in December 2011. The Time Out brand license was acquired for the Chicago publication March 2013. The acquisition was part of a strategy to build an international media organisation in 50 cities. Changes included moving from print publication to exclusively digital format as only a limited few cities still have a printed Time Out magazine edition including London and New York. Time Out acquired the event discovery platform Huge City in May 2014. In April 2016, Time Out acquired the geo-mapping start-up Hallstreet. In October 2016, Time Out acquired the event discovery and booking service YPlan. References British brands Publishing companies established in 1968 Multinational publishing companies Publishing companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in the London Borough of Camden 1968 establishments in the United Kingdom