Directorate Change

RNS Number : 7804N

Digitalbox PLC

03 February 2021

 

3 February 2021

Digitalbox plc

("Digitalbox" or "the Company")

New Chairman appointment

Digitalbox plc (AIM: DBOX), the mobile-first digital media business, which owns Entertainment Daily, The Daily Mash and The Tab, announces that following Robin Miller's decision to step down in October, Marcus Rich has been appointed as Chairman of the Company's Board with effect from 17th February 2021.

Having held senior media positions across the globe throughout his career, Rich brings a wealth of experience to the board. Most recently he was Chief Executive of TI Media - one of the UK's largest and most respected media groups - leading the sale of NME.com to Bandlab Technologies and ultimately overseeing the company's successful sale to Future plc.

Commenting on the appointment, James Carter, CEO, said: "I very much look forward to working with Marcus as we continue to build our business through further acquisitions and diversification. The media market is responding well to our approach and I have absolute confidence that with Marcus's assistance and his experience working for leading media organisations Bauer Media, Daily Mail and General Trust and TI Media, we can steer the best possible course during these times of intense innovation and growth."

Marcus Rich said: "I've been hugely impressed by the progress Digitalbox has made in a few short years. Having grown the audience base to over 14 million unique monthly users, I'm excited to be getting involved with the team to help deliver and accelerate their plans."

The following details in relation to the appointment of Mr Marcus Alvin Rich, aged 61, are disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules:

Current directorships:	Past directorships held within the last five years:
Perfect Storm Limited.	Professional Publishers Association Ltd
	Sapphire Midco Ltd
	Sapphire Bidco Ltd
	Sapphire Holdco Ltd
	Sapphire Topco Ltd
	Time Inc (UK) Property Investments Ltd
	International Craft & Hobby Fair Ltd
	Mareve Ltd
	Evarn Ltd
	IPC Magazines (Overseas) Ltd
	Marketforce (UK) Ltd
	New Musical Express Ltd
	Chat Publications Ltd
	Independent Television Publications Ltd
	Mousebreaker Ltd
	W.H. & L. Collingridge Ltd
	Odhams Press Ltd
	Magazine Publishing Co Ltd
	Options Magazine Ltd
	The Essentials Publishing Co Ltd
	IPC Holdings Ltd
	Portrait Magazine Ltd
	Independent Television Books Ltd
	George Newnes Ltd
	The Yachting Monthly Ltd
	Persuasion Ltd
	Collection & Litigation Services International Ltd
	C Arthur Pearson Ltd
	Country Life Ltd
	Magazine Publishing Holdings Ltd
	European Magazines Ltd
	TI Media Ltd
	EX TRL Ltd
	UK Cycling Events Ltd
	Collective Europe
	Publishers Audience Measurement Co Ltd
	TI Magazines Europe Ltd
	T1M Media Ltd
	TI Atlantic Europe Holdings Ltd
	TI European Holdings Ltd
	T1M Magazines Ltd
	Decanter Magazine Ltd
	Link House Magazines Ltd
	Boating Publications Ltd
	Prestige Magazines Ltd
	LH Media Ltd
	TI Magazines (UK) Ltd
	T1M Holdings (UK) Ltd
	T1M Group Ltd
	TI UK Publishing Holdings Ltd
	Feedback Publications Ltd
	TI Magazines Holdings Ltd
	International Publishing Corporation Ltd

There are no other disclosures required pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.

Enquiries:

Digitalbox	c/o SECNewgate
James Carter, CEO
WH Ireland (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Mike Coe / Chris Savidge
Panmure Gordon (Financial Adviser & Joint Broker )	Tel: [phone]
Alina Vaskina / Sandy Clark (Corporate Advisory)
Erik Anderson / Rupert Dearden (Corporate Broking)
Alvarium Capital Partners (Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Alex Davies / Hugh Kingsmill Moore
SECNewgate	Tel: [phone]
Robin Tozer / Isabelle Smurfit (Financial PR)	digitalbox@s ecnewgate.co.uk

About Digitalbox plc

Based in Bath, UK, Digitalbox is a 'pure-play' digital media business with the aim of profitable publishing at scale on mobile platforms.

Digitalbox operates three trading brands, "Entertainment Daily", "The Tab" and "The Daily Mash". Entertainment Daily produces and publishes online UK entertainment news covering TV, showbiz and celebrity news. The Daily Mash produces and publishes satirical news content. The Tab is the UK's biggest youth culture site fuelled by students.

Digitalbox generates revenue from the sale of advertising in and around the content it publishes. The Group's optimisation for mobile enables it to achieve revenues per session significantly ahead of market norms for publishers on mobile.

 

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