Pro Sound News

What Pro Sound News does

Pro Sound News is a specialist media brand covering developments in the live sound industry, operating as a sub-brand within Future plc's portfolio of 200+ multiplatform media brands. Headquartered in New York with 1-10 employees, the brand serves audio engineers, live sound professionals, and Pro AV industry participants through digital publishing on the prosoundnetwork.com platform. It sits within Future plc's broader content ecosystem that spans technology, gaming, fashion, lifestyle, sports, finance, and B2B verticals, reaching 1 in 3 adults globally each month through specialist websites, magazines, events, newsletters, and social spaces.

Pro Sound News operates on Future plc's shared technology infrastructure, which includes the Hawk proprietary eCommerce platform (launched 2013) for purchase decision support, the Aperture Audience Data Platform (launched 2022) for cross-portfolio audience targeting, and the newly introduced Helix Audience Intelligence Engine (announced March 2026) for precision audience segmentation. The Collab platform (launched September 2025) connects digital creators with the parent company's trusted media brands, signaling expansion into creator economy infrastructure. These platforms collectively enable the through-the-funnel advertising solutions, B2B newsletters (SmartBrief), event monetization, and licensing arrangements that fund the parent group's operations.

Pro Sound News's business model is advertising-driven, monetizing vertical-specific audience attention through display and sponsored content targeting live sound buyers, with potential event sponsorship tied to Future plc's events business. As a small specialist brand within a larger diversified media group, Pro Sound News benefits from cross-portfolio scale and shared technology but is structurally limited by its narrow advertiser base in the live sound vertical. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and no specific revenue, headcount, or advertiser concentration data is available for the brand itself.

Name

Pro Sound News

Legal name

Future plc

Website

https://prosoundnetwork.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pro Sound News is a specialist media brand covering live sound industry developments, operating as a sub-brand within Future plc's portfolio of 200+ multiplatform media brands, serving audio professionals and Pro AV advertisers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Media

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Audio Publishing & Private Podcast Platforms (MPAIADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Audio Production & Podcasting (BPAFAIAE), Pro Audio Equipment (Mics, Interfaces, Mixers, Studio Monitors) (MPAIAJAB)

Keywords

• Live sound news
• Pro audio media
• Audio industry coverage
• Sound engineering news
• Professional audio publications

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising: Through-the-funnel advertising solutions connecting advertisers to passionate, highly engaged audiences across all brands and platforms.
2. Events: Live events including the Future Entertainment Show and other industry events that attract engaged audiences.
3. Licensing: Licensing of brands and content to create additional revenue streams and extend brand reach.
4. Price Comparison Technology: Price comparison services including Go.Compare and Mozo, generating revenue through affiliate and referral arrangements.
5. B2B Solutions: B2B solutions including SmartBrief industry newsletters providing need-to-know news and analysis for business leaders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Pro Sound News is a specialist trade media brand covering the latest developments in Live Sound, publishing news, reviews, and industry analysis targeted at professional audio and live sound practitioners. The brand operates prosoundnetwork.com as its primary digital platform and is part of Future plc's portfolio of more than 200 multiplatform media brands distributed across websites, newsletters, events, and social spaces.

Product overview

Future plc is a multiplatform media company operating over 200 brands across technology, gaming, fashion, lifestyle, sports, finance, and B2B sectors. The company offers a portfolio of digital media brands, proprietary technology platforms including Hawk (eCommerce), Aperture (Audience Data Platform), and Helix (Audience Intelligence Engine), and creator partnership platform Collab. The core offering consists of specialist media brands delivering content through websites, magazines, events, newsletters, and social spaces, supported by advertising solutions and audience intelligence capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TechRadar: The latest technology news and reviews, covering computing, entertainment, gadgets and more.
• GamesRadar+
• PC Gamer
• Guitar World
• Marie Claire
• The Week
• Wallpaper*
• Who What Wear
• Kiplinger
• Go.Compare
• Country Life
• Homes and Gardens
• SmartBrief
• Cycli ng News
• Tom's Guide
• Helix
• Aperture
• Hawk
• Woman & Home
• Space.com

Products and services

• Pro Sound News

Quantifiable outcome

• Reaches 1 in 3 adults each month
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Digital CreatorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaunched 'Collab' in September 2025, a platform forging new partnerships between digital creators and trusted media brands. Enables creators to collaborate with Future's portfolio of 200+ brands including TechRadar, PC Gamer, GamesRadar, and Marie Claire.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Systems Contractor News: Systems Contractor News (within AVNetwork/Future plc's portfolio) addresses AV system integrators, an audience that overlaps significantly with Pro Sound News' pro-audio systems readership.
• AVNetwork (Future plc): AVNetwork is a sister brand within Future plc covering commercial AV integration, including live sound and installed audio — same parent company but broader commercial AV scope rather than live-sound specialization.

Direct peers

• Mix Magazine: Mix Magazine covers recording, live sound, and music production, serving audio professionals across studio and live segments with overlapping coverage of live sound technology and workflows.
• ProSoundWeb: ProSoundWeb and its sister title Live Sound International are the most direct competitors to Pro Sound News, covering live sound, system integration, and touring audio for the same B2B professional audience.
• Sound on Sound: Sound on Sound is a long-running pro-audio trade publication covering recording, mixing, and live sound technology, addressing the same professional audio engineer demographic as Pro Sound News.
• Lighting & Sound America: Lighting & Sound America covers live event production including sound, lighting, and staging for concerts and theatre — an adjacent but overlapping live production audience.
• Sound & Communications: Sound & Communications covers commercial AV, installed sound, and live production, addressing a closely overlapping pro-audio systems integration audience as Pro Sound News.
• Live Sound International: Published alongside ProSoundWeb, Live Sound International is a leading trade magazine covering concert sound, touring, and live production — directly overlapping Pro Sound News' editorial focus.
• FOH Magazine (Front of House): FOH Magazine targets front-of-house engineers and live sound professionals, covering touring audio production with the same niche B2B readership as Pro Sound News.

Emerging players

• Worship Tech: Worship Tech covers audio, video, and lighting technology for the house-of-worship market, a sub-vertical of the pro-audio/live-sound audience that Pro Sound News also addresses.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ProSoundNews
• Facebookfacebook.com/ProSoundNews
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/about

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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