Cyclingnews.com

In 1995 Australian Bill Mitchell, a keen cyclist and professor of economics at the University of Newcastle, created the website titled "Bill’s Cycling Racing Results and News" after finding there was a need for fast-breaking news and race results in English-speaking countries.{{cite web|title=About Cyclingnews|url=http://ftp.cyclingnews.com/adpage/about.php|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|location=Bath, UK|access-date=4 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103140357/http://ftp.cyclingnews.com/adpage/about.php|archive-date=3 November 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Cyclingnews {{!}} A Web 1.0 Success Story|url=http://www.cyclingtips.com.au/2011/08/cyclingnews-a-web-1-0-success-story/|work=Cycling Tips|access-date=4 April 2013|date=8 August 2011|archive-date=20 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420005451/http://www.cyclingtips.com.au/2011/08/cyclingnews-a-web-1-0-success-story/|url-status=dead}} In 1999 Sydney-based publishing company Knapp Communications purchased the website from Mitchell,{{cite news|last=Knapp|first=Gerard|title=It's been quite a climb, and now it's really time to ride|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/editions/special-edition-cycling-news-july-4-2007|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|location=Bath, UK|access-date=4 April 2013|date=4 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026134717/http://www.cyclingnews.com/editions/special-edition-cycling-news-july-4-2007|archive-date=26 October 2012|url-status=dead}} and in July 2007 they sold it to British publisher Future plc for £2.2m.{{cite web|title=Acquisition of www.cyclingnews.com|url=http://www.futureplc.com/2007/07/03/acquisition-of-www-cyclingnews-com/|work=Future plc|access-date=5 April 2013|date=3 July 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308011559/http://www.futureplc.com/2007/07/03/acquisition-of-www-cyclingnews-com/|archive-date=8 March 2013}}{{cite news|last=Reid|first=Carlton|title=Future buys Cyclingnews.com for £2.2m|url=http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/future-buys-cyclingnews-com-for-2-2m/0912|work=BikeBiz|publisher=Intent Media|access-date=4 April 2013|location=Hertford, UK|date=3 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318133901/http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/future-buys-cyclingnews-com-for-2-2m/0912|archive-date=18 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Luft|first=Oliver|title=Future buys Cyclingnews.com for £2.2m|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/future-buys-cyclingnews-com-for--2-2m/s2/a53389/|work=Journalism.co.uk|publisher=Mousetrap Media|location=Brighton, UK|access-date=4 April 2013|date=3 July 2007}} In July 2014 it was bought by Immediate Media Company, with sister website BikeRadar and sister magazines Cycling Plus, Mountain Biking UK, and Procycling.{{cite web|title=IMMEDIATE MEDIA CO COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF FUTURE CYCLING AND CRAFT BRANDS|url=http://www.immediate.co.uk/news/corporate/immediate-media-co-completes-acquisition-of-future-cycling-and-craft-brands/|publisher=Immediate Media Company|access-date=14 April 2015}} In February 2019, Immediate Media sold both Cyclingnews and Procycling back to Future.{{Cite web| title = Back to Future: Immediate sells CyclingNews and Procycling to Future plc, their previous owner| work = Bicycle Retailer and Industry News| access-date = 16 November 2019| url = https://www.bicycleretailer.com/international/2019/02/14/back-future-immediate-media-sells-cyclingnews-and-procycling-back-future}}

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