Seven places bets on fantasy sports
Seven West Media has become a “strategic investor” in Australian daily fantasy sports startup, Draftstars – which launched in April this year. The business, led by CEO Matt Sanders, is now a joint venture between Seven West Media, CrownBet and Fox Sports, and is the official daily fantasy sports partner of the Australian Football League. Seven West Media has secured a 33% shareholding and will provide media support, product development and investment to further drive brand awareness and usage in an integrated media campaign across all Seven’s leading content brands. Draftstars will soon launch EPL and cricket to complement the AFL, NRL, NFL and NBA offerings.
Tribe eyes global expansion, raises $5.35m
Influencer technology start-up Tribe has closed a $5.35 million Series A funding round as it eyes international expansion. The funding round, which was first flagged by The Australian Financial Review in April, was led by Sydney-based private equity firm Exto Partners. Chief executive Anthony Svirskis says the company needed to raise funds in order to keep pace with its rapid growth, working with more than 500 brands in year since its launch.
Applications have opened for the latest Copy School
Applications have opened for the latest Copy School in Sydney. Copy School is designed to encourage the best quality copywriting across all media channels and engages some of Australia’s leading advertising creative writers and creative directors, as well as news media editors, to pass on their knowledge and experience. Copy School will be held in Sydney from Monday 10th to Friday 15th October and is seeking 20 young copywriters, or those wanting to become a copywriter, to attend the workshop series. The Copy school is sponsored by the NewsMediaWorks.
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