GRV Media is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Tennishead website and associated assets from Advantage Publishing. The Tennishead magazine and store will be retained by Advantage, but renamed.
Graham Morris, GRV’s CEO said: ‘Tennishead is a great brand, having been around covering the sport for almost 20 years. The acquisition will complement our existing tennis brand, The Tennis Gazette. This is a website that we have long wanted to bring into our business, and we are delighted to finally make the acquisition’.
Tim Farthing, founder of Tennishead, said: ‘Tennishead has grown into one of the world’s most influential and authoritative tennis specialist sites and we felt that GRV was a perfect home for the next stage in the life of this much-loved resource for tennis fans. The team at GRV has done an immense job in cornering the market for specialist sports websites so we look forward to seeing them flourish with Tennishead as part of their portfolio’.
Callum Davies will become Managing Editor of Tennishead. Callum returns to GRV after a sabbatical. He previously wrote for The Tennis Gazette.
GRV Media Director John Verrall, who will have executive responsibility for Tennishead, said: ‘It great to have Callum back in the fold. Now we just need to find a good team of quality writers around him!’
Callum said: ‘I was always planning to return to GRV after my travels, but to come back to a senior role working on a brand such as Tennishead is a real bonus. I am really looking forward to helping build out this website’.
GRV Media is one of Europe’s largest independent sports publishing businesses, with tens of millions of sports fans consuming content each month. Sports verticals include American Sports, Combat Sports, F1, football, golf, tennis, motorsport, and rugby league and union.