{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"155795","rtpr_id":"nGNX3CQTy1-20260929","ticker":"RTB","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["RTB"],"title":"Roundtable Platforms Legendary UK Sports Brands in Premier League Media Coalition","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-29T16:10:00.096Z","article_body":"Former UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss is building a premium media coalition, now\nadding top sports media brands, starting with “AbsoluteChelsea,” and more\nthan a dozen top team brands on Roundtable OS.\n\nLondon, UK, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Roundtable\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8OpzYGoORfNqKzf6h8qvOATBdBYhSwbhMeXREjeWAGTGOF3W-yT3t3WXhwW7usHiG0LfMcvh5Qa-ff867bFdIw==)(Nasdaq:\nRTB), an AI/DeFi-powered Enterprise Media Operating System, today announced a\nunified coalition of independent UK sports media brands running on the\nRoundtable platform. Absolute Chelsea\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=eoZ225RO7gMXKKZBPrYkdX-LLFUCRrhbyw0j9Yiq40xq054Ou2RyATx6x0Ntra2aUXpzIYtgRR-9-jg_v762khmgOuY7MrtZxhoKkMuN4K4nyOWqMg8R1D2ztK1C1Nvzww0SkY84-8Sv_0ykRyNbJA==),\nCity Xtra\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=XD-LOJck1bmHrdEQehx-iBeHEjO-fZJ0GjiNPYPzGUwDyLPiU8r7blH6ByuKB7ZMWYft-JutbKG1TsuZUlaEsQ==),\nLast Word on Spurs\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=h-AVLdquWp-BrzYTxM1jQaeaa4kXnOp05Mc2zBdVROHsA2DlIlhxPMue9NVejlLsavM37ebDnfug-H5ouRv0uhJF_OX4OSExgZatBka5-JhQpKQ-reg088DoPjo_npJH1AUc_kwKILd6UHdd0fQmqw==),\nUnited District, LiverpoolTransferRoom have joined forces with other leading\npremier league brands - leveraging Roundtable's Media OS, to unify millions of\nfans in a premium sports coalition, which includes more than 200 global sports\nbrands, including NFL, MLB, NBA, Hockey, and now the English Premier League,\nall part of a growing global media coalition which recently announced\nexpansion to over 100 million user ecosystem.\n\nThe UK coalition is the vanguard of a broader European movement led by former\nUnited Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss: a premium media network created to\noperate fully independent of AI aggregators and Silicon Valley distribution.\nAcross Europe, independent media brands are uniting on the Roundtable AI\noperating system, to retain full sovereignty over their brands, audience,\ndata, and IP, leveraging global scale ecosystem and infrastructure.\n\nEvery coalition member runs independently on the full power of the\nRoundtableOS and marketplace, with a blockchain-based secure IP vault for each\nbrand, coalition distribution, publishing, monetization, community,\nsyndication, and real-time DeFi payments unified in a single ecosystem. The\nrecently announced transformative Coinbase integration ensures publishers and\njournalists are paid instantly, with on-chain settlement through Roundtable's\nMedia Liquidity Pool and smart-wallet network, ensuring immutable reporting\nand payments, down to every brand, story, video and professional content\ncreator and journalist.\n\nGlobal Sports Media Coalition\n\nMillions of hockey fans were the first to adopt Roundtable’s transformative\nplatform through TheHockeyNews.com\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=-x0hkyxOe90KFi3t-RWTwb7Xa7FA_c9etjYTZSXwb180F91c5K6dQPTglGsi9FM5NzTAX0JRLq-zQhOD5cbjbR7E0VkjLVtvocpXcZFvhRU=),\nnow a 50+ publication network covering every NHL team. In 2026, most former\nSports Illustrated team publishers followed former SI CEO Heckman to\nRoundtable, while more than a dozen leading UK Premier League publications\njoined the Coalition, including Absolute Chelsea, City Xtra, Last Word on\nSpurs, District United and Liverpool Transfer Room.\n\n“In 1999, we created Europe’s #1 sports network by partnering with the\nbest Premier League team journalists in Britain: Rivals.net. Roundtable is\nrepeating that playbook today, again with legendary brands and vastly superior\ntechnology,” said James Heckman, Founder and CEO of Roundtable. “Our\ngrowing coalition of UK professional media brands, built on Roundtable’s\nmarket-changing OS, creates a transformative experience for consumers and\ninvestors. Supporting professional journalism is mission one, by creating the\nworld’s most efficient global marketplace for professional journalism.”\n\n\"We couldn't be more proud to become a member of Roundtable's premium UK media\ncoalition. Their technology is truly transformative, and the way publishers\nare paid instantly is revolutionary,\" said Freddie Pye, Founder at City Xtra.\n\"Media is at a turning point in the UK, and saving professional journalism\nstarts with sports. To do so, publishers need full ownership and control of\ntheir IP, audience data, and a safe community platform; Roundtable provides\nall of this. The Premier League is revered globally and locally, and we're\nproud to lead what is only the beginning of building the largest media\ncoalition in Europe.”\n\nAbout Roundtable:\n\nRoundtable (NASDAQ: RTB) is an AI/DeFi-powered Enterprise Media Operating\nSystem, integrating distribution, publishing, monetization, community,\nsyndication and DeFi payment operations, powering professional and major media\nbrands. The Web3 platform was developed over years by digital pioneers and\nco-founders Eyal Hertzog and James Heckman.\n\nFor more information, visit rtb.io\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=RJljoJr5iHZzy8G0hmR0iNG3vhdxl_uecHArYm0MoNZXpAo8aO39YeHy0FZejrG4No04wcWib8gvWFcmxyrXEA==).\n\nCautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release includes information that constitutes forward-looking\nstatements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as\namended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.\nThese forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current beliefs,\nassumptions and expectations regarding future events, which in turn are based\non information currently available to the Company. Such forward-looking\nstatements include statements that are characterized by future or conditional\nwords such as \"may,\" \"will,\" \"expect,\" \"intend,\" \"anticipate,\" \"believe,\"\n\"estimate,\" and \"continue\" or similar words. You should read statements that\ncontain these words carefully because they discuss future expectations and\nplans, which contain projections of future results of operations or financial\ncondition or state other forward-looking information. Such forward-looking\nstatements include statements regarding the timing and effects of the merger\ntransaction and the integration of the business of RTB into the combined\npost-merger company and the effects of the overall merger transaction and\nfuture operations of the post-merger company. By their nature, forward-looking\nstatements address matters that are subject to risks and uncertainties. A\nvariety of factors could cause actual events and results to differ materially\nfrom those expressed in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements,\nsuch as the post-merger company being able to maintain its listing on Nasdaq\nfor the common stock, having sufficient capital for its operations and planned\nbusiness expansion, and developing its business and capturing users for its\nservices. Other risk factors affecting the Company are discussed in detail in\nthe Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The\nCompany undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any\nforward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future\nevents or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable laws.\n\nPress Contact: press@roundtable.io\nIR Contact: ir@roundtable.io\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/e675abde-4216-4d75-8262-fb0e5602a6ca)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX3CQTy1-20260929","title":"Roundtable Platforms Legendary UK Sports Brands in Premier League Media Coalition","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"RTB","created":"2026-09-29T16:10:00.096Z","tickers":["RTB"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Former UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss is building a premium media coalition, now\nadding top sports media brands, starting with “AbsoluteChelsea,” and more\nthan a dozen top team brands on Roundtable OS.\n\nLondon, UK, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Roundtable\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8OpzYGoORfNqKzf6h8qvOATBdBYhSwbhMeXREjeWAGTGOF3W-yT3t3WXhwW7usHiG0LfMcvh5Qa-ff867bFdIw==)(Nasdaq:\nRTB), an AI/DeFi-powered Enterprise Media Operating System, today announced a\nunified coalition of independent UK sports media brands running on the\nRoundtable platform. Absolute Chelsea\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=eoZ225RO7gMXKKZBPrYkdX-LLFUCRrhbyw0j9Yiq40xq054Ou2RyATx6x0Ntra2aUXpzIYtgRR-9-jg_v762khmgOuY7MrtZxhoKkMuN4K4nyOWqMg8R1D2ztK1C1Nvzww0SkY84-8Sv_0ykRyNbJA==),\nCity Xtra\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=XD-LOJck1bmHrdEQehx-iBeHEjO-fZJ0GjiNPYPzGUwDyLPiU8r7blH6ByuKB7ZMWYft-JutbKG1TsuZUlaEsQ==),\nLast Word on Spurs\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=h-AVLdquWp-BrzYTxM1jQaeaa4kXnOp05Mc2zBdVROHsA2DlIlhxPMue9NVejlLsavM37ebDnfug-H5ouRv0uhJF_OX4OSExgZatBka5-JhQpKQ-reg088DoPjo_npJH1AUc_kwKILd6UHdd0fQmqw==),\nUnited District, LiverpoolTransferRoom have joined forces with other leading\npremier league brands - leveraging Roundtable's Media OS, to unify millions of\nfans in a premium sports coalition, which includes more than 200 global sports\nbrands, including NFL, MLB, NBA, Hockey, and now the English Premier League,\nall part of a growing global media coalition which recently announced\nexpansion to over 100 million user ecosystem.\n\nThe UK coalition is the vanguard of a broader European movement led by former\nUnited Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss: a premium media network created to\noperate fully independent of AI aggregators and Silicon Valley distribution.\nAcross Europe, independent media brands are uniting on the Roundtable AI\noperating system, to retain full sovereignty over their brands, audience,\ndata, and IP, leveraging global scale ecosystem and infrastructure.\n\nEvery coalition member runs independently on the full power of the\nRoundtableOS and marketplace, with a blockchain-based secure IP vault for each\nbrand, coalition distribution, publishing, monetization, community,\nsyndication, and real-time DeFi payments unified in a single ecosystem. The\nrecently announced transformative Coinbase integration ensures publishers and\njournalists are paid instantly, with on-chain settlement through Roundtable's\nMedia Liquidity Pool and smart-wallet network, ensuring immutable reporting\nand payments, down to every brand, story, video and professional content\ncreator and journalist.\n\nGlobal Sports Media Coalition\n\nMillions of hockey fans were the first to adopt Roundtable’s transformative\nplatform through TheHockeyNews.com\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=-x0hkyxOe90KFi3t-RWTwb7Xa7FA_c9etjYTZSXwb180F91c5K6dQPTglGsi9FM5NzTAX0JRLq-zQhOD5cbjbR7E0VkjLVtvocpXcZFvhRU=),\nnow a 50+ publication network covering every NHL team. In 2026, most former\nSports Illustrated team publishers followed former SI CEO Heckman to\nRoundtable, while more than a dozen leading UK Premier League publications\njoined the Coalition, including Absolute Chelsea, City Xtra, Last Word on\nSpurs, District United and Liverpool Transfer Room.\n\n“In 1999, we created Europe’s #1 sports network by partnering with the\nbest Premier League team journalists in Britain: Rivals.net. Roundtable is\nrepeating that playbook today, again with legendary brands and vastly superior\ntechnology,” said James Heckman, Founder and CEO of Roundtable. “Our\ngrowing coalition of UK professional media brands, built on Roundtable’s\nmarket-changing OS, creates a transformative experience for consumers and\ninvestors. Supporting professional journalism is mission one, by creating the\nworld’s most efficient global marketplace for professional journalism.”\n\n\"We couldn't be more proud to become a member of Roundtable's premium UK media\ncoalition. Their technology is truly transformative, and the way publishers\nare paid instantly is revolutionary,\" said Freddie Pye, Founder at City Xtra.\n\"Media is at a turning point in the UK, and saving professional journalism\nstarts with sports. To do so, publishers need full ownership and control of\ntheir IP, audience data, and a safe community platform; Roundtable provides\nall of this. The Premier League is revered globally and locally, and we're\nproud to lead what is only the beginning of building the largest media\ncoalition in Europe.”\n\nAbout Roundtable:\n\nRoundtable (NASDAQ: RTB) is an AI/DeFi-powered Enterprise Media Operating\nSystem, integrating distribution, publishing, monetization, community,\nsyndication and DeFi payment operations, powering professional and major media\nbrands. The Web3 platform was developed over years by digital pioneers and\nco-founders Eyal Hertzog and James Heckman.\n\nFor more information, visit rtb.io\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=RJljoJr5iHZzy8G0hmR0iNG3vhdxl_uecHArYm0MoNZXpAo8aO39YeHy0FZejrG4No04wcWib8gvWFcmxyrXEA==).\n\nCautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release includes information that constitutes forward-looking\nstatements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as\namended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.\nThese forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current beliefs,\nassumptions and expectations regarding future events, which in turn are based\non information currently available to the Company. Such forward-looking\nstatements include statements that are characterized by future or conditional\nwords such as \"may,\" \"will,\" \"expect,\" \"intend,\" \"anticipate,\" \"believe,\"\n\"estimate,\" and \"continue\" or similar words. You should read statements that\ncontain these words carefully because they discuss future expectations and\nplans, which contain projections of future results of operations or financial\ncondition or state other forward-looking information. Such forward-looking\nstatements include statements regarding the timing and effects of the merger\ntransaction and the integration of the business of RTB into the combined\npost-merger company and the effects of the overall merger transaction and\nfuture operations of the post-merger company. By their nature, forward-looking\nstatements address matters that are subject to risks and uncertainties. A\nvariety of factors could cause actual events and results to differ materially\nfrom those expressed in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements,\nsuch as the post-merger company being able to maintain its listing on Nasdaq\nfor the common stock, having sufficient capital for its operations and planned\nbusiness expansion, and developing its business and capturing users for its\nservices. Other risk factors affecting the Company are discussed in detail in\nthe Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The\nCompany undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any\nforward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future\nevents or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable laws.\n\nPress Contact: press@roundtable.io\nIR Contact: ir@roundtable.io\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/e675abde-4216-4d75-8262-fb0e5602a6ca)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-29T16:10:00.137866255Z","server_sent_at_ms":1790698200137},"received_at":"2026-09-29T16:10:00.190Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"144514","press_release_id":"155795","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Media","sector":"Communication Services"},"redFlags":["No revenue or financial metrics disclosed despite Nasdaq listing","Forward-looking statements reference a pending merger transaction and Nasdaq listing-maintenance risk","Web3/AI/DeFi-heavy promotional language typical of micro-cap promotional releases"],"eventType":"partnership","narrative":"Roundtable (Nasdaq: RTB) announced a coalition of independent UK Premier League media brands, including Absolute Chelsea, City Xtra, and Last Word on Spurs, now running on its Roundtable OS platform.\n\nThe UK coalition is positioned as the start of a broader European movement led by former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, part of a global network of more than 200 sports brands and a claimed 100 million+ user ecosystem.\n\nNo financial terms were disclosed; the announcement is a growth/visibility signal rather than a revenue event.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Micro-cap Web3 media platform touts UK Premier League publisher coalition with Liz Truss-led European expansion; no financials attached."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"user_ecosystem":"over 100 million","hockey_publications":"50+","global_sports_brands":"more than 200","uk_premier_league_brands":"more than a dozen"}},"quotedText":"In 1999, we created Europe's #1 sports network by partnering with the best Premier League team journalists in Britain: Rivals.net. 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