The transition of Sports Illustrated from Arena Group to Minute Media has been fraught with issues, including a brief shutdown of the Sports Illustrated website. Reports indicate that Arena Group is not willing to let go of the Sports Illustrated branding, a move that a source close to the situation has labeled as "is illegal." The website's shutdown and the rocky transition were reported amidst allegations of attempts to steal the domain name and social media accounts associated with Sports Illustrated. Despite these challenges, Arena Group has stated that it will not relinquish the Sports Illustrated site and social media channels to Minute Media.
Hey, Arena Group, thanks for nothing on the ``transition'' to Minute Media. Would have been nice to read the work of https://t.co/tZ3qBhiW4w writers such as @ByPatForde right now. Or @BobHarig on golf. Good riddance to AG. https://t.co/hvGuxRBb0k
UPDATE: Arena Group Will Not Relinquish ‘Sports Illustrated’ Site & Social Channels to Minute Media. https://t.co/aH1nOPnXnq
Sports Illustrated Arena-Minute transition included website crash, alleged attempts to steal domain name and social accounts https://t.co/cS9QrFoDxH https://t.co/jAHVu9VA4m
Sports Illustrated’s website briefly shut down amid rocky transition from Arena Group to Minute Media https://t.co/q8InGPRhC2 https://t.co/xsKzzV4wCo
NEWS: SI's website briefly shut down in abrupt transition from Arena Group to Minute Media on Thursday. Following up on @byajperez thread from earlier at NY Post. https://t.co/PIEaubfqet
Nobody whose perspective and reporting I wanted to read more after another bluegrass debacle https://t.co/Ej7q0G3Ju4
Manoj Bhargava's Arena Group isn't letting go of Sports Illustrated branding—something a source close to SI's migration to Minute Media told @FOS "is illegal." Arena owns Athlon Sports and the site is (for now) Arena's go-to sports site in the wake of Authentic yanking its… https://t.co/xH4628qCqb