Brown now at the top of Xbox Magazine

New editor for UK's fastest riser¹Brown takes helm on Official Xbox Magazine

02/10/03 - FXM International Ltd, a subsidiary of The Future Network plc, is pleased to announce the promotion of Stephen Brown to editor of its market-leading Official Xbox Magazine.

Brown has been promoted from deputy editor after successfully heading up the magazine for two issues as acting editor.

Prior to joining the Official Xbox Magazine, Brown held a number of roles on various specialist games magazines including a considerable stint as associate editor of top-seller, PC Gamer magazine.

In his new role as editor of the UK's fastest growing monthly consumer magazine1, Brown reports directly to publisher, James Ashton-Tyler. Commenting on Brown's promotion, Ashton-Tyler, says:

"As a long-time key member of the PC Gamer team, Stephen has great experience working on market-leading games magazines.

"Stephen's skills will ensure that Official Xbox Magazine builds on the record circulation growth shown over the past year, that it continues to evolve and improve its editorial offering and that Official Xbox Magazine remains at the centre of what looks set to be the fastest-growing console market in 2004."

Stephen takes over from Max Everingham, who left Official Xbox Magazine to join videogames developer and publisher, Codemasters.

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¹In a year-on-year comparison ABC Jan-Jun 02 / ABC Jan-Jun 03, Official Xbox Magazine increased its circulation by 108.8%, making it the UK's fastest growing monthly consumer magazine.

About FXM International Limited
FXM International Limited is a sister company to Future Publishing Limited and a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Future Network plc. Based in London, FXM publishes the Official UK Xbox Magazine, Xbox Gamer and, under a contract publishing agreement with Computec Media AG, Das Offizielle Xbox Magazin in Germany. FXM also manages all non-US editions of The Official Xbox Magazine including licensing and brand management. The Official Xbox Magazine is currently published in the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Australia with further editions planned for launch in 2003. CSL Media Limited, the Bristol-based digital production company is also owned by FXM International Limited.

About The Future Network plc
The Future Network plc was founded in the UK in 1985. Today, The Future Network publishes over 90 specialist consumer magazines worldwide, is the world's leading publisher of video games magazines and is the fifth largest magazine publisher in the UK. Future employs around 1,000 people in offices in the UK, US, Italy and France. Over 80 international editions of Future's magazines are also published in 28 other countries across the world. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FNET).