Racing Post
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | FL Partners |
| Founder(s) | Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Founded | April 1986 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters |
London, England, United Kingdom |
| ISSN | 0968-3364 |
| Website | www.RacingPost.com |
Racing Post is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper, appearing in print form and online.
From 30 May 2011 – 3 July 2011, it had a circulation of 56,507.
History
It was founded in April 1986 by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum as a rival to the Sporting Life. In 1998 Trinity Mirror, owners of the rival paper, purchased the licence to use the Racing Post trademark for a pound from Sheikh Mohammed and closed the Sporting Life. In October 2007 Trinity Mirror sold the Racing Post licence for £170 million to FL Partners, an Irish private equity firm, who were advised on the venture by former Racing Post editor Alan Byrne.[1] Trinity Mirror were requested by Sheikh Mohammed to give £10 million to four charities for transferring the licence to use the trademark, which the Sheikh continues to own.[2]
In 2014 Racing Post was warned to improve its website security by the Information Commissioner's Office after a hacker was able to obtain the names, addresses, passwords, dates of birth and telephone numbers of 677,335 people registered with the website. It was reported that a failure to keep patching of its systems up to date was the cause of the security breach.[3]
Subsidiaries
The Betting Site, and Soccerbase websites are also run under the Racing Post brand.
See also
References
- ↑ Racing Post sold to Irish investors for £170M Daily Telegraph, 2 October 2007
- ↑ Dafa charity news Retrieved 9 December 2008
- ↑ Leyden, John (28 August 2014). "Racing Post escapes ICO fine after leaking info of 677K punters". The Register. Retrieved 20 March 2015.