Eurogamer appoints Greg Ingham as Chairman

Eurogamer Network today announces that it has appointed Greg Ingham to the role of Chairman.

22/05/07 — Brighton, England, May 22, 2007: Leading independent videogame website publisher Eurogamer Network today announces that it has appointed erstwhile Future CEO Greg Ingham to the newly created role of Chairman.

The move comes after Ingham has spent six months as Strategic Adviser to the fast–growing company. And it follows a busy period for Eurogamer which has seen it successfully launch its social networking site, Eurogamers, as well as launch Joint Ventures in France and Germany. The company has also just taken on its first employee in the US.

Commenting on the appointment, Eurogamer’s founder and Managing Director Rupert Loman said:

“We have ambitious long–term plans for Eurogamer. We’re in a strong position with both our consumer and trade websites and Greg’s experience will be really helpful to aid our growth.“

Ingham added:

“I’ve been impressed for a long time with Eurogamer. Having had a thorough look–see at the company as an adviser in the past few months, I’m yet more impressed. I’m convinced that it has a compelling growth story.

“It’s a clever business that has remained true to its editorial roots – and that is what has underpinned its increasing international success. High quality, cut–through editorial backed by increasing, market–leading scale is an attractive proposition.”

Eurogamer.net has an ABCE audited audience of 1,317,522 monthly unique users.

About Eurogamer Network:

Founded in 1999 by brothers Rupert and Nick Loman, Brighton–based Eurogamer is the publisher of the UK’s most popular independent videogame website, Eurogamer.net. The site had an ABCE audited audience of 1,317,522 unique users during November 2006 and remains the only videogame website with independently audited traffic figures. The company also publishes a video site for gamers, Eurogamer TV, and a social network for gamers, Eurogamers.

The company also operates the first truly European network of videogame websites, including a German edition, Eurogamer.de. The company is gearing up to launch Eurogamer.fr in the coming weeks.

Eurogamer is also the publisher of the world's market–leading industry resource, GamesIndustry.biz and a site for the mobile games industry, MobileIndustry.biz. See www.eurogamer.biz for more details.

About Greg Ingham:

Greg Ingham began as a journalist in the early 80s. He launched trade paper CTW as Editor and then moved to Future as Publisher in 1988. Ingham spearheaded Future’s growth to clear market leadership in games magazines. He became Future’s MD in 1993 and led its MBO in 1998 as CEO. Future floated in June 1999. The company had grown from 30–odd people and £2m sales when he joined, to 1,600 and £225m by the time he left in June 2006. In addition to chairing Eurogamer, Ingham is chair of the DTI Games Forum, a Trustee of the games industry charity ESC, chair of the Theatre Royal Bath, a non–exec of Bright Things plc, and is chief executive of MediaClash – a diverse Bath–based media business active in city magazines, customer publishing, digital communications and business consultancy.

Contacts:

Rupert Loman: 01273 382 521 rupert@eurogamer.net

Greg Ingham: 01225 475 858 greg@eurogamer.net


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