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Appointment of Jon Steinberg as CEO
Appointment of Jon Steinberg as CEO.
About this update from Future Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n 22 February 2023\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF\n \n \n \n \n ARTICLE 7 OF THE UK VERSION OF REGULATION (EU) NO. 596/2014 ON MARKET\n \n \n \n \n ABUSE (\"UK MAR\"), AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Future plc\n \n \n \n \n Appointment of Jon Steinberg as Chief Executive Officer\n \n \n \n The Board of Future plc (\"Future\" or \"the Group\"), the global platform for specialist media, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Steinberg as Chief Executive Officer following a thorough search process.\n \n \n Jon, who will be joining the company on 3 April 2023, will succeed Zillah Byng-Thorne, who announced her intention to stand down last September. Zillah will step down from her current role effective 31 March 2023 and thereafter will remain available to support Jon over a two-month transition period to ensure a smooth handover of responsibilities.\n \n \n Jon is an experienced media executive, with a strong track record of innovation, scaling media groups and creating value. Most recently, Jon was the President of Altice USA's News & Advertising Division, which encompasses News 12, i24NEWS, Cheddar News, and Altice USA's a4 Advertising unit. Jon joined Altice through the sale of Cheddar News, a digital-first innovative news company, which he founded in 2016.\n \n \n Prior to Cheddar, he was the Chief Executive Officer of DailyMail.com North America, having joined from BuzzFeed where he was President & Chief Operating Officer. Jon's early career included working at Google, where he was a Strategic Partner Development Manager, as well as the consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton.\n \n \n Jon is currently a Senior Advisor to The Raine Group, where he advises media portfolio companies on strategy and go-to-market execution, a role which he will step down from before he joins the Group. He is also a non-executive director of The City, a New York City non-profit focused on the coverage of local government.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Richard Huntingford, Chair, said:\n \n \"I am delighted to announce the appointment of Jon following a comprehensive search process. Jon has highly valuable expertise and has developed a fantas...