Dan Coombs

Director, Head of Global Sport Content

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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Lottie O’Neill

Director, Entertainment Content

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

Director, Deputy Head, Global Sport Content

John has been with GRV Media for many years. He oversees a large number of football sites including Rousing The Kop and The Boot Room. As well as football, he runs our Gazette Group sites covering tennis, golf and cricket. 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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