Lee Branch.

The Friday Pint – a network of websites and events for commercial media professionals – has been sold to Haymarket Business Media. Sites, including media sales jobs and media sales jobs UK, will be merged with MediaWeekjobs.co.uk to provide the ‘most powerful online resource for both jobseekers and recruiters alike’.

As part of the agreement MediaWeek will also become the headline sponsor of The Media Sales Cup, an annual five-a-side football tournament for advertising sales teams.

Founder Lee Branch told ModernSelling.com: ‘We are delighted that The Friday Pint has become part of the market-leading MediaWeekJobs.co.uk, which offers an unrivalled online recruitment proposition for any media owner or specialist recruiter looking for new staff.’

Media Sales Cup

He said: ‘We would like to thank everyone that has supported The Friday Pint over the last three years and look forward to seeing many of you at our football tournament The Media Sales Cup in May 2010, run in partnership with MediaWeek.

2009 champions: Times Online.

‘It’s World Cup Year and places are limited so to find out about sponsoring the event or to enter your team; email lee@themediasalescup.co.uk.’

Media sector

Online publishing director at Haymarket Business Media, Simon Devitt added: ‘The purchase of The Friday Pint clearly demonstrates our ongoing commitment to provide the best online experience for both recruiters and advertisers alike within the UK media sector.’

He said: ‘Lee and his team have created a vibrant business over the past few years and, by combining it with our established job site, MediaWeekjobs.co.uk, we will be able to capitalise on their efforts and provide the sector with a unique online recruitment proposition.

‘For recruiters this will provide unique, unparalleled access to a growing audience of high-calibre candidates and for the job seeker access to some of the leading recruiters within the sector.’

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