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SportsPro is a monthly British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 magazine that reports on the business and financial aspects of sport. It has become known for its in-depth analytical studies, such as its 2009 valuation of the world's 200 most valuable sports properties.

History

SportsPro was founded by journalist and publisher Tom Rubython
Tom Rubython
Tom Rubython is a British journalist, entrepreneur and publisher with an interest in business topics and Formula One racing. He was formerly the founder and publisher of Formula 1 Magazine, BusinessF1 Magazine and editor of EuroBusiness magazine. He has written three books and most recently headed...

 in 2008 to replace BusinessF1, Rubython's previous magazine. This transformed the publication into a business title that covered the entire sports industry as opposed to just Formula 1. The magazine was sold to London-based Henley Media Group in February 2009.

Format and market

SportsPro focuses on the business of sport, but covers all aspects of it other than match reports. It provides news, analysis, statistics, features and special reports. Though it is based in London, it has a global readership, with nearly half of its subscribers based in the USA.

It is a perfect bound 132 or 164 (double issue) page magazine in full colour with editorial and advertisements, printed on matte art paper with a laminated soft cover.

Formerly available on newsstands, SportsPro is now entirely subscription-based, and has more than 20,000 subscribers within the sports industry. Notable subscribers include the majority of the Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

 racing teams; the Glazer family, owners of Manchester United and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

; Tottenham Hotspur; and the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

.

Other publications

SportsPro Media also publishes the Formula One Black Book, an annual in-depth analysis of the business and sport of Formula One.

The SportsPro Daily Deal is an e-newsletter service. It delivers details of all the sport deals done in the past 24 hours direct to thousands of email inboxes around the globe every weekday.
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