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Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American
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specializing in targeted magazines and
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markets. Headquartered in
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; and Washington, D.C. Future US is owned by parent company,
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, a specialist media company based in
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History

The company was established when
Future plc Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photogr ...
acquired struggling Greensboro ( N.C.) video game magazine publisher GP Publications, publisher of '' Game Players'' magazine, in 1994. The company launched a number of titles including '' PC Gamer'', and relocated from North Carolina to the
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, occupying various properties in Burlingame and South San Francisco. When Chris Anderson, the founder of Future plc, sold Future to
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he retained GP, renamed Imagine Media, Inc. in June 1995, and operated it as his sole company for a few years. Buoyed by the Internet economy and the success of '' Business 2.0'' in the US (and subsequently in the UK, France, Italy and Germany), Future rode the boom of the late nineties. During this period the company won the exclusive worldwide rights to produce the official magazine for
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and cemented its position as a leader in the games market. In the spring of 2001, buffeted by economic factors and the market downturn, Future Network USA went through a strategic reset of its business that included the closure of some titles and Internet operations and the sale of ''Business 2.0'' to AOL/Time Warner. On September 19, 2007, Nintendo and ''Future'' announced that ''Future US'' would obtain the publishing rights to
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magazine. This came into effect with the creation of issue #222 (December 2007). On October 1, 2007, it was announced that ''Future US'' would be making '' PlayStation: The Official Magazine'', which ended up replacing ''PSM'' and first hit newsstands in November 2007. With this launch, Future US became the publisher of the official magazines of all three major console manufacturers in the US. ''PlayStation: The Official Magazine'' closed in 2012. In 2012, NewBay Media bought the Music division of Future US. In 2018, Future reacquired majority of the assets previously sold to NewBay by buying NewBay outright for . Future used this acquisition to expand its US footprint, particularly in B2B segment.


Magazines and websites


Current titles

Its magazines and websites include: *''
AnandTech ''AnandTech'' is an online computer hardware magazine owned by Future plc. It was founded in 1997 by then-14-year-old Anand Lal Shimpi, who served as CEO and editor-in-chief until August 30, 2014, with Ryan Smith replacing him as editor-in-chie ...
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Broadcasting & Cable ''Broadcasting & Cable'' (or ''Broadcasting+Cable'') is a weekly telecommunications industry trade magazine published by Future US. Previous names included ''Broadcasting-Telecasting'', ''Broadcasting and Broadcast Advertising'', and ''Broadca ...
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Electronic Musician ''Electronic Musician'' is a monthly magazine published by Future US featuring articles on synthesizers, music production and electronic musicians. History and profile ''Electronic Musician'' began as ''Polyphony'' magazine in 1975, publis ...
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GamesRadar+ ''GamesRadar+'' (formerly ''GamesRadar'') is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews. It is owned by Future plc. In late 2014, Future Publishing-owned sites '' Total Film'', ''SFX'', '' Edge'' and '' Compute ...
'' *'' Guitar Player'' *''
Guitar World ''Guitar World'' is a monthly music magazine for guitarists – and fans of guitar-based music and trends – that has been published since July 1980. ''Guitar World'', the best-selling guitar magazine in the United States, contains original arti ...
'' *'' MusicRadar'' *''Laptop Mag'' *''
Live Science Live Science is a science news website run by Future via Purch, which it purchased from Imaginova in 2009. Stories and editorial commentary are typically syndicated to major news outlets, such as Yahoo!, MSNBC, AOL, and Fox News.{{fact, date=M ...
'' *'' MacLife'' *''
Marie Claire ''Marie Claire'' is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focus on w ...
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Maximum PC ''Maximum PC'', formerly known as ''boot'', is an American magazine and website published by Future US. It focuses on cutting-edge PC hardware, with an emphasis on product reviews, step-by-step tutorials, and in-depth technical briefs. Component ...
'' *'' Multichannel News'' *''
Newsarama Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews, and essays about the American comic book industry. It is owned by Future US. In June 2020, Newsarama was merged with the website GamesRadar+, also owned by FutureUS. History N ...
'' *'' PC Gamer'' *'' TechRadar'' *''Tom's Hardware'' *'' TWICE'' *''US Telecom Daily'' *''5Gradar''


Defunct titles

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CD-ROM Today ''CD-ROM Today'' was an American magazine targeted at computer users. Published from 1993 to 1996 by Imagine Publishing (now Future US), the magazine was initially issued once every other month, before becoming a monthly. Each issue included softwa ...
'' *'' Daily Radar'' *''
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'' *'' Do!'' *'' Future Snowboarding Magazine'' *'' Game Players'' *''
Guitar One The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings ...
'' *'' Guitar World Acoustic'' *'' Guitar World Legends'' *''
Guitar World's Bass Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings ...
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Maximum Linux In mathematical analysis, the maxima and minima (the respective plurals of maximum and minimum) of a function, known collectively as extrema (the plural of extremum), are the largest and smallest value of the function, either within a given ran ...
'' *'' Men's Edge'' *'' Mobile PC (magazine)'' *'' netPOWER'' *'' Next Generation Magazine'' *''
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Official Dreamcast Magazine Dreamcast Magazine may refer to: * ''Dreamcast Magazine'', British magazine published by Paragon Publishing * ''Dreamcast Magazine'' or ''Dorimaga'', names for the Japanese magazine later known as ''Gemaga was a Japanese video game magazine fo ...
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Official Xbox Magazine ''Official Xbox Magazine'' (or OXM for short) was a British monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch of the original Xbox. A preview issue was released at E3 2001, with another preview issue in November 2001. ...
'' *'' PC Accelerator'' *'' PlayStation: The Official Magazine'' *''Pocket Gamer'' (not to be confused with Pocket Gamer by Steel Media) *''Revolution'' *'' Scrapbook Answers'' *''
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'' *'' Snowboard Trade News'' *'' T3'' *''The Net'' *'' Total Movie'' *'' Women's Health & Fitness''


References

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