Cyclingnews.com

Cyclingnews.com
Web address cyclingnews.com
Slogan The world centre of cycling
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
 News
Registration Optional
Available in English
Owner Immediate Media Company
Created by Bill Mitchell
Editor Daniel Benson
Launched 1995 (1995)
IP address 89.167.142.111
Current status Active

Cyclingnews.com is a website providing cycling news and race result owned by Immediate Media Company.

History

In 1995 Australian Bill Mitchell, a keen cyclist and professor of economics at the University of Newcastle, created the website titled "Bill’s Cycling Racing Results and News" after finding there was a need for fast-breaking news and race results in English-speaking countries.<ref name"about">"About Cyclingnews". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Retrieved 4 April 2013. </ref><ref name"cycling-tips">"Cyclingnews | A Web 1.0 Success Story". Cycling Tips. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2013. </ref> In 1999 Sydney-based publishing company Knapp Communications purchased the website from Mitchell,[1] and in July 2007 they sold it to British publisher Future plc for £2.2m.[2][3][4] In July 2014 it was bought by Immediate Media Company[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Knapp, Gerard (4 July 2007). "It's been quite a climb, and now it's really time to ride". Cyclingnews.com (Bath, UK: Future plc). Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Acquisition of www.cyclingnews.com". Future plc. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Reid, Carlton (3 July 2007). "Future buys Cyclingnews.com for £2.2m". BikeBiz (Hertford, UK: Intent Media). Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Luft, Oliver (3 July 2007). "Future buys Cyclingnews.com for £2.2m". Journalism.co.uk (Brighton, UK: Mousetrap Media). Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "IMMEDIATE MEDIA CO COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF FUTURE CYCLING AND CRAFT BRANDS". Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

External links

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