Dan Coombs
Head of Sports Content & Editorial Lead
Dan Coombs has worked for GRV Media since 2012, amassing a decade of editorial expertise, and has helped the business grow its audience considerably during this period, while managing a team of writers. He has interviewed high profile names including Stuart Pearce and his work has been cited in Javier Hernandez’s biography.
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Liam Curtis
Director, Global Head Of Entertainment, Lifestyle and Combat Sports
Liam has been with GRV Media for over 6 years and originally joined the company to launch Reality Titbit in 2018. The brand later expanded to sister website Celebrity Tidbit as well as lifestyle offering The Focus, which was launched during the Covid-19 pandemic. Alongside his passion for health, fitness, entertainment and lifestyle, Liam has been a lifelong MMA and combat sports fan. He now oversees MMA website Bloody Elbow as he helps steer the brand in a new direction combining his knowledge of entertainment and combat sport.
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Lottie O’Neill
Deputy Head of Entertainment, News and Lifestyle
Lottie joined the company in 2022 following five years of success as a journalist in the entertainment and showbiz industry. After working as an editor at national newspaper The Daily Star, Lottie joined the GRV Media team to help oversee Reality Titbit and Celebrity Tidbit while working in a digital growth role for any new entertainment, news and lifestyle titles.
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John Verrall
Deputy Head of Global Football Content
John has been with GRV Media for many years, starting out as a writer before taking on managerial roles at The Chelsea Chronicle and Arsenal Insider. He now manages a bigger number of football sites including Rousing The Kop and The Boot Room. He is an avid watcher of all sports and is a big Peterborough United fan.
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Graeme Bailey
Strategic & Operational Head of Football – HITC
Graeme arrived at GRV Media in January 2024 from Minute Media where he was Transfer Correspondent for 90min. He has over 25-years experience of football reporting and worked with numerous outlets including Goal, The Daily Mirror, The Sunday People and Bleacher Report, becoming one of the UK’s most trusted sources of transfer news with over 100k followers on Social Media. When not cheering on his beloved Middlesbrough FC or Cleveland Browns, he is most likely playing golf!
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Rogerio Amaral Junior
Head of Football Editorial and Digital Acquisition, Brazil
Rogerio Junior has been a sports journalist since 2011. He worked for more than 10 years at ESPN before joining GRV Media. Like most Brazilians, he is passionate about football and enjoys watching matches from around the world. In addition to writing, Rogerio also manages the team of journalist who write for GRV’s Brazilian websites.
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Lewis Blain
Head of Emerging Content and Development
Lewis joined GRV Media in October 2023 after several years at Snack Media, where he started out as a writer before taking on assistant editor and academy manager roles for its flagship sites. He now oversees several emerging and developing sites. When not working, Lewis is watching his boyhood team Aldershot Town. And he also has an interest in golf and NFL.
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John McGinley
Managing Editor – 67 Hail Hail
John McGinley has been working in online media for almost a decade. Part of award winning marketing projects at Snack Media and Celtic FC, he is now developing the popular 67 Hail Hail website and YouTube channel as Managing Editor.
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Cameron Willis
Managing Editor – Rangers News
Cameron Willis is a professional journalist with wide-ranging experience across communications and media. He is the Managing Editor of Rangers News and the Head of Sport (Scotland) for GRV Media.
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Paul Fogarty
Head of TV/Movie Content – The Focus
Paul Fogarty has been with GRV Media for over six years as the company’s and currently works on The Focus as a Senior Lifestyle Writer.
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Charles Jones
Senior Site Lead – Manchester City News and The Wrestling Gazette
Charles joined GRV Media in 2020, starting out as a writer on HITC before transitioning to a writing role on TBRFootball and a managing role on Manchester City News and The Wrestling Gazette. Away from work, Charles keeps up with lots of sport including football, wrestling, darts and cricket.
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Jack Drury
Managing Editor – The Chelsea Chronicle
Jack Drury joined GRV Media in 2022 as a Football Writer and now leads a team of three writers dedicated to delivering fast-paced and accurate Chelsea news, as well as in-depth opinion articles related to the club.
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Celine Byford
Managing Editor – Reality Titbit
Celine Byford is an experienced editor and journalist who has been working with GRV Media since 2020. She leads the reality TV team on Reality Titbit.
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Ellissa Bain
Head of Lifestyle and Social Trends – The Focus
Ellissa Bain has been with GRV Media since 2020 and is the company’s social media guru. She leads our news coverage of social media trends on The Focus while also overseeing our lifestyle section.
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Donagh Corby
Senior Combat Sports Writer – Bloody Elbow, Bloody Slam and Bloody Knockout
Donagh Corby is an award-winning combat sports writer with 10 years of experience. He works across our Bloody combat sports brand in a senior role, with expertise in MMA, boxing and wrestling.
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