Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Media and publishing company Future plc, which owns a stable of 250 special-interest magazines and sites, has hired digital media veteran Jon Steinberg as CEO. Steinberg will take over for Zillah Byng-Thorne, who announced her plans to step down as the U.K.-based company’s CEO last September after nine years. Steinberg will join Future on April 3; Byng-Thorne will “remain available to support Jon” over a two-month transition period, according to the company. Steinberg previously was president of Altice USA’s news and advertising division, encompassing News 12, i24NEWS, Cheddar News and Altice USA’s a4 advertising unit. He had joined Altice through its $200 million acquisition of Cheddar, a digital-first news start-up he founded in 2016.