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Sportingo Acquires Award Winning Sport Blog CaughtOffside
HERZLIYA, Israel, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Sportingo, a leading web 2.0 User Generated Sports website, today
announced its acquisition of CaughtOffside.com, winner of the Ask.com & Metro
UK Best Of British Blogs 2007. Chris Toy, founder of CaughtOffside, takes the
role of Chief Editor bringing with him valuable blogging and user
participation experience.
"I am delighted to be part of the Sportingo family," said Toy.
"CaughtOffside and Sportingo have been striving towards the same goal with
different, but very successful, approaches. Combining our efforts and sharing
our ideas will only be good for both websites and our readers."
"The acquisition of CaughtOffside is a natural extension of
Sportingo's activities and is another step in establishing Sportingo as the
leading destination for sport fans to have their say about sport," said Tal
Barnoach, founder and Chairman of Sportingo. "Both websites put sport fans
first and are dedicated to providing high quality user generated content."
CaughtOffside will continue to operate as a separate website with
its emphasis on football. It has one of the most active, and dedicated,
reader communities amongst all sports blogs and is known for its witty,
entertaining commentary on the sport.
FIBA, the International Tennis Federation and the New Zealand All
Blacks are amongst Sportingo's partners and reaffirm Sportingo's reputation
and experience in providing high quality, edited user generated content. They
all partner with Sportingo to enable fans voices to be heard on the official
sports websites and will soon be joined by other leading UK football, rugby
and cricket clubs.
About Sportingo
Sportingo is a sports media company providing a platform for
sport fans around the world to write about sports and get their articles
professionally edited and enhanced by a team of experienced sport editors.
Sportingo represents the newest wave in online sports reporting and 'citizen
journalism. To experience, go to www.sportingo.com.
About CaughtOffside
CaughtOffside was founded in 2006 and quickly became a leading
football blog in the UK and across the world. The site focuses primarily on
English football clubs and has developed a strong culture and reputation
amongst the online football community. CaughtOffside was the winner of
Ask.com & Metro UK Best Of British Blogs 2007. www.caughtoffside.com.
Company Contact
Ze'ev Rozov
CEO
Sportingo
info@sportingo.com
