SPORT24: Football Analysis with the validity of Opta

SPORT24 does not stop innovating and investing in new applications in order to fully inform its readers. This time, it brings the revolution to the Greek championship with his exclusive collaboration with Opta. The No. 1 Sports site in the country, is the first site in Greece that collaborates with Opta, the leading company in the world in the statistical coverage of sports events.

Opta is the official statistics company of the Premier League, La Liga, MLS

and the small leagues of England, while covering over 1,000 football competitions, with over 200,000 matches.

SPORT24 with Opta changes the way we see one team and our favorite players in Greece. Through the special page Football Analysis, every match of the Greek championship, has carefully selected widgets and graphs that help the reader to better understand what happened in each game. Graphs that capture data on the action, so that it becomes clear at a glance what happened inside the field and most importantly, where it happened.

The reader has access to all OPTA widgets and can draw information about the league, compare teams, players and access specialized statistics. The Greek championship now has through SPORT24 the best possible statistical coverage with data, with the best possible display, with the credibility of Opta.

SPORT24 was the site that took the first step and analyzed the teams through advanced analytics. Now with Opta data the analysis goes to another dimension. Now, the reader will be able to see "Football as it is".

24MEDIA wins 4 awards at DIME Awards 2020

24MEDIA won four awards at DIME Awards 2020, proving once again why it stands out, is a pioneer and remains the leading digital publisher in Greece.

24MEDIA was among the winners of the night as it won four great awards: Gold award in the category Best CSR Initiative | Covid-19 for the project Mousikes Agapis: The Unplagued Concert, Gold award in the category Best Breaking News Reporting for  KOBE24: Kobe Bryant Takeover by Sport24.gr, Silver award in the category Native Advertising Campaign for The vintage summer of Ladylike.gr by Fix Άνευ and Bronze award in the category Best Good News Coverage  | Covid-19 for the Good News section of News247.gr.

In addition, in the category Best Engagement Strategy, BGM OMD | Beiersdorf won the Silver Award for the project  Best European Football Team from Sport24.gr and NIVEA MEN.

The  DIME Awards 2020 Ceremony was held successfully on Tuesday, October 6th, where many executives of the Greek digital market gathered to award the best of the year in the Greek digital environment.

The nominations were evaluated by a jury of 35 Digital Media experts chaired by Helen Konstantopoulos, Vice President, International Circulation & Development of The New York Times.

It is a reward for the effort of all the people of 24MEDIA, which reveals its character and that no matter how many years pass, what remains in its identity, is that when it works as a team, it can overcome any obstacle.

Together, we always win!

Vicky Samara at NEWS 24/7

Vicky Samara joins the team of the leading news site News247.gr, in order to further enhance the political reporting. The experienced political editor will take over Government reporting.

Vicky Samara has studied at the Department of Journalism and Mass Media of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, worked at Eleftherotypia, while for many years she was the editor of Apogevmatini, responsible for New Democracy reporting and government reporting.

Sport24 podcast: Josimar with Themis Kaisaris

Every Thursday, the editor in chief and columnist of SPORT24, Themis Kaisaris, brings to you "Josimar", the black Rambo who came to put order in the “chaos” of football. After the successful "The Show Must Go On" with Pantelis Diamantopoulos, SPORT24 launched its second podcast.

Themis Kaisaris analyzes whatever is happening in Greek and international football. He dispels myths and evaluates with data what is happening on the field.

The premiere of the new podcast of SPORT24 was impressive, having as a guest star, the legend Manolis Mavromatis, who remembered the black Rambo and explained to the audience in his own unique way the story of Josimar.

You can find and subscribe to "Josimar” at Spotify. You can also find it on  iTunes.

2MEDIA invests in the new digital age and podcasts are an important content platform.

Vassilis Skountis at SPORT24

One of the most important and beloved Greek journalists, Vassilis Skountis, joins the team of the leading sports site, Sport24.gr in the context of the ongoing reinforcement strategy of its team.

His characteristic voice has been associated with some of the most important moments of Greek sports, and his articles have written their own history. Everyone distinguishes his special and characteristic writing. Vassilis Skountis will write daily articles at Sport24, and he will also have his own special column.

Biography 

Vassilis Skountis started his career in 1979 and has worked in a variety of media, from newspapers, TV and radio stations and news sites. From 2000 to 2004 he was the director of the Olympic Information Service at the Athens Olympic Games and the 2004 Paralympic Games, having under his supervision 600 journalists, sports experts and volunteers.

From 2006 to 2009 he was the Second Vice President of the Panhellenic Sports Journalists Association (PSAT), while in 2011 he was in charge of the Information Sector at the Pan-Arab Games in Doha, Qatar.

Vassilis Skountis is the only European journalist who has covered all the Final Four of the Euroleague of basketball (since 1988), while he has covered six Olympic Games, eight World Basketball Championships, 15 European Basketball Championships and many more.

Among other things, he has taught in many departments of Journalism and Sports Journalism, while he is a member of ESIEA, PSAT and the International Journalists' Associations UEPS and AIPS.

In 1999 and 2015 he was awarded by the Panhellenic Sports Journalists Association (PSAT) for the "best reportage of the year", while he has received honorary distinctions from the “Athanassios Botsis” Foundation for the Promotion of Journalism as well as from several Greek and international organizations.

Antonis Diniakos at News 24/7

Antonis Diniakos joins the team of News247.gr, in order to create products that will be based exclusively on primary journalistic content, while also undertaking the development of video and audio content.

Antonis Diniakos has worked in newspapers, magazines, free press, radio and television, but also in the field of advertising and communication. He started his career in 2003, from the sports department of ETHNOS newspaper. In recent years, he was Senior Editor at VICE Greece.

24MEDIA continues its development plan and the continuous reinforcement of News 24/7 with renowned journalists.

News 24/7: Readers’ trust and in August

For another month, the public trusted the reliability of NEWS 24/7. The leading news brand of 24MEDIA recorded 6,115,090* unique users in August, with 42,454,144 pageviews.

The validity, immediacy and sober approach of News 24/7 in the "hot" news of August won the trust of readers, who continue to prefer it for their information.

News 24/7 recently strengthened further its team, including three renowned journalists, Theodore Panagoulis (Energy and Environment Reporter), George Karelias (columnist) and Antonis Diniakos (Head of Investigative Journalism).

News 24/7 continues to provide reliable, direct and pluralistic news, with full coverage and a variety of reportages. 

*SOURCE: GOOGLE ANALYTICS

George Karelias at News 24/7

24MEDIA Group welcomes the reputable journalist George Karelias, who joins the team of News247.gr, in the context of the ongoing reinforcement strategy of the news site.

George Karelias is a political journalist and columnist with a long career in journalism. He studied law in Athens and has been involved in journalism since his student years.

He has worked in several Media, among them the newspaper ELEFTHEROTYPIA where he was  a journalist for 35 years.

George Karelias will write daily articles at News 24/7, taking a clear and critical thesis about everything that happens in country's political scene.

Environment and Energy reporter, Thodoris Panagoulis at News 24/7

The experienced journalist in matters of Environment and Energy, Thodoris Panagoulis comes to enforce the team of News247.gr, the leading news site of 24MEDIA.

Thodoris Panagoulis studied Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens but turned early to journalism, which he has been practicing for 20 years.

Among other things, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the finance department at the newspaper "Ependytis" and director of the portal www.energypress.gr. 

He has also been in charge of several communication campaigns, edited financial books and participated in dozens of journalistic missions in Greece and abroad.

Thodoris Panagoulis is an experienced reporter covering Environment and Energy issues who comes to join the dynamic team of journalists of NEWS 24/7.

News247.gr, as a news site that is constantly evolving, strengthens its team with acclaimed editors who aim to contribute to the objective information of the public.

Ladylike podcast: Been There, Done That with Mina Birakou

Been There, Done That is Ladylike’s new podcast. Mina Birakou talks about everything that made a good or a bad impression on her the past week, suggests all the things she enjoyed, comments on current affairs, deals with human relationships and stories, takes a stand on issues that need discussion and narrates personal stories. 

With guests or alone, Mina has Been There, Done That.

Sport24 podcast: The Show Must Go On with Pantelis Diamantopoulos

SPORT24 continues to invest in innovation and future, with Pantelis Diamantopoulos taking the lead on a new podcast, that was missing from the Greek market. The experienced sport’s editor and producer comes back with a fresh project, aimed at a rapidly growing market.

The podcast's name: "The Show Must Go On" predisposes for a dynamic return of the favorite sports editor to the fans' headphones. With the reliability of the leading digital publishing company in Greece and the No1 sports’ news brand (SPORT24) the transition of the Greek market to the podcast era is been importantly strengthened for the Greek media.

Reuters Greeks trust NEWS 24/7 for news and information

News247.gr, the leading news site of 24MEDIA, is among the main digital Media that Greeks trust.

According to the Digital News Report of the Reuters Institute for 2020, NEWS 24/7 was once again at the forefront in terms of reliability and traffic, with the majority (54%) answering that they trust NEWS 24/7 and only 16% giving the opposite answer

A few months, after the March record of 8,683,672 unique users and 74,560,536 pageviews, one of the most reputable research institutes in the field of media worldwide, ranked NEWS 24/7 among the most reliable Greek news brands.

NEWS 24/7's experienced newsroom provides its readers with valid and immediate information on a daily basis. The goal and commitment of NEWS 24/7 is the daily confirmation of every citizen, who trusts it for his daily briefing.