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Future has confirmed that Declan Gough is its new head of content and marketing for films, games and music. As part of the change Edge has been moved back into Future’s games division, having previously been shifted out into ‘creative’. It also continues the merging of content and marketing duties …
Read More »Future reveals new management team
Media company Future has announced its new executive management team. Nial Ferguson has been appointed as content and marketing director, having previously served at Future for six years. Prior to this he was managing director of Future UK. Media veteran Jeff Turner has joined the media firm as commercial director …
Read More »Future hires Richard Haley as CFO
Tesco Extras UK financial director Richard Haley is set to become Future’s new CFO, the games media company has announced. Haley will join the Future team as of October 1st of this year, at which point he will also assume the role of company secretary. Prior to his current position …
Read More »CVG saved but at a cost
Computerandvideogames.com will not close yet but its editorial headcount will be reduced, MCV understands. Staff have been informed that the writing team will be cut to three. There are five full-time staff members writing for CVG UK, with additional resource in the US and Australia. Parent company Future will then …
Read More »The Health of Future’s Business
Future as a publishing empire is crumbling. And after posting a loss of more than 30m for the first half of the year, it is taking drastic action to rescue its business. It is selling its bike, sports and craft titles for 24m, it plans to cut 170 employees from …
Read More »Future plans 170 UK job cuts as it sells bikes and craft magazines
Future has posted a loss for the first half of 2014, and has says it plans to reduce its headcount by 170 in the UK. It follows the news that it has sold its sport and craft titles – including its cycling magazines – to Immediate Media in a 24m. …
Read More »Future UK plans to cut 13 games staff, close five websites and move all magazines to Bath
More of Future’s proposed cuts to its games department are coming to light. The entire games portfolio is set to lose 13 members from its 51-strong team. And the websites of Edge, OXM, ONM and OPM could be closed. This was assumed yesterday when we discovered that CVG faces closure …
Read More »Kotaku UK is live
Future’s UK Kotaku site is now up and running in the UK. The site, the existence of which was revealed by MCV last month, is edited by Keza MacDonald. Also now named on the staff is news editor Leon Hurley, who joins from Official PlayStation Magazine. The launch of Kotaku …
Read More »New venue for Golden Joysticks 2014
The 2014 Golden Joystick Awards will take place at a new venue, MCV can reveal. The event will be held at the London Indig02 on Friday, October 24th, with the aftershow party to take place at the Brooklyn Bowl, also in the O2 arena. Future says the party will include …
Read More »All Future US magazines will be run out of the UK
Future is fast-tracking its plans to move its print operations to the UK. All US print brands, including consumer marketing, production and – significantly – editorial leadership will be centralised in the UK office (there will be some localised contribution from the US). The US arm will now focus solely …
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