Graham Shaw

Graham Shaw

Consultant Editor

Digital sports leader with 30 years of senior level experience running global brands. Built sportinglife.com to be a behemoth as well as being in charge of the Planet Sport network of sites including planetf1.com, football365.com, teamtalk.com and planetrugby.com. Then grew goal.com to be the world's biggest soccer website in 18 languages and 37 territories. Was GM of Portals for Perform Group (now DAZN) with overall responsibility for sportingnews.com, spox.de and voetbalzone.nl. Also <A HREF="https://www.sportingnews.com/au/other-sports/news/sporting-news-is-the-new-home-of-sportal-in-australia/13tmqbcams3151wrxk9yliydig">launched Sporting News into the Australian market</A>.

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Expertise & Experience

30 years of experience as a senior sports editor, executive and consultant. Has been in charge of brands including goal.com, sportinglife.com, planetf1.com and many more.

Education & Credentials

Education: NCTJ Pre-Entry, NCTJ Proficiency Test (fully qualified senior journalist).

Previous Roles: Editorial Director Goal.com, Global GM of Portals at DAZN (sportingnews.com, spox.de, voetbalzone.nl), Editor-in-chief Sportinglife.com, Editor-in-chief Planet Sport sites (Football365/PlanetF1/Teamtalk/PlanetRugby) at Skysports

Awards & Recognition: Sports website of the year, Yell Awards.

Personal Interests & Motivation

Motivation: Getting better every day motivates me. Once you stop learning, you are cooked.

Hobbies: All sports, Films, Books (mainly sports autobiographies)

Contact & Social

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About Graham Shaw

Digital sports leader with 30 years of senior level experience running global brands. Built sportinglife.com to be a behemoth in the UK as well as being in charge of the Planet Sport network of sites including planetf1.com, football365.com, teamtalk.com and planetrugby.com.

Then grew goal.com to be the world's biggest soccer website in 18 languages and 37 territories. Was GM of Portals for Perform Group (now DAZN) with overall responsibility for sportingnews.com, spox.de and voetbalzone.nl.

Vastly experienced in digital publishing and running credible brands to grow at scale. Managed a team of 500 journalists at goal.com - operating in 37 different territories.

Has planned and delivered major commercial campaigns around soccer World Cups and major sporting festivals.