Editing Future plc (section)

=== 2012–2015 ===
Future published the official magazines for the consoles of all three major games console manufacturers ([[Microsoft]], [[Nintendo]], and [[Sony]]); however ''[[PlayStation: The Official Magazine]]'' ceased publishing in November 2012, and ''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]'' ceased publishing in October 2014.<ref name="Pub cancelation cite 1">{{cite web |url= https://www.engadget.com/2012/11/07/playstation-the-official-magazine-closes/ |title=PlayStation: The Official Magazine being shuttered, will say farewell with holiday issue |last=Santos |first=Alexis |date=7 November 2012 |publisher=[[Engadget]] ([[Joystiq]]) |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130122051959/http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/07/playstation-the-official-magazine-closes/ |archive-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=6 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="gamerlimit1">{{cite web |last=Simberg |first=Nick |url= http://gamerlimit.com/2009/11/another-blow-to-print-journalism-future-publishing-profits-fall-61/ |title=Another blow to print journalism: Future Publishing profits fall 61% |publisher=Gamer Limit |date=28 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100205145953/http://gamerlimit.com/2009/11/another-blow-to-print-journalism-future-publishing-profits-fall-61/ |archive-date=5 February 2010}}</ref>

The chief executive and finance director both resigned at short notice after a profit warning in October 2011. It was noted that a re-structuring would be necessary as the company moved to a digital model.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/oukin-uk-future-idUKTRE79Q1BV20111027 |title=Future CEO and FD resign, names replacements |date=27 October 2011 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=23 March 2023 |archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230323005553/https://www.reuters.com/article/oukin-uk-future-idUKTRE79Q1BV20111027 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Future announced it would cut 55 jobs from its UK operation as part of a restructuring to adapt "more effectively to the company's rapid transition to a primarily digital business model."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/sep/03/future-publishing-cut-55-jobs |title=Future Publishing to cut 55 jobs |last=Sweney |first=Mark |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 September 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20181209075717/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/sep/03/future-publishing-cut-55-jobs |archive-date=9 December 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref>  The company announced in March 2014 that it would close all of its U.S.-based print publications and shift U.S. print support functions such as consumer marketing, production and editorial leadership for Future's international print brands to the UK.<ref name="hsprod.investis.com">[http://hsprod.investis.com/ir/futr/ir.jsp?page=news-item&item=1725689942245376 Future US streamlined to focus on digital] {{Webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213648/http://hsprod.investis.com/ir/futr/ir.jsp?page=news-item&item=1725689942245376 |date=8 April 2014}}, RNS Number : 3903D, Future PLC, 28 March 2014</ref> Later in 2014, Future sold its sport and craft titles to [[Immediate Media]], and its auto titles to Kelsey Media.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/21/future-publishing-cuts-400-jobs |title=Future Publishing cuts more than 400 jobs as part of restructure |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=21 November 2014 |work=The Guardian |archive-url= https://archive.today/20181209075507/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/21/future-publishing-cuts-400-jobs |archive-date=9 December 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref>

In April 2014, [[Zillah Byng-Thorne]] (then finance director) was appointed chief executive to replace Mark Wood, who had been in the position since 2011.<ref name="hsprod.investis.com" />