Affiliate News

CasinoReviews.com has announced the ‘first-phase’ launch of its new compliant management system, available to users of its player community.  The complaints service has been designed by igaming media pioneer ThePogg, under its new ownership by Blexr Media. Established in 2011, ThePogg has been long recognised as a leading destination for customer settlement of disputes with igaming operators, via its Alternative …

Catena Media Plc has notified investors that Per Widerström has ended his tenure as a Corporate Director of the Stockholm-listed igaming media publisher.  The resignation follows Widerström accepting the position to become the new Group CEO of 888 Holdings, commencing from 16 October onwards. Widerström, the former Chief Executive of CEE gambling group Fortuna Entertainment, has served as a Corporate …

Catena Media Plc has accelerated its corporate reorganisation by securing an agreement to sell its UK and Australia sports betting brands to Moneta Communications Ltd for €6m. The agreement will see Catena sell the assets of Squawka.com and GG.co.uk, in addition to all shares in the group’s wholly-owned Australian subsidiary.  “The sale marks a further step forward in refocusing the …

XLMedia (XLM) has kept faith in its European and North American performance despite a slowdown in both revenue and EBITDA during H1 2023, although the media publisher stated that these results were in line with management expectations. Total revenue for the first half of the year fell by 34% from $44.5m in 2022 to $29.4m, whilst EBITDA also dropped by …

Gambling.com Group has re-launched the website of Casinos.com, the media publisher’s new affiliate website which seeks to become a leading and trusted review portal for online casino players. Casinos.com was purchased in 2022 by Gambling.com who announced that it had undertaken a ‘six-figure investment’ to acquire the high-value domain. The re-launched Casinos.com will be optimised by Gambling.com SEO and engineering …

The board of Catena Media Plc has authorised the company to proceed with a new SEK 55m (€4.8m) share buyback programme. The transaction was ratified at an extraordinary general meeting held on 12 July 2023, following an initial resolution at the annual general meeting on 24 May 2023. Catena explained that “the purpose of the programme is to deliver shareholder …

Checkd Group has brought back the much-loved I Had Trials Once podcast series, to enhance its partnership with Sky Sports Fantasy Football. The podcast hosted by former non-league Radcliffe striker Jordan Hulme and ex-Salford star and now football agent Gareth Seddon has a popular following that has generated over 1m downloads. The new show started last weekend, with former Leeds and Sheffield United goalkeeper …

XLMedia Plc has informed investors that it has closed the sale of three of its European igaming properties and related domains.  The European properties sold are listed as Casino.se, Casino.gr and Casino.pt and have generated a total cash consideration of $4m (€3.5m). The London AIM media publisher cited that the deal represented “4.7x multiple on revenue” of the sold assets. …

Gambling.com Group has announced a breakthrough partnership with The Independent that will expand its media services and content for UK audiences.  Nasdaq-listed Gambling.com will deliver in-depth sports betting and online casino content for The Independent, which currently serves over 21 million monthly unique users.  The unique content and exclusive offers from Gambling.com will be featured on a dedicated section of …