{{Short description|Malta-based public media company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Multiple issues|{{COI|date=November 2019}} {{Primary sources|date=November 2019}}}} {{Infobox company | name = Catena Media PLC | logo = CatenaMedia Logo.svg | caption = | type = Public company | traded_as = {{OMX|SSE119018|CTM}} | industry = Online gambling | founded = 2012 | location = Gzira, Malta | key_people = Manuel Stan (CEO),<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Catena Media appoints Manuel Stan as new CEO|url=https://www.catenamedia.com/release/catena-media-appoints-manuel-stan-as-new-ceo/|access-date=2024-03-05|publisher=Catena Media}}</ref> Erick Flinck (chair),<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Bulletin from the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Catena Media plc|url=https://www.catenamedia.com/release/bulletin-from-the-2024-annual-general-meeting-of-catena-media-plc/|access-date=2024-05-15|publisher=Catena Media}}</ref><br/> Michael Gerrow (CFO)<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Catena Media appoints Michael Gerrow as Group CFO|url=https://www.catenamedia.com/release/catena-media-appoints-michael-gerrow-as-group-cfo/|access-date=2024-04-05|publisher=Catena Media}}</ref> | products = | brands = {{Bulleted list| thelines.com | LINEUPS|PlayUSA|CasinoBonus360|bonus.com|esports.net}} | revenue = {{Unbulleted list|{{Decrease}} €47 million (2025)}} <ref>{{Cite press release|title=MorningStar Report|url=https://lt.morningstar.com/gj8uge2g9k/stockprofile/default.aspx?SecurityToken=0P00017FUL]3]1]E0EXG$XSTO_3110&LanguageId=en-GB&BaseCurrencyId=SEK&externalidexchange=EX$$$$XSTO&ClearXrayPortfolioManagerApiInputData=true&xid=MT0001000109|access-date=2026-02-26|publisher=Morningstar}}</ref> | operating_income = {{Unbulleted list|{{Increase}} €6 million (2025)}}<ref>{{Cite press release|title=MorningStar Report|url=https://lt.morningstar.com/gj8uge2g9k/stockprofile/default.aspx?SecurityToken=0P00017FUL]3]1]E0EXG$XSTO_3110&LanguageId=en-GB&BaseCurrencyId=SEK&externalidexchange=EX$$$$XSTO&ClearXrayPortfolioManagerApiInputData=true&xid=MT0001000109|access-date=2026-02-26|publisher=Morningstar}}</ref> | net_income = {{Unbulleted list|{{Decrease}} - €12 million (2025)}}<ref>{{Cite press release|title=MorningStar Report|url=https://lt.morningstar.com/gj8uge2g9k/stockprofile/default.aspx?SecurityToken=0P00017FUL]3]1]E0EXG$XSTO_3110&LanguageId=en-GB&BaseCurrencyId=SEK&externalidexchange=EX$$$$XSTO&ClearXrayPortfolioManagerApiInputData=true&xid=MT0001000109|access-date=2026-02-26|publisher=Morningstar}}</ref> | num_employees = 151 (2025) | parent = | subsidiaries = | footnotes = | website = {{URL|https://www.catenamedia.com/|catenamedia.com}} }}
'''Catena Media''' is a publicly-traded online gambling information company. It was founded in 2012 and employs 151 people in Malta, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States. <ref name="catena">{{cite web |url=https://www.catenamedia.com/ |title=Empowering Brands, Driving Results: How It Works |publisher=Catena Media |accessdate=3 July 2024}}</ref>
==History== In 2008, childhood friends Erik Bergman and Emil Thidell opened a web consulting agency. For the first two years, the business operated from Thidell's parents’ basement. In October 2010, the pair decided to move to Malta. In 2012, they established Catena Media, with a focus on the lead generation for online gambling operators.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
In 2013, Catena Media began rapidly expanding, entering the Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish markets. In October 2014, the company completed its first acquisition of the company '''Finix Invest''', and in 2015 acquired eight more companies in the UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium. By the end of 2015, the company employed 50 people.<ref name=2018report>{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2018|url=https://www.catenamedia.com/app/uploads/2019/02/Catena_Media_Interim_Report_Q4_2018.pdf|accessdate=11 November 2018|language=English|publisher=Catena Media|archive-date=11 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111162441/https://www.catenamedia.com/app/uploads/2019/02/Catena_Media_Interim_Report_Q4_2018.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the first quarter of 2017, its revenues totaled EUR 15.23 million (7.46).<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.catenamedia.com/release/catena-media-interim-report-q1-2017/ |title=Catena Media – interim report Q1 2017 |publisher=Catena Media |date=17 May 2017}}</ref>
In 2020, company chair Kathryn Moore Baker and some other members of the Catena board of directors left in a leadership shake-up.<ref name="axed">{{cite news |title=Catena sanctions board makeover as Kathryn Baker resigns from Chair duties |url=https://sbcnews.co.uk/europe/2020/03/27/catena-sanctions-board-makeover-as-kathryn-baker-resigns-from-chair-duties/ |last=Menmuir |first=Ted |date=27 March 2020 |publisher=SBC News |accessdate=3 July 2024}}</ref>
==Websites== ===AskGamblers.com=== Catena Media acquired the website AskGamblers.com in April 2016 for €15 million (US$17.1 million).<ref>{{cite web|title=AskGamblers.com acquired for EUR 15 million|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN17700D|author=|publisher=Reuters|date=4 April 2016}}</ref> AskGamblers was one of Catena Media's largest websites, featuring a service to resolve player complaints. Players lodge disputes with the website, and an operator responds. Through the service, $47 million was returned to over 16,781 players in total as of 2022.<ref>{{cite press release|title=AskGamblers Complaint Service Report 2015|url=http://calvinayre.com/2016/03/02/press-releases/askgamblers-casino-complaint-service-report-for-2015/|author=|website=CalvinAyre.com|date=2 March 2016}}</ref> On December 15th, 2022 Catena Media plc announced to have entered into an agreement to sell its AskGamblers business and associated global casino brands for EUR 45 million on a cash and debt free basis to a wholly owned subsidiary of Gaming Innovation Group Inc., an international provider of services to the online casino and sports betting industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catena Media agrees EUR 45m sale of AskGamblers and related brands|url=https://www.catenamedia.com/release/catena-media-agrees-eur-45m-sale-of-askgamblers-and-related-brands/|date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
===Other websites=== Catena Media acquired i15Media in December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-08|title=Catena beefs up US presence with i15Media deal|url=https://www.intergameonline.com/igaming/news/catena-beefs-up-us-presence-with-i15media-deal|access-date=2020-12-22|website=InterGame|language=en}}</ref> In late 2016, the company also acquired two British websites - SBAT.com, a sports statistics and betting tips website, for €13 million<ref>{{cite journal|title=Catena Media stiger på förvärv|url=http://digital.di.se/artikel/catena-media-stiger-pa-forvarv|author=|journal=Dagens Industri|date=4 October 2016|language=sv}}</ref> and CasinoUK.com, for US$13.38 million.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Catena Media приобрела сайт CasinoUK.com|url=http://newsofgambling.com/catena-media-priobrela-casinouk/|author=Rostislav Danylyak|journal=News in Gambling|date=5 December 2016|language=ru}}</ref>
In April 2017, Catena Media relaunched casino comparison site JohnSlots.com.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Robin |date=5 April 2017 |title=Catena Media relaunches JohnSlots casino comparison site |url=http://www.gamingintelligence.com/marketing/42510-catena-media-relaunches-johnslots-casino-comparison-site |access-date=2018-07-04 |website=Gaming Intelligence |language=en-gb}}</ref> In December, it was announced that Catena Media had purchased Squawka, a football news website which had been going through financial difficulties, for $1.3 million.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 December 2017 |title=Catena seals deal for Squawka |url=https://igamingbusiness.com/finance/catena-seals-deal-for-squawka/ |website=iGaming Business}}</ref> Catena Media also acquired Baybets Ltd. that same month.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-09 |title=Catena Media amends earn-out for BayBets acquisition |url=https://igamingbusiness.com/finance/catena-media-amends-earn-out-for-baybets-acquisition/ |access-date=2020-12-22 |website=iGaming Business |language=en-US}}</ref>
In March 2018, Catena Media acquired the US-based BonusSeeker.com.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 March 2018 |title=Catena Media Acquires BonusSeeker.com |language=en |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-catena-media-acquires-bonusseekerc-idUKFWN1RA04Q |access-date=2020-12-10}}</ref> In July 2018, Catena Media closed its acquisition of the foreign exchange market news website LeapRate.com.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeary |first=Nicole |date=25 July 2018 |title=Catena Media consolidates its lead in financial vertical by acquiring premium Forex industry news website LeapRate.com |url=https://ukinvestormagazine.co.uk/catena-media-acquires-forex-news-website-leaprate-com |access-date=2018-07-25 |website=UK Investor Magazine |language=en-gb}}</ref>
On August 3rd, 2023, Catena Media plc signed an agreement to sell its UK and Australian online sports betting brands for EUR 6.0 million to Moneta Communications Ltd, a leading UK-based sports betting affiliate. The transaction covered the sale of all assets in Catena Media’s UK business, which includes sports betting brands Squawka and GG.co.uk, and all shares in the group’s wholly owned Australian subsidiary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catena Media to divest UK and Australian businesses for EUR 6.0m|url=https://www.catenamedia.com/release/catena-media-to-divest-uk-and-australian-businesses-for-eur-6-0m/|date=3 August 2023}}</ref>
On November 21st, 2023, Catena Media plc announced it had entered into agreements to sell its Italy-facing online sports betting and casino assets for EUR 19.8 million to two different buyers. The transactions together cover the sale of Catena Media's Italian online sports and casino brands and related assets and mark the group’s exit from the Italian market.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catena Media divests Italian sports and casino assets for EUR 19.8 million|url=https://www.catenamedia.com/release/catena-media-divests-italian-sports-and-casino-assets-for-eur-19-8-million/|date=21 November 2023}}</ref>
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