REV Media Group (formerly known as REV Asia Holdings) () was formed on 8 October 2013 following the completion of the merger between certain Catcha Media Berhad (Catcha Media) subsidiaries and

Says Sdn Bhd Says Sdn Bhd is a company based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, that operates the web site Company Overview Of Says Sdn Bhd, "Bloomberg Businessweek", 19 Dec 2013,, 2013 The company was formerly known as YouthSays, Youthsays Sdn Bhd. Since its point ...

. The merger deal, valued at MYR60 million was first announced in May 2013 and completed in July. The new company that resulted was named Rev Asia Holdings Sdn Bhd or Rev Asia for short. On May 8, 2017, Rev Asia Sdn Bhd's subsidiary, Rev Asia Holdings, was acquired by

Media Prima Media Prima Berhad, doing business as Media Prima and stylised as media prima, is a Malaysian media company based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. It is Malaysia's largest media and entertainment conglomerate with business interests in television, pri ...

for MYR105 million.

Founders

Rev Asia's board of director includes Khailee Ng (co-founded GroupsMore, a leading group buying company acquired by

Groupon Groupon is an American global e-commerce marketplace connecting subscribers with local merchants by offering activities, travel, goods and services in 13 countries. Based in Chicago, Groupon was launched there in November 2008, launching soon af ...

in 2011, and SAYS.com, a regional social media advertising and news network) as its chairman, and entrepreneur

Patrick Grove Dato Patrick Y-Kin Grove (born 30 April 1975 in Singapore) is a Singaporean and Australian tech entrepreneur of mixed heritage. He is the co-founder and Group CEO of Catcha Group, and a prolific founder of numerous tech companies in the reg ...

(Group CEO of Malaysia-based investment group

Catcha Group Catcha Group is an international Internet group founded by entrepreneur Patrick Grove. The Group controls a number of publicly listed and private media, new media, online classifieds and e-commerce businesses, and is one of the largest investors i ...

) and

Joel Neoh Eu-Jin Joel Neoh Eu-Jin (born 11 October 1983) is a Malaysian entrepreneur, speaker, and investor. He is best known for his role as the founder of Groupon Malaysia and as the International Vice President of Groupon Asia Pacific. He is the founder of Fa ...

(SAYS.com co-founder and Head of Asia Pacific for

) on its board of directors.

History

On May 8, 2017, Media Prima Bhd, Malaysia's largest integrated media group, announced the landmark acquisition of 100 per cent equity interest in REV Asia Holdings Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Rev Asia Bhd and one of Southeast Asia's leading digital media groups for RM105 million. Digital assets under Rev Asia Holdings acquired by Media Prima include Malay, English and Chinese-language portals such as OHBULAN!, SAYS, Viral Cham, Rojaklah, JUICE, 8Share, MyResipi, KongsiResipi.com and SirapLimau.

Future

On September 1, 2020, Rev Asia Bhd announced through Bursa that it would be acquiring iMedia Asia Sdn Bhd — a digital media company that focuses on content and technology, and social influencer marketing, subject to approval. iMedia owns and represents some digital properties which have a combined reach of over 8 million Malaysians monthly. iMedia clients include some of the largest tech companies in the region such as Shopee (SEA Group), iQiyi (Baidu), Foodpanda, Huawei and top global brands such as McDonald's, L'Oréal, Fonterra and Mercedes."Rev Asia to acquire iMedia in all stock deal"
"Digital News Asia", 1 September 2020.

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