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Future

September 2019

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Future has acquired Washington-based SmartBrief, a publisher of business information, combining technology and editorial expertise to deliver relevant industry news curated from 1,500 sources. SmartBrief operates in partnership with trade associations, professional societies, charities and corporations across several verticals including business, education, finance, health care, advertising, retail and food & travel. The acquisition adds automated email marketing technology to Future’s already strong proprietary stack. It also triples the size of the B2B subscriber database with an extra 5.8m from SmartBrief.Future is paying US$45m upfront (US$32.2m cash plus 1.03m new shares) plus a further US$20m based on future p ...

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Future - Buys Dennis for £300m (September 2021)

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Future - Goes over £20 - gain 512% (November 2020)

Future - Hits ball out of the park once again (October 2020)

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Future - Unprecedented traffic across its sites (April 2020)

Future - Forecasts upgraded again (March 2020)

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Future - TI Media acquisition adds 90% to sales (November 2019)

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Future - Shares surge over Â£11 (June 2019)

Future - Profits to be 'significantly ahead' (March 2019)

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Future - Fifth acquisition - in the US and its largest ever - 10% eps upgrade for next year (August 2018)

Future - Meeting notes (July 2018)

Future - Shares go into orbit as Media overtakes Magazines to become biggest arm (June 2018)

Future - Second acquisition in as many months (May 2018)

Future - Acquires 5 titles and enters sports vertical (April 2018)

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Future - Fast growing Media drives upgrades (December 2017)

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