HITC explained

HITC
Logo Alt:HITC Logo
Country:England
Advertising:Native
Registration:No
Area Served:Worldwide
Website Type:Football news
Language:English
Launched:2000
Key People:Vic Daniels (co-founder and Executive Chairman)
Graham Morris (co-founder and CEO)
Robi Buckley (co-founder)
Current Status:Active
Owner:GRV Media[1]

HITC (formerly Here Is the City)[2] is a football news website owned by GRV Media.[1] As well as multiple social profiles it also has two popular football-themed YouTube channels, HITC Football (previously HITC Sport) and HITC Sevens, launched in October 2014 and June 2017 respectively.

History

At its launch in 2000, HITC was focused on financial news.

In February 2010 it set up a "Save Dave" campaign[3] to save a banker from losing their job after they were caught on live television viewing images of a model in the office.[4] The campaign garnered much publicity within the finance industry.[5] [6]

The company dropped the name Here Is the City in 2015 and rebranded to HITC.[7]

In December 2023 the website streamlined its news content to focus specifically on football and hired Graeme Bailey as Strategic & Operational Head of Football.[8]

The HITC Football (previously HITC Sport) and HITC Sevens YouTube channels were launched in October 2014 and June 2017 respectively. As of the end of 2021, the channels have a combined subscriber base of over 1 million. HITC Football was previously run by Michael Ramsay,[9] [10] who left in 2022 to launch his own channel, The Irish Guy. HITC Sevens is run by Alfie Potts-Harmer, whose six-month-old blog A Halftime Report won the judges' award—decided by a distinguished panel including Dan Walker of the BBC, John Cross of the Daily Mirror, Neil Ashton of the Daily Mail, and Owen Gibson of the Guardian—for Best Young Blogger at the 2015 Football Blogging Awards.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Waldon . Daniel . 13 August 2021 . HITC Sport YouTube Hits 500,000 subscribers . 15 June 2022 . GRV Media . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Hitc Company Profile Management and Employees List . 15 June 2022 . Datanyze . en.
  3. Web site: Global email campaign to 'save Dave'. Mark. Hawthorne. 5 February 2010. The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 June 2022.
  4. News: 'Save Dave' Campaign Goes Global As Macquarie Investigates 'Set-Up'. Daniels. Vic. 4 February 2010. HITC.
  5. Web site: Internet campaign to save Aussie banker's job. 4 February 2010. Reuters. 16 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Campaigners rally to save 'racy pics' banker Dave's job. 4 February 2010. CNN. 16 June 2022.
  7. https://www.linkedin.com/company/here-is-the-city
  8. Web site: Past . Sophie . 2023-12-13 . Graeme Bailey Joins GRV Media, as Company Hires 4 to increase football coverage . 2024-05-13 . GRV Media . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Ep8: HITC Sport's "Irish Guy" Michael Ramsay | The Greenwood & Mulliner Show on Newcastle Fans TV. shows.acast.com.
  10. Web site: Clare's YouTube sensation scoring big with footie fans. Owen. Ryan. 14 August 2021. The Clare Champion. 15 June 2022.
  11. Web site: The FBA's: Best Young Football Blogger 2015. Alfie. Potts-Harmer. 20 November 2015. A Halftime Report. 4 December 2023.

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