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Type of site | Football news |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | England |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | GRV Media[1] |
| Key people | Vic Daniels (co-founder and Executive Chairman) Graham Morris (co-founder and CEO) Robi Buckley (co-founder) |
| URL | hitc |
| Advertising | Native |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | 2000 |
| Current status | Active |
HITC (formerlyHere Is the City)[2] is a British football news website owned by GRV Media.[1] As well as multiple social profiles it also has two popularfootball-themedYouTube channels, HITC Football (previously HITC Sport) and HITC Sevens, launched in October 2014 and June 2017 respectively.
At its launch in 2000, HITC was focused on financial news.
In February 2010 it set up a "Save Dave" campaign[3] to save a banker from losing their job after they were caught on live television viewing images of a model in the office.[4] The campaign garnered much publicity within the finance industry.[5][6]
The company dropped the name Here Is the City in 2015 and rebranded to HITC.[7]
In December 2023 the website streamlined its news content to focus specifically on football and hired Graeme Bailey as Strategic & Operational Head of Football.[8]
The HITC Football (previously HITC Sport) and HITC Sevens YouTube channels were launched in October 2014 and June 2017 respectively. As of the end of 2021, the channels have a combined subscriber base of over 1 million. HITC Football was previously run by Michael Ramsay,[9][10] who left in 2022 to launch his own channel, The Irish Guy.
HITC Sevens is run by Alfie Potts-Harmer. His six-month-old blogA Halftime Report won the judges' award for Best Young Blogger at the 2015 Football Blogging Awards. This was decided by a distinguished panel includingDan Walker ofBBC Sport, John Cross of theDaily Mirror, Neil Ashton of theDaily Mail and Owen Gibson ofThe Guardian.[11]