02/10/12 Future, the international specialist media group and leading digital publisher, today launches TechRadar in Australia. Covering all the very latest in technology information, the site will deliver localised content, including in-depth reviews, news, features and opinion pieces. The new site follows April’s launch of TechRadar US, defining TechRadar as a truly international brand.
Nick Broughall will lead the Australian editorial team of TechRadar, which will be based out of the Future Australia headquarters in North Sydney. Nick brings extensive experience in the technology sector having spent over three years as editor of Gizmodo Australia.
As the UK’s most popular consumer technology website, TechRadar attracts more than four million monthly UK unique users. The US version of TechRadar was launched in April this year and has already doubled traffic from the US, now delivering over five million monthly unique users. Globally, TechRadar is viewed by more than 17 million unique users every month.*
Nick Merritt, Publisher of TechRadar, says: “Building upon the proven success of TechRadar in the UK and US, we are extremely excited to introduce the site to an Australian audience. Working hand in hand with both the UK and US teams, the new site will help us do far more to meet the needs of Australian tech buyers and commercial partners. TechRadar is rapidly becoming a truly international media brand and there’s far more to come.”
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*comScore Digital Analytix Web Analytics, September 2012
For more information please contact:
Ben Bolton, Senior Communications Executive for Future on 020 7042 4034 or 07940 530424 or ben.bolton@futurenet.com
About TechRadar:
TechRadar is the UK’s biggest technology website, providing over 4 million UK readers with the biggest and best technology reviews. The award-winning site has become the go-to destination for opinions, exclusives and authoritative reviews of everything from mobile phones and tablets to the latest cameras and televisions. Read by more than 17 million people globally, it also boasts a US editorial team based out of San Francisco.
About Future:
Future plc is an international media group and leading digital publisher, 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 products include T3, Total Film, Classic Rock and Official Xbox Magazine. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, musicradar.com and techradar.com (the UK’s number one consumer technology website). Future sells 2.2 million magazines each month; we attract more than 45 million monthly 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. Future was named Consumer Digital Publisher of the Year for the second year running at the Association of Online Publishers Awards 2012 and PPA Digital Consumer Publisher of the Year 2012.