Nextmedia was founded in 2007 by acquiring the publishing assets of four companies: • Horwitz Publications (founded 1960) • Next Publishing (founded 1987) • Chevron Publishing Group (founded 1988) • Bluewater Publishing (founded 2006) In 2013, Nextmedia itself was acquired by the
Forum Media Group. In 2018, consumer computing and tech assets (including
Atomic,
Hyper,
PC PowerPlay, and
PC Tech & Authority) were sold to
Future plc. Future subsequently acquired more consumer titles of Nextmedia including
Australian Camera,
Australian Guitar,
Australian Hi-Fi,
ProPhoto, and
Sound+Image. ==Magazines==