Future US Promotes New Publishing Directors for Music and Technology Categories
May 10, 2007
South San Francisco, CA (May 10, 2007) – Future US, Inc., the leading publisher of cutting-edge special interest magazines and websites, today announced that Anthony Danzi has been named Publishing Director, Music and Stacey Levy has been named Publishing Director, Technology, according to Director of Marketing Shawn Roberts.
Anthony Danzi will lead the sales team for Guitar World and Revolver, while Stacey Levy will manage Maximum PC and Mac|Life. In their new roles, the Editor In Chief of each publication will report to each respective Group Publisher.
Anthony Danzi was formerly publisher of Maximum PC, PC Gamer and Windows Vista – The Official Magazine. During his three-year tenure at Future US, Danzi also held the position of Associate Publisher and Sales Director on Maximum PC and MacAddict magazines. He has been instrumental in developing and implementing integrated sales opportunities involving print, web, events, podcasts and cover mounted media. Prior to joining Future US, Anthony was a Regional Sales Manager at CNET for Computer Shopper.
As Publisher, Stacey Levy helped plan the re-launch of MacAddict as Mac|Life. The reinvigorated product increased newsstand sales 80% for the first two issues. And improved ad sales by 39%. Levy started her career with Future US in 2001, where her experience in consultative selling and building client relations led to a promotion as Associate Publisher of Mac|Life. Previous to Future US, Stacey was at Ziff Davis for eight years where she managed Pacific Northwest territory for PC Computing and Smart Reseller.
“Since joining Future US, Anthony Danzi and Stacey Levy have made great strides in revitalizing the image and brand of their respective publications,” says Jonathan Simpson-Bint, Future US’s President. “We’re confident that Anthony’s sales experience will expand the reach of our music division. Furthermore, Stacey’s extensive knowledge of the technology sector made her the perfect candidate to maintain our publications’ credibility and reputation as an industry leader.”
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About Future
Future US is a leading publisher of cutting-edge special interest magazines and websites, which sell in excess of 2.1 million and reach more than 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Future’s publications reach a young, active, affluent audience and rank 12th among audited newsstand publishers in gross newsstand revenue. Its market-leading print titles include Official Xbox Magazine, PSM: Independent PlayStation Magazine, PC Gamer, Maximum PC, Mac|Life, Pregnancy, Future Snowboarding Magazine, Guitar World, and Revolver. Future also publishes leading consumer websites GamesRadar (www.gamesradar.com), Futuresnowboarding.com (www.futuresnowboarding.com) and Next Generation (www.next-gen.biz ), the highly-respected US game industry news source. Future is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in New York, Los Angeles and San Diego. (www.futureus.com).
