Group Publishing Director, Technology Division, Future plc
Nial Ferguson is Group Publishing Director at Future with global responsibility for the company's Technology Division.
The portolio of brands managed by Nial includesTechradar, the UK’s biggest technology website and one of the worlds fastest growing technology media properties;T3, the UK's biggest multi platform tech media brand;MacLife, the world famous Apple title that is has been a huge hit on iPad;Gizmodo UK, the British version of world’s most famous technology blog and many other brands such as.net, Computer Arts, tech., MacFormat and Official Windows magazine.
This portfolio of titles reaches over 25m tech savvy consumers each and every month.
Nial joined Future in 2008, previously he was Head of Marketing for the Men's, Music and Film brands at Emap Consumer Media/Bauer Consumer Media.
Future plc is an international media group and leading digital publisher. It has operations in the UK, US and Australia creating 200+ specialist publications, apps, websites and events. Future holds market-leading positions in Technology, Entertainment, Music, Creative and Sport & Auto. Its most well-know brands include T3, Total Film, Classic Rock and Xbox 360: The Official Magazine. Future reaches more than 50 million unique users monthly through its websites, sells more than 2.4 million magazines every year and is a recognised global leader in tablet publishing, selling over 2 million iPad editions in 2012. 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.
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