Our Music & Movies portfolio comprises:
Music-Making & Listening
Future is the biggest guitar publisher in the world and the biggest music-making publisher in both the US and the UK.
Guitar World maintains its position as the world’s biggest guitar magazine and in 2010 launched its first paid-for, fully interactive app: Guitar World Lick of the Day. Guitar Aficionado, the lifestyle magazine for guitarists, was runner-up for ‘Best Cover of the Year’ by the American Society of Magazine Editors.
Rhythm celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010 and maintained its position as the UK’s number one drumming magazine. Computer Music’s first iPhone app reached downloads of over 60,000.
Musicradar.com, our flagship music-making website, now attracts five million page views a month, providing news, reviews, tutorials and a community for music-makers. MusicRadar launched new bass and acoustic channels in 2010, along with StoreFinder, a bespoke web app that enables browsers to find their local music retailer.
Future’s music-listening brands Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Revolver are going from strength to strength. Classic Rock recorded its ninth consecutive circulation increase in the last full year ABCs and launched a series of successful spin-offs including a Classic Rock Presents: Slash fanpack and Classic Rock Presents: AOR. Classic Rock Prog magazine now runs as a popular bi-monthly title. Classic Rock honoured Rush as 2010’s “Living Legend” at its Classic Rock Awards.
Metal Hammer and Revolver ran successful Golden Gods shows in the UK and US respectively. Metal Hammer magazine was recognised for its outstanding design winning best entertainment cover at the PPA Maggies Awards, beating Empire, Heat and Hello. Both brands have launched mobile apps, and Metal Hammer has more than 100,000 Facebook followers.
- Classic Rock
- Classic Rock Prog
- Computer Music
- Future Music
- Guitar Aficionado (US)
- Guitar Legends (US)
- Guitar Techniques
- Guitar World (US)
- Guitarist
- Guitarist (Australia)
- Metal Hammer
- Revolver (US)
- Rhythm
- Total Guitar
- Classic Rock Roll of Honour
- Metal Hammer Golden Gods
- Classic Rock Tours
- High Voltage Festival
- Hammerfest
- Metal Hammer Live Tours
- Revolver: 2010 Rockstar Energy
- Mayhem Festival (US)
- Golden Gods Awards (US)
Film
Future is the UK’s leading film publisher with the broadest portfolio in print, digital and events. We produce around four million magazines and generate more than seven million page views on our websites every month.
Total Film is the flagship brand in a portfolio that includes Odeon magazine and SFX. We have a unique position in the market, delivering cross-platform campaigns to influential film fans throughout the full product lifecycle of a film: from early buzz through to DVD release.
Totalfilm.com has seen an uplift in traffic to over six million page views a month, with average time spent on the site now reaching eight minutes; the highest in the film sector. The Total Film iPhone app brings the latest news, reviews and trailer videos direct to film fans, as well as location-based cinema listings, show times and directions.
Total Film’s Screening Club enabled over 20,000 film fans to preview the latest movie releases in 2010.
SFX, the world’s number one sci-fi and fantasy publishing brand, continues to increase sector share and broaden its reach. 2010 saw the first ever SFX Weekender event with more than 2,500 sci-fi fans in attendance. SFX.co.uk was redesigned and relaunched during the year, while the magazine featured its first 3D cover to celebrate the 11th Doctor Who and its own 200th issue. During the year SFX launched its new spin-off title, Comic Heroes.
- Comic Heroes
- Odeon magazine
- SFX
- Total Film
