Change to Board of Directors

Future Network PLC
11 September 2000

                        ELISABETH MURDOCH JOINS THE
                           FUTURE NETWORK BOARD
                                     
                Future appoints new Non-executive Director
                                     
The Future Network plc (LSE: FNET), the specialist consumer magazines and
websites publisher, today announces that it has appointed Elisabeth
Murdoch to the Board as a Non-executive Director with immediate effect.

Elisabeth Murdoch, 32, joins the Future Board after four years at British
Sky Broadcasting, most recently as Managing Director of Sky Networks,
where she had overall responsibility for Sky's programming business. She
currently holds no other directorships.

Over the past five years Elisabeth has held directorships in the following
companies: British Sky Broadcasting Ltd; Granada Sky Broadcasting (DTT)
Ltd; Granada Sky Broadcasting Ltd; National Geographic Channel UK;
Nickelodeon UK; QVC; Sky In-home Service Ltd; Sky Ventures Ltd; History
Channel UK; Sky Direct Ltd and Stream S.p.a. She was also an alternate
director on the British Sky Broadcasting plc Board.

Elisabeth is also a member of the UK Advisory Board of Business 2.0
magazine, Future's highly successful new economy business magazine, which
launched in the UK in May.

Commenting on her appointment Elisabeth Murdoch says:

'I am delighted to be joining such a dynamic media business at such an
exciting time. Future has been a pioneer in the publishing industry in the
way it is embracing the new economy, both in terms of introducing new
magazines, such as Business 2.0, and in the way it is harnessing the
potential of the Internet itself as a publishing medium. I look forward to
bringing my own experience to the Board and to assisting Future in its
continued development as a world class magazine and online media company.'

Future's Chief Executive Greg Ingham adds:

'We are thrilled that Elisabeth has agreed to join the Future Board, which
in many ways demonstrates how far we have come over the past year. The
more we develop our network business model, the more we are attracting
quality people and business opportunities to the organisation. Elisabeth
is one of the world's smartest media executives and her extensive
experience and broad range of industry contacts will be of tremendous
benefit to Future going forward. We very much look forward to working with
her in the development of our exciting plans for the business.'

Elisabeth Murdoch is Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the NSPCC
National Appeal Board for the Full Stop Campaign and is Chair of the
Development Board for the Royal Court Theatre.

Biography:
1992 -1993 - Manager, programming and promotion, Fox Television
1993 - 1994 - Programme director, KSTU Fox 13
1994 - 1995 - Director of programme acquisitions, FX Cable Networks
1995 - 1996 - President and CEO, EP Communications
1996 - 1998 - Director of programming, BSkyB
1998 - 2000 - Managing Director, Sky Networks


                                  
For more information:

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About The Future Network Plc

Future was founded in the UK in 1985. Today it publishes over 130
magazines worldwide and has extensive online activities attracting the
attention of 6.5 million unique visitors and generating over 87 million
page views per month. It is the world's fastest growing major publisher;
the leading publisher of video games and home computing magazines in the
UK, France, Italy, Poland and the US; and ranks as the fourth largest
magazine publisher in the UK. Future employs over 1,900 people in offices
in Bath, London, San Francisco, New York, Paris, Milan, Munich, Rotterdam
and Wroclaw. Future was floated on the London Stock Exchange in June 1999
and has a current market capitalisation of over £1 billion.

Future's internet activities serve the PC, Mac, Games, Music and Football
communities in the US and the UK with fast-growing sites like
maximumpc.com, maximumpc.co.uk, dailyradar.com, intermusic.com, and
ufn.co.uk. Future's Web sites and Web networks provide rich, community and
information-based services to people in these and related markets
worldwide.