GRV Media Ltd
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Founded 📆 | 7 February 2002 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , England |
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Number of employees | 140[2][3] (2024) |
| 🌐 Website | grv |
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GRV Media Ltd is a digital sports publisher and ad-tech provider located in the UK.[4] The company was originally founded in 2002[5][6] by Vic Daniels,Graham Morris and Robi Buckley[7][8] under the name Entrepreneur Limited[1] before rebranding to GRV Media Ltd in March 2019.[9]
In October 2020, GRV Media reported it had had its most successful quarter (July to September 2020) in the companies history and had expanded with 11 new hires.[10]
As of November 2023, the GRV Media network consisted of over 70 sites and 185 million users and through a partnership with Primis, had almost one billion video views via the Primis' Video Discovery engine.[11]
As of December 2024, the company had 140 employees and content creators.[12]
Campaigns
Since August 2020, GRV Media have been supporting the Street Child United charity by providing funding for a number of initiatives and programmes to help street children in Brazil.[13]
During the Covid 19 pandemic, GRV Media launched a new website to help unemployed media professionals. The Focus was a non-profit news site, supported by Journalism.co.uk and other partners, that gave furloughed journalists a space to publish stories.[14] In November 2024, The Focus was sold to Digitalbox.[15]
Acquisitions
On February 1st 2021 GRV Media limited acquired the gaming website Dualshockers from the three co-founders.[16] This was GRV's first site dedicated entirely to gaming and added to groups portfolio of sports, media and culture sites.[17] 16 months later in June 2022, Dualshockers was sold to Valnet Inc and became part of Odyssey Group (Valnet Gaming) for an undisclosed fee.[18][19]
On 5th March 2024 GRV Media acquired the Bloody Elbow website, social media accounts, trademarks and content from founder Nate Wilcox.[20][21] Since becoming part of GRV Media, Bloody Elbow has grown in popularity with traffic through the website increasing 8-fold and the site achieving a all-time traffic high of 4.3m unique visitors.[22]
On 7th November 2024 it was announced that Digitalbox had acquired three of GRV Media's entertainment websites.[23] The deal included the transfer of eight GRV employees to Digitalbox.[24]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 House, Companies (2002-02-07). "Certificate of Incorporation of ENTREPRENEUR LIMITED". Gov.uk - Companies House. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ "About Us". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ↑ "GRV Media appoints MatchFit to tell the story of the 'best-kept secret' in sports publishing – Soccerex". soccerex.com. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- ↑ "About Us". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ↑ "GRV Media appoints MatchFit to tell the story of the 'best-kept secret' in sports publishing – Soccerex". soccerex.com. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- ↑ "About Us". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- ↑ "Leadership". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ↑ "GRV Media - Founders and Board of Directors - Tracxn". tracxn.com. 2024-11-14. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ↑ House, Companies (2019-03-19). "Resolution to change the name of the company". Gov.uk - Companies House. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ Kunova, Marcela (2020-10-14). "UK publisher GRV Media just had its best quarter ever despite the pandemic". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- ↑ Primis (2023-11-16). "GRV Media X Primis Partnership". Primis. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ Daniels, Vic (2024-12-06). "Online ecosystem is squeezing small publishers out of business". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ↑ "GRV Media's four-year commitment: Empowering SCU's mission and transforming lives – Street Child United - Campaigning for Children's Rights through Global Sports Events". streetchildunited.org. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ Kunova, Marcela (2020-04-07). "New website to support furloughed journalists' mental well-being through writing". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (2024-11-07). "Digitalbox buys three GRV Media sites in 'entertainment powerhouse' bid". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- ↑ Staff, DualShockers (2021-01-26). "DualShockers Joins GRV Media: Our Exciting Future Ahead". DualShockers. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (2021-01-26). "DualShockers acquired by GRV Media". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ "DualShockers - A Valnet Publication". www.valnetinc.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ Arzoumanian, Rony (2022-06-08). "Valnet Inc. Completes the Acquisition of DualShockers.com". Business Wire. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ "How Bloody Elbow Lost Its Soul | Defector". defector.com. 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ Wilcox, Nate. "No more Google business for us, no more Bloody Elbow for me". www.themmadraw.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ Past, Sophie (2024-11-01). "Bloody Elbow and Vamo Futebol Hit All-Time Record Highs". GRV Media. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (2024-11-07). "Digitalbox buys three GRV Media sites in 'entertainment powerhouse' bid". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ "Digitalbox to acquire three entertainment websites". Proactiveinvestors UK. 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
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