SPORTbible is a sports focused social media publisher with headquarters on Dale Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter,
United Kingdom
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. SPORTbible is part of LADbible group and describes itself as "one of the largest communities for sports fans across the world".
SPORTbible Limited was incorporated on 3 October 2013 by co-founders Alexander “Solly” Solomou and Arian Kalantari. In 2015, SPORTbible was part of 65twenty group which was one of the fastest-growing social media publishers in the UK.
History
Solomou developed the idea for a digital media business while studying at
Leeds University
, mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased
, established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds
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between 2009 and 2013. On 3 April 2012 Solomou founded SPORTbible's parent company The Lad Bible Limited and subsequently launched a sport focused social publishing brand, SPORTbible in October 2013. The SPORTbible Facebook page now has in excess of 11 million followers making them one of the largest sports communities on Facebook.
The parent company of SPORTbible has changed its name several times over the years. On 18 November 2013 it changed from The Lad Bible Limited to The Global Social Media Group Limited. The name changed again on 19 June 2014 to 65TWENTY LTD then more recently on 16 November 2015 to The LADbible Group Limited.
Sponsorship deals and partnerships
In May 2017, SPORTbible announced an exclusive media partnership with F1 team
Sahara Force India
Force India Formula One Team Limited, commonly known as Force India and later Sahara Force India, was a Formula One racing team and constructor based in Silverstone, United Kingdom, with an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 200 ...
. The partnership lasted one year, during which the SPORTbible logo featured on the nose of the
F1 car.
In November 2018, SPORTbible joined up with Ultimate Boxxer to stream the
boxing
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tournament live to millions of fans on
Facebook
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. This partnership provided a "transformed boxing experience for the next generation of boxing fans".
See also
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LADbible
LADbible Group part of LBG Media is a British digital publisher. Its headquarters are in Manchester and it has offices in London, Dublin, Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.
Founded in 2012 by Alexander "Solly" Solomou and Arian Kalantari, LADbible ...
References
External links
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British sport websites
Mass media companies of the United Kingdom
British companies established in 2013
Football mass media in the United Kingdom