Imagine Publishing
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| Imagine Publishing Ltd | |
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| Type | Ltd |
| Founded | Damian Butt, Mark Kendrick, Steve Boyd in 2005 |
| Headquarters | Bournemouth, England, UK |
| Key people | Damian Butt (Managing Director) Mark Kendrick (Creative Director) Steven Boyd (Finance Director) Jane Hawkins (Production Director) |
| Industry | Magazine publishing |
Imagine Publishing is a UK-based Magazine Publisher, which publishes a number of videogames, computing, creative and lifestyle magazines. It was created on 14 May 2005, and quickly established itself with a core set of six gaming and creative computing titles. In November 2005 it acquired the only retro games magazine Retro Gamer, after its publisher, Live Publishing went bankrupt. Early 2006, it further acquired the rights to publish a considerable number of titles including GamesTM, Play, PowerStation, X360, Digital Photographer and iCreate, from the old Paragon Publishing stable of magazines when owner Highbury House Communications went into liquidation, following Future Publishing's withdrawal of its offer to buy the company, due to threats of a monopoly-investigation by the British Competition commission.[1] [2] [3]
[edit] Key titles
Key magazine titles published by Imagine Publishing include:
- Play
- PowerStation
- Pokémon World
- GamesTM
- X360
- 360
- N-Revolution
- Retro Gamer
- SciFiNow
- Digital Photographer
- Digital Camera Buyer
- iCreate
- Web Designer
- PDA Essentials
- Computing Made Easy
- Total PC Gaming
- Photoshop Creative
- Advanced Photoshop
- Official Corel Painter Magazine
- HD Review
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Imagine acquires 24 Highbury titles (PDF). Imagine Publishing.
- ^ Daniel Farey-Jones. "Highbury magazines picked off after company's collapse", Media Bulletin, Haymarket, January 24, 2006.
- ^ Will Harris. "Future takeover derailed by Competition Commission", Inquire, VNU, April 18, 2005.
