Ringier buys top Romanian ‘sportal’

News. Ringier Sportal SRL has struck a deal with Intact Media Group to acquire its Romanian sports magazine Gazeta Sporturilor, including the publication’s print edition and website GSP which is the leading online sports portal in Romania with more than 3.5m monthly uniques. The print edition of Gazeta has a daily circulation of 20k copies. Ringier Sportal is a joint venture between Ringier Romania and Bulgaria’s Sportal Media Group and believes the transaction will make Ringier Romania the country’s digital media leader. Ringier is the Swiss privately-owned media group whose CHF1bn revenue (c£750m) is 35% digital.