15/12/11 Future Publishing, the special interest media group, has announced the appointment of Nathan Forbes to the position of North American Sales Director for its market-leading Sports portfolio.
With over ten years’ experience in the bike industry, Nathan joins Future from VeloNews where he held the position of Magazine Advertising Director working across titles such as Triathlete and Inside Triathlon.
A strong addition to Future, Nathan will be leading the North American Sales team with responsibility for sales of Cyclingnews.com, BikeRadar.com and Procycling magazine in the North American market. Nathan begins his new role immediately in time for the busy Christmas period
Reporting to Scott Longstaff, Commercial Director for the Sports portfolio, Nathan is replacing Steve Medcroft whose work over the past ten years has been integral to making Cyclingnews the brand and advertising vehicle it is today.
On his new position, Nathan says: “I am very excited to have the opportunity to join such a talented group of people. The Future media portfolio is second to none and expanding the reach of those products in North America will be my main focus. I am very pleased to have this new challenge while remaining in the industry that I love.”
Scott Longstaff says: “Nathan has great experience, and a great record of building successful relationships in the bike market. He’s innovative and consultative and so a perfect match for us. We’re committed to expanding our business in North America and Nathan is the perfect candidate to help us drive this forward.
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For more information: please contact Amy Bullen on 01225 732269 or amy.bullen@futurenet.com. Nathan can be reached on nforbes@futureus.com.
About Future’s Cycling Portfolio: Future’s depth and reach of content makes us the world’s number one cycling publisher across print, online and on the move. Online, our cycling websites now attract up to 4.8 million global visitors every month. Cyclingnews.com is the world’s biggest news and results service for professional cycling, whilst Bikeradar.com is a comprehensive resource for all cyclists, featuring the largest reviews and product information database in the world.
Our print titles lead the market with PPA award-winning magazine Cycling Plus continuing to grow and Procycling remaining the world’s best road racing title. Off-road, Mountain Biking UK is Britain’s biggest selling mountain bike magazine and What Mountain Bike is the UK’s leading off-road buying title.
About Future: Future plc is an international special-interest media group, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating 200 special-interest publications, apps, websites and events. We hold market-leading positions in games, film, music, technology, cycling, automotive and crafts. Our biggest-selling magazines include T3, Total Film, Classic Rock, Guitar World and Official Xbox Magazine. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, musicradar.com and techradar.com (the UK’s no. 1 consumer technology website). Future sells 2.9 million magazines each month; we attract more than 34 million unique visitors to our websites; and we deliver over 100 digital editions and bespoke apps on tablet. Future exports or syndicates publications to 89 countries, making us the UK’s number one exporter and licensor of magazine content. We have just launched an online image library, Future MediaStore, providing rights managed photographs to licence from across our specialist magazine portfolios; www.futuremediastore.com. Future was named consumer digital publisher of the year at the Association of Online Publishers Awards 2011.
