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TBJZL
Tobit John "Tobi" Brown (born 8 April 1993), better known as TBJZL, is an English YouTuber, streamer and Internet personality. He is also a member and co-founder of the British YouTube group known as the Sidemen. In 2019, Brown was listed as the 38th most influential online creator in the United Kingdom by ''The Sunday Times''. , his main YouTube channel has over 4.9 million subscribers and 524 million video views. Brown has also released music mononymously, and in 2020, he released his debut single "Destined for Greatness", which peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart and number 33 on the Irish Singles Chart. Early life Tobit John Brown was born on 8 April 1993 in Hackney, London to a working-class family of Nigerian heritage. Brown attended St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School from 1997 until 2004, and then attended Bexley Grammar School, where he met future fellow Sidemen member Josh Bradley. Brown later completed an honours degree in computing at Coventry Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidemen (YouTube Group)
The Sidemen is a British YouTube group consisting of Internet personalities KSI, Miniminter, Zerkaa, TBJZL, Behzinga, Vikkstar123, and W2S. The group produce videos of various challenges, sketches, and video game commentaries across their YouTube channels, which have a combined total of over 138 million subscribers . Members The group has the following members: * KSI, Olajide "JJ" Olatunji – known online as KSI * Simon Minter – known online as Miniminter * Zerkaa, Joshua Bradley – known online as Zerkaa * TBJZL, Tobit "Tobi" Brown – known online as Tobjizzle or TBJZL * Behzinga, Ethan Payne – known online as Behzinga * Vikkstar123, Vikram "Vik" Barn – known online as Vikkstar123 * Harry Lewis – known online as Wroetoshaw or W2S History Some of the members knew each other before the group was formed. Bradley and Brown both attended Bexley Grammar School in London and Olatunji and Minter both attended Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire. The group origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry University
, mottoeng = By Art and Industry , established = , type = Public , endowment = £28 million (2015) , budget = £787.5 million , chancellor = Margaret Casely-Hayford , vice_chancellor = John Latham , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , city = Coventry , country = England , campus = Urban, CU London , coordinates = , former_names = Coventry Polytechnic (1987–1992)Lanchester Polytechnic (1970–1987) , colours = Coventry Blue , website = , logo = File:Coventry_University_logo.svg , image_name = File:Coventry_University_coat_of_arms_(updated).png , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms of Coventry University , faculty = 1,890 , affiliations = Coventry University is a public research university in Coventry, England. The origins of Coventry University can be linked to the founding of the Coventry School of Design in 1843. It was known as Lanchester Polytechnic from 1970 until 1987, and then as Coventry Polytechnic until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behzinga
Ethan Payne (born 20 June 1995), better known as Behzinga, is an English YouTuber, streamer, and Internet personality. He produces videos on gaming, football, comedy, and fitness, and is a co-founder and member of the British YouTube group Sidemen. He, as well as other Sidemen members co-founded XIX Vodka, and a restaurant chain known as Sides. In 2019, Payne was listed as the 31st most influential online creator in the United Kingdom by ''The Sunday Times''. , his main YouTube channel has over 4 million subscribers and 500 million video views. Early life and education Payne was born on 20 June 1995 in London and was raised almost entirely by his mother Ruth, who battled with cancer during his childhood. His biological father left before he was born and his stepfather, whom he had met when he was six months old and believed was his actual father, left when he was thirteen, due to drug addiction and debt. Payne attended Marshalls Park School, and then studied video games de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerkaa
Joshua Bradley (born 4 September 1992), better known as Zerkaa and his stage name Josh Zerker, is an English YouTuber, Online streamer, streamer and Internet celebrity, Internet personality. He is also a co-founder and member of the British YouTube group known as the Sidemen (YouTube group), Sidemen. In 2019, Bradley was listed as the ninth most influential online creator in the United Kingdom by ''The Sunday Times''. As of December 2022, his main YouTube channel has over 4.66 million subscribers and over 700 million video views. Early life and education Joshua Bradley was born on 4 September 1992 in Bermondsey, London. Bradley attended Bexley Grammar School, where he met future fellow Sidemen member TBJZL, Tobi Brown. He later achieved an upper second honours degree in digital film production at Ravensbourne University London, Ravensbourne University. Career In 2009, Bradley created his first YouTube channel, Zerkaa, to which he primarily uploaded video game content of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bexley Grammar School
Bexley Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school with academy status in Welling, in the London Borough of Bexley, UK. It takes boys and girls aged 11–18 who have passed the eleven plus exam. History Founded in 1955, Bexley Grammar School was opened by Sir Edward Heath, the local Member of Parliament at the time, after whom the Heath Building (completed in 2000) is named. Heath attended the school's Golden Jubilee celebrations shortly before his death in 2005. The school became a specialist Language College in September 2002 and a specialist college in Science and Mathematics in 2008. The school was then awarded foundation school status, before converting to an academy in January 2011. The school continues to specialise in languages, science and mathematics. There have been five headmasters in the school's history. The third, Roderick MacKinnon, was replaced by John Welsh, who retired at the beginning of Easter 2014 and was replaced by Stephen Elphick. Academics T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronet Books
Coronet Books was established in 1966 as the paperback imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. The imprint was closed in 2004 but then relaunched in 2010, publishing fiction and non-fiction in hardback and paperback, including works by Chris Ryan, Lorna Byrne, and Auberon Waugh. Selected works * '' The French Connection'' – Robin Moore * ''The Anderson Tapes'' – Lawrence Sanders (1971) * ''The Shakeout'' - Ken Follett (1975) * ''Bring on the Empty Horses'' – David Niven (1977) * R. F. Delderfield, including the Avenue series and the A Horseman Riding By trilogy * P. G. Wodehouse, including ''Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit'' (1977), ''Joy in the Morning'' (1977), ''Plum Pie'' (1983) * ''The Moon’s a Balloon'' – David Niven (1981) * Jeffrey Archer, including '' Kane and Abel'' (1981), ''The Prodigal Daughter'' (1983), and ''Shall We Tell the President?'' (1984) * Mary Stewart, including the Merlin Trilogy in paperback: ''The Crystal Cave'', ''The Hollow Hills'', and ''The Last En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hackney, London
Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross and includes part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Historically it was within the county of Middlesex. In the past it was also referred to as ''Hackney Proper'' to distinguish it from the village which subsequently developed in the vicinity of Mare Street, the term ''Hackney Proper'' being applied to the wider district. Hackney is a large district, whose long established boundaries encompass the sub-districts of Homerton, Dalston (including Kingsland and Shacklewell), De Beauvoir Town, Upper and Lower Clapton, Stamford Hill, Hackney Central, Hackney Wick, South Hackney and West Hackney. Governance Hackney was an administrative unit with consistent boundaries from the early Middle Ages to the creation of the larger modern borough in 1965. It was based for many ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf News
''Gulf News'' is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was first launched in 1978, and is currently distributed throughout the UAE and also in other Persian Gulf Countries. Its online edition was launched in 1996. Through its owner Al Nisr Publishing, it is a subsidiary of the Al Tayer Group, which is chaired by Finance Minister Obaid Al Tayer. History and profile ''Gulf News'' was first launched in tabloid format on 30 September 1978 by UAE businessman Abdul Wahab Galadari; its offices were located on the Airport Road, Dubai. In November 1984, three UAE businessmen, purchased the company and formed Al Nisr Publishing. The new owners of the paper were Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Rostamani and Juma Al Majid. With the death of Abdullah Al Rostamani in 2006, his position on the board is held by a family nominee while the other directors remain. Under new ownership, ''Gulf News'' was relaunched on 10 December 1985 and was free to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The National (Abu Dhabi)
''The National'' is a private English-language daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The newspaper is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi. History and profile ''The National'' was first published on 17 April 2008 by Abu Dhabi Media. The government-owned media company ran the newspaper along with other publications, including ''Al-Ittihad'', '' Majid'', ''Zahrat Al Khaleej'' and ''National Geographic Al Arabiya'' (in partnership with ''National Geographic''). In 2016, ''The National'' was acquired by International Media Investments, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, a private investment company owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan that is also part-owner of Sky News Arabia. Under new ownership, ''The National'' was relaunched in July 2017, a move marked by relocation to new headquarters and the opening of a foreign bureau in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikkstar123
Vikram Singh Barn (born 2 August 1995), better known as Vikkstar123, is an English YouTuber and Internet personality. He is a member and co-founder of the Sidemen, a British YouTube group. Early life and education Barn was born on 2 August 1995 in Guildford, Surrey, England, where he lived until eight years of age. He later lived in Sheffield where he attended Silverdale School. He is the youngest of three children. Barn was offered a place to study natural sciences at University College London, but he ended up declining the offer in order to pursue his YouTube career full-time. YouTube career Barn joined YouTube in 2010; having played games with his friends he got into watching YouTubers and making videos of their own. Eventually he decided to launch his own channel, stating: I got involved thinking I might be able to do a little bit better than they were doing, and get involved and have some fun with it. I started recording myself playing '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Escapist (magazine)
''The Escapist'' (formerly known as ''Escapist Magazine'') is an American video game website and online magazine. First published as a weekly online magazine by Themis Media on July 12, 2005, ''The Escapist'' eventually pivoted to a traditional web journalism format. In 2018, ''Escapist Magazine'' launched Volume Two, a rehauled website in conjunction with its purchase by Enthusiast Gaming. The site name reverted to ''The Escapist'' in April 2020. Gamurs Group acquired the site in September 2022. History 2005–2011: Founding and popularity ''The Escapist'' was conceived as a PDF-format magazine by Themis Media, whose president Alexander Macris had previously found success with its sister site WarCry Network. Editor-in-chief Julianne Greer had not been involved in the gaming industry before ''The Escapist'', and had a background in marketing and new media. The premier issue featured pieces from well-known gaming-community authors including Jerry Holkins, Kieron Gillen, and Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digiday
''Digiday'' is an online trade magazine for online media founded in 2008 by Nick Friese. It is headquartered in New York City, with offices in London and Tokyo. Description ''Digiday'' provides daily online news about advertising, publishing, and media, and also produces events such as industry summits and awards galas.Kelli S. Burns, ''Social Media: A Reference Handbook'' (2017), p. 344.Kristy Sammis, Cat Lincoln, Stefania Pomponi, ''Influencer Marketing For Dummies'' (2015), p. 238. Founder Nick Friese created the publication in April 2008. With support Doug Carlson, managing director of Zinio, Friese put together a Digital Publishing and Advertising Conference in a New York City hotel. Originally called DM2 Events (an abbreviation of Digital Media and Marketing Events), a colleague came up with "Digiday" as a shorter version of Friese's proposed "Digital-Day". The company depends on a variety of offerings to generate revenue, claiming that half of its revenue comes from adverti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
