Gambling.com Group and McClatchy Sign Strategic Sports Betting Partnership
On January 18, 2022, Gambling.com Group (Nasdaq: GAMB) announced a media partnership with The McClatchy Company, enhancing its player acquisition services in the online gambling sector. This collaboration provides McClatchy access to Gambling.com Group's data science platform and sports betting content, allowing them to monetize high-intent traffic effectively. McClatchy's substantial audience of 65 million unique visitors monthly presents significant growth potential, capitalizing on the expanding online sports betting market.
- Strategic partnership with McClatchy enhances audience reach and monetization opportunities.
- Access to McClatchy's 65 million unique monthly visitors increases potential customer base.
- Combining strengths improves capabilities in the competitive online gambling sector.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gambling.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: GAMB) ("Gambling.com Group" or the "Group"), a leading provider of player acquisition services for the regulated global online gambling industry, has entered into a media partnership with The McClatchy Company ("McClatchy"), one of the United States' largest news media companies, with operations in 29 markets across the country.
By partnering with Gambling.com Group, McClatchy gains access to the Group's proprietary data science platform, award winning sports betting content team and leading expertise in how to monetize online sports betting traffic. Gambling.com Group will help McClatchy leverage its audience reach and provide highly valuable content to capture and monetize valuable high-intent traffic. Among the newspapers and associated digital platforms in the McClatchy news group are the Miami Herald, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Kansas City Star, the Charlotte Observer, the News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Sacramento Bee.
"McClatchy is part of the fabric of American journalism, operating in 29 markets across 14 states with a rock-solid reputation for trustworthy, high-quality content," said Max Bichsel, Vice President U.S., Gambling.com Group. "The proliferation of online sports betting across the U.S. provides an opportunity for McClatchy to increase their monetization of real money gaming. At its core, this media partnership is about matching strength with strength by combining our respective abilities and areas of expertise."
"We are honored to have earned the right to partner with a market-leading firm like Gambling.com Group," said McClatchy Chairman and CEO Tony Hunter. "The combination of their tools and McClatchy's audience of 65 million unique visitors per month makes for a game-changing partnership for both organizations."
"This is a great opportunity in a category that has seen explosive growth," added McClatchy Chief Revenue Officer Tony Berg. "This is a partnership with great mutual benefit, and we are excited to deliver these offerings to our audience."
Charles Gillespie, Chief Executive Officer of Gambling.com Group, added, "We publish more than 35 different online portals which all empower online gamblers to find the best online gambling companies. A natural and strategic extension of our business model is to increase our reach by deploying our winning formula and content through partners which have additional scale. I am delighted to announce our first media partnership is with such a significant and authoritative media organization as McClatchy. We look forward to turning this opportunity into the case study of what is possible for a national media partnership."
For further information, please contact:
Media: Derek Brookmeyer, Gambling.com Group, media@gdcgroup.com, 616-528-0882 and
Susan Firey, McClatchy, sfirey@mcclatchy.com
Investors: Ross Collins, Alpha-IR Group, investors@gdcgroup.com, 312-445-2877
About Gambling.com Group
Gambling.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: GAMB) is a multi-award-winning performance marketing company and a leading provider of digital marketing services active exclusively in the online gambling industry. The Group operates from offices in Ireland, the United States, and Malta. Through its proprietary technology platform, the Group publishes a portfolio of premier branded websites including Gambling.com and Bookies.com. Founded in 2006, the Group owns and operates more than 30 websites in six languages across 13 national markets covering all aspects of the online gambling industry, which includes iGaming and sports betting.
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