SPORTbible |
| Type of business | Private company |
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Type of site | Sports News Publisher |
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| Available in | English |
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| Founded | 3 October 2013; 10 years ago (2013-10-03) |
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| Owner | The LADbible Group Ltd |
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| Founder(s) | Alexander Solomou |
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| URL | sportbible.com |
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| Advertising | Native |
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| Registration | No |
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| Current status | Online |
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SPORTbible is a sports focused social media publisher with headquarters on Dale Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter, United Kingdom. SPORTbible is part of LADbible group and describes itself as "one of the largest communities for sports fans across the world".[1]
SPORTbible Limited was incorporated on 3 October 2013[2] 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.[3]
History
Solomou developed the idea for a digital media business while studying at Leeds University 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[4] 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.[5]
