Imagine Media Games Group Names Simon Whitcombe as Publisher Director; Whitcombe Makes Move from Competitor IGN, Snowball.com's Video Gaming Group.Business Editors & Computer Technology Writers BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000 Imagine Media, Inc., America's fastest growing publisher of magazines and web sites, has drawn video and PC game veteran Simon Whitcombe back to head its strong market-leading gaming titles as Publishing Director. Whitcombe will oversee Games Business, Next Generation Magazine, Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine, PC Gamer, PSM PSM PlayStation Magazine PSM Process Safety Management (chemical industry) PSM Porsche Stability Management PSM Platform-Specific Model(s) PSM Platform Support Module PSM Professional Science Master's : 100% Independent Magazine and Total Games. Jonathan Simpson-Bint, president, Imagine Media Entertainment Division, said, "Simon first joined Imagine in 1994 and was a vital part of the early success of our PC and video games sales group before taking the helm at IGN IGN Ignored (Status) IGN Institut Geographique National IGN Ignition IGN Instituto Geografico Nacional (Spain) IGN Imagine Games Network IGN In-Game Name (gaming) .com as publisher in 1997. For the last three years Simon has lead IGN.com to many successes. He's now returning to us with a brief to oversee all sales and marketing activities for our video and PC games group." "It feels good to be back and I look forward to using my new found knowledge, experiences and understanding of the fiercely competitive spirit our publishing industry thrives on," said Simon Whitcombe. "I'll do all I can to ensure our games division continues to grow progressively in conjunction with the exploding video and PC game market while maintaining the solid journalism and devoted readership Imagine already has in place." About Imagine Media, Inc. Imagine Media (www.imaginemedia.com) is America's fastest-growing publisher of magazines and web sites. Its success is based on the "passion" strategy: creating products that excite tech-savvy consumers. It recently merged into The Future Network plc (London: FNET FNET Finish No Earlier Than (project management) ), www.futurenet.com, the media company founded by Imagine's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Chris Anderson in 1985. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , Imagine Media's publications sell in excess of 1.5 million copies per month. Its market-leading titles include: Business 2.0, Games Business, MacAddict, Maximum Linux, Maximum PC, Next Generation, Official Dreamcast Magazine Official Dreamcast Magazine may refer to:
About The Future Network Plc Future was founded in the UK in 1985. Today it publishes over 125 magazines worldwide and has extensive online activities attracting the attention of 4.6 million unique visitors and generating over 58 million page views per month. It is the world's fastest growing major publisher; the leading publisher of video games and home computing magazines in the UK, France, Italy, Poland and the US; and ranks as the fourth largest magazine publisher in the UK. Future employs over 1,500 people in offices in Bath, London, San Francisco, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Paris, Milan, Munich, Rotterdam and Wroclaw. Future was floated on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. in June 1999 and has a current market capitalization Market Capitalization A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. It's calculated by multiplying the number of shares times the current market price. This term is often referred to as market cap. of over (pound)1 billion. Future's Internet activities serve the PC, Mac, Games, Music and Football communities in the US and the UK with fast-growing sites like maximumpc.com, maximumpc.co.uk, dailyradar.com, intermusic.com, and ufn.co.uk. Future's Web sites and Web networks provide rich, community and information-based services to people in these and related markets worldwide. |
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