company also owns the us company future us . contents 1 history 2 organisation 3 references 4 external links history edit future s founder chris anderson in 2007 the company was founded as future publishing in somerton somerset in 1985 by chris anderson with the sole magazine amstrad action . 2 an early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers the first company to do so . 2 anderson sold future to pearson plc for 52.7 m in 1994 but bought it back in 1998 with future chief executive greg ingham and apax venture partners for 142m . 2 in 2001 anderson left future . 3 in 2007 the state of texas filed a lawsuit against future plc for violating the children s online privacy protection act . 4 the lawsuit alleges that the future plc owned website gamesradar failed to include necessary disclosures and obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from children . 5 the owner of the other websites settled in march 2008 6 though the final disposition against future plc is not public record . 7 in november 2009 future reported a fall in profits from 9.5 million to 3.7 million a loss of 61 percent in the fiscal year that ended 30 september 2009 . future attributed this to problems with their us market hit by a fall in the general advertising market . 8 in march 2010 future announced that it was exploring the possibility of reviving its gamesmaster brand on television . the video games show had run from 1992 until 1998 ; the spin off magazine continues to be published . 9 10 the company has been in process of shuttering print media properties in favor of digital media closing many titles and selling off others . in january 2012 future sold its u.s. music media brands including guitar world and revolver to new bay media llc for 3 million . 11 in april 2013 it completed the sale of major components of its uk media music brands for 10.2 million to team rock ltd. 12 in september 2013 future announced it would cut 55 jobs from its uk operation as part of a restructuring to adapt more effectively to the company s rapid transition to a primarily digital business model . 13 the company announced in march 2014 that it will close all of its u.s. based print publications and shift us print support functions such as consumer marketing production and editorial leadership for future s international print brands to the uk . 14 later in 2014 future sold its sport craft and auto titles . 15 in 2016 future bought blaze publishing to diversify into the shooting market 16 and acquired noble house media to increase its interest in telecoms media . 17 future is in the process of buying rival specialist magazine publisher imagine 18 subject to approval by the competition and markets authority . 19 future won the association of online publishers aop consumer digital publisher of the year award for the third year in a row in 2010 . 20 future is the official magazine company of two out of the three major games console manufacturers with official nintendo magazine ceased publishing in october 2014 . 8 organisation edit one of future s offices in bath in march 2014 it was announced that the company s cfo zillah byng maddick would become the company s fourth ceo in nine years on 1 april 2014 after mark wood ceo since 2011 stepped down . 14 peter allen is chairman . 21 references edit young eric 6 march 2006 . south s.f. publisher buys another magazine . san francisco business times . 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videogamer.com . 2010 03 11 . retrieved 2010 10 17 . aiton ewan 1998 02 04 . games master when are you coming back news . play.tm . retrieved 2010 10 17 . http online.hemscottir.com ir futr ir.jsp page news item & item 883747503247192 http hsprod.investis.com ir futr ir.jsp page news item & item 1505942235512870 mark sweney . future publishing to cut 55 jobs . the guardian . a b future us streamlined to focus on digital rns number 3903d future plc 28 march 2014 sweney mark 2014 11 21 . future publishing cuts more than 400 jobs as part of restructure . the guardian . retrieved 2014 12 21 . inpublishing . future acquires blaze publishing s business . retrieved 2016 10 09 . future confirms acquisition of noble house media media mergers . www.mediamergers.co.uk . retrieved 2016 10 09 . andrew parsonage . future plc acquire imagine publishing for 14.2 million . future plc. retrieved 2016 10 09 . specialist magazines merger could face in depth investigation press releases gov.uk . www.gov.uk 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