Kick Off (magazine)
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Kick Off is a football magazine and website published by Media24
. Its main focus is on domestic South African competitions including the Premier Soccer League
.
The magazine was established in 1994 by Rob Moore
and has its headquarters in Cape Town
.
Kick Off sells around 60 000 magazines every two weeks, and has well over 1.5-million readers according to industry measurements.
Kick Off's website, www.kickoff.com, is one of the largest sports websites in Africa, and registers at least 500 000 unique users each month.
It has two African subsites:
Kick Off Nigeria - focuses on domestic Nigeria competitionsKick Off Ghana - focuses on domestic Ghana competitions
Kick Off also produce an annual Yearbook (annual statistical review/preview; on sale each September).
In 2010, Kick Off was involved in producing Fifa
’s official media for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
, on behalf of then holding company, Touchline Media.
Media24
Media24 is the print media arm of the South African media company Naspers. It controls Naspers' newspaper and magazine Southern African publishing as well as printing activities but also includes the internet activities of the 24.com collection of web portals...
. Its main focus is on domestic South African competitions including the Premier Soccer League
Premier Soccer League
Premier Soccer League is the trading name of the National Soccer League of South Africa. The top league is the ABSA Premiership, sponsored by ABSA...
.
The magazine was established in 1994 by Rob Moore
Rob Moore (South African Entrepreneur)
Rob Moore is a South African entrepreneur, who founded Touchline Media and ExtraTime S.L. Moore currently heads the ExtraTime S.L, founded in 2003...
and has its headquarters in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
.
Kick Off sells around 60 000 magazines every two weeks, and has well over 1.5-million readers according to industry measurements.
Kick Off's website, www.kickoff.com, is one of the largest sports websites in Africa, and registers at least 500 000 unique users each month.
It has two African subsites:
Kick Off Nigeria - focuses on domestic Nigeria competitionsKick Off Ghana - focuses on domestic Ghana competitions
Kick Off also produce an annual Yearbook (annual statistical review/preview; on sale each September).
In 2010, Kick Off was involved in producing Fifa
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
’s official media for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
, on behalf of then holding company, Touchline Media.