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Future US (formerly Imagine Media) is a United States media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, action sports, music, and technology markets. Future US is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in New York City, New York; Los Angeles and San Diego, California. Future US is owned by parent company, Future Publishing plc, an international publishing company based in the United Kingdom with offices in Italy, France and the US. Look up company in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Targeting is to make a thing or group of things a Target, to select it or them to be acted upon. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universe phenomenon. ... Extreme sports (now also known as action sports) is a general, somewhat hazily-defined term for a collection of newer sports involving adrenaline-inducing action. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content. ... USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Nickname: Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates: Country United States State California County San Diego Founded July 16, 1769 Incorporated March 27, 1850 Government  - Mayor Jerry Sanders  - City Attorney Michael Aguirre  - City Council Scott Peters Kevin Faulconer Toni Atkins Tony Young Brian Maienschein Donna Frye Jim Madaffer... Future Publishing (FTSE:FUTR) is a magazine publishing company based in Bath, UK. Future Publishing employs more than 1,500 people worldwide, and is one of the largest publishing houses in the UK. It is responsible for publishing over 150 magazines, in the UK, US, France and Italy. ... This article is concerned with the production of books, magazines, and other literary material (whether in printed or electronic formats). ...


Its magazines include:

Future also publishes Cheat Planet, the largest cheat code database on the World Wide Web, as well as Next Generation, a US game-industry news website. In January, 2006, Future launched GamesRadar, a video and computer games site, in the United States and the UK. Official Xbox Magazine is a monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch time of the Xbox. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled PC Gamer US and PC Gamer UK. (Discuss) PC Gamer US April 2005 cover covering Call of Duty 2 PC Gamer is a computer games magazine, founded in 1993. ... Maximum PC, formerly known as boot, is an American magazine published by FutureNet, focused on modern day PC hardware. ... Mac|Life is a U.S. magazine focusing on the Apple Macintosh personal computer and related products, including the iPod. ... A pregnant woman near the end of her term Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. ... Two issues of Guitar World featuring Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix on the covers, and the accompanying CDs (May 2005, October 2005) Guitar World is a musical magazine. ... This is a hard rock magazine that comes out every month. ... Cheat codes are codes that can be entered into a video game to change the games behavior. ... In computing , a database can be defined as a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so that a program can consult it to answer queries. ... WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web (or the Web) is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents that runs over the Internet. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...


History

Founded in 1985 in the UK by Chris Anderson (not to be confused with the Chris Anderson, Wired's Editor-In-Chief and author of the The Long Tail) Future Publishing was the fastest growing UK publisher of the nineties. From a start in computer and video games magazines, Future successfully diversified into sports, entertainment, computing and general interest magazines eventually becoming the UK's fourth largest publisher. Chris Anderson speaking at Boalt Hall. ...


Anderson left Future in 1993 to start Imagine Media in San Francisco and found equal success in the U.S. In June, 1999, Future and Imagine merged to form the Future Network PLC, a company floated on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR). Future PLC also has subsidiaries in France and Italy as well as many licensees worldwide. The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ...


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 a magazine for Microsoft's Xbox video game console and cemented its position as a leader in the games market. Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... |logo = |image = |manufacturer = Microsoft |type = Video game console |generation = Sixth generation era |lifespan = NA November 15, 2001, February 22, 2002 / March 14, 2002 |CPU = 733 MHz Intel Pentium III |GPU= 233 MHz NVIDIA NV2A |media = DVD, CD |onlineservice = Xbox Live |storage= 8-10GB Internal HDD, memory card |unitssold = 24 million... Four different video game consoles from different generations. ...


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. Time Warner Inc. ...


By early fall 2002, Imagine Media had refocused on its core business, publishing five games and technology magazines: Official Xbox Magazine, PC Gamer, PSM - 100% Independent PlayStation 2 magazine, Maximum PC and MacAddict. It was then that Imagine became Future Network USA, adopting the name of its parent company, Future plc.


Future used this strong portfolio and its strength in creating media for young men as a platform for growth into the action sports and music markets. In December, 2005, after three years of organic growth and strategic acquisition, Future Network USA became Future US, to reflect its diversification into markets beyond games and technology.


In 2005, Future US made its first venture into the women’s market with the launch of Scrapbook Answers and with the addition of Women’s Health & Fitness, Pregnancy, and Decorating Spaces, to its portfolio of titles with the Future plc acquisition of Highbury House plc.


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