Reading Rewards: Readly partners with Virgin Red

Fancy earning loyalty points by reading your favourite newspapers and magazines? Well now you can! Virgin Red, Virgin’s rewards club, has partnered with Readly, the digital magazine and newspaper app, to offer members up to 750 Virgin Points and their first month free when they sign-up to Readly through Virgin Red.

Readly’s subscription service offers unlimited digital access to more than 6,000 of the most popular magazines and newspapers including Cosmopolitan, GQ, Time Magazine, BBC Good Food, National Geographic, Men’s Health, The Daily Express, The Guardian and thousands more.

Anyone signing up to Readly through Virgin Red will get their first month’s subscription for free. After this, the cost is £9.99 per month and Virgin Red members will earn 250 points per month for three months.

- Richard X Moore, Director of Partnerships, for Virgin Red, said “At Virgin Red we like to find ways to make every day more rewarding for our members so we’re thrilled to welcome Readly as a partner. It means our members can earn Virgin Points while enjoying unlimited access to thousands of their favourite newspapers and magazines at any time. It’s also a really environmentally friendly way to read newspapers and magazines, which we know our members will love.”

- Ranj Begley, UK MD and Chief Content Officer at Readly, says: “We are delighted to join forces with Virgin Red to offer their members a free Readly trial subscription as well as the chance to earn Virgin Points on their Readly subscription. As trusted news and verified journalism becomes increasingly important, Virgin Red members can access the broad portfolio of magazines and newspapers available on our platform and be entertained and inspired by the content, whether it be a favourite title or something completely new.”

You don’t have to be an existing Virgin customer to benefit from Virgin Red – anyone can sign up for free and start earning Virgin Points With more than 250 rewards to choose from, across five different reward categories, there is something for everyone.

Find out more at https://www.virgin.com/virgin-red or download the Virgin Red app on your smartphone.

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For further information:

Kate Tegelaars, UK PR Lead, Readly

07879 818 711

kate.tegelaars@readly.com

Notes to editors:

About Readly

Readly is the European category leader for digital magazines. The company offers a digital subscription service that lets customers have unlimited access to 7,500 magazines and newspapers including the catalogue of ePresse. Readly has subscribers in more than 50 countries and content available in 17 different languages. In collaboration with 1200 publishers worldwide, Readly is digitizing the magazine industry. In 2020, revenues amounted to SEK 353 million. Since September 2020, the Readly share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Midcap. For more information, please visit https//corporate.readly.com.

About Virgin Red

Virgin Red is Virgin's new rewards club, connecting the Virgin family, where members can earn on the everyday to save for the extraordinary. Virgin Red also makes it easy to support local communities, charities and the environment.

More information can be found at: https://www.virgin.com/about-virgin/latest/brand-new-rewards-club