Gamblig Online Magazine Takeover

Published: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

DETAIL ON GAMBLING ONLINE MAGAZINE TAKEOVER

But Players Publishing remains something of a mystery

Last week Online-Casinos.com reported on the takeover of the popular Gambling Online Magazine by a previously unknown company called Players Publishing.

Since then efforts to establish the name of the CEO of the company, which has been soliciting advertising from online gambling companies have met with a determined silence for reasons that are not clear to us.

It is known that Eric Morris terminated his consultancy contract with the new owners on October 4, although editor Michael Caselli remains in place.

The company has declined a request that it provide a press release because: "....statements regarding the acquisition are required to be agreed by both Players Publishing and the prior owners Future Publishing/Highbury House," according to a company spokeswoman.

Players Publishing Limited is a private UK company that acquired Gambling Online Magazine in August 2005 for an undisclosed price. The spokeswoman said that the focus of the company is to continue to build on GOM's excellent reputation as a quality publication by providing first class, up to date editorial for readers. The company also intends to continue to increase GOM's subscriber base, delivering value to advertisers.

New designers have been hired but this function was not purchased as part of the acquisition. The new design company has been given the task of producing the magazine in the same format as before, and no major changes are envisaged until a full appraisal of all of the business is complete.