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Arena Group News

A logo for The Arena Group.

The Arena Group purchases digital assets to Lindy’s Sports

The Arena Group's portfolio currently includes Men's Journal, Athlon Sports, Men's Fitness and The Spun.

By Ben Axelrod OnOct 16, 2025 0
Authentic Brands Group CEO Jamie Salter (L) and 5-Hour Energy founder/The Arena Group investor Manoj Bhargava.

Arena Group

The Arena Group settles Sports Illustrated lawsuit against Authentic Brands Group

Chris Mannix talks Sports Illustrated's changes from Arena Group to Minute Media.

Chris Mannix on Sports Illustrated shift from Arena to Minute: ‘There’s a lot more emphasis on quality.’

"The entire staff is wildly optimistic about the future of this place."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 19, 2024 0
Credit: Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images

Arena Group

Athlon Sports’ USC site deletes one of three bashed articles after plagiarism claims from Trojans on SI reporter

Manoj Bhargava at a NewsNet desk. (NewsNet.)

Arena Group

Ex-SI publisher Manoj Bhargava shuts down TV networks he’d planned to combine with Arena Group

A Sports Illustrated logo from their YouTube page.

Sports Illustrated woes continue after May issue skipped

This was the first time in 70 years that Sports Illustrated had missed a scheduled print issue.

By Robert O'Neill OnMay 20, 2024 9
Authentic Brands Group CEO Jamie Salter (L) and 5-Hour Energy founder/The Arena Group investor Manoj Bhargava.

Arena Group

Sports Illustrated owner Authentic sues Arena and Manoj Bhargava, who ‘behaved like a gangster’

The Sports Illustrated website on March 22, 2024.

Sports Illustrated Arena-Minute transition included website crash, alleged attempts to steal domain name and social accounts

Ex-SI publisher The Arena Group has been accused of trying to take the SI.com domain name and several social accounts.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 22, 2024 0
A graphic of some of Sports Illustrated’s ownership/publisher history.

Arena Group

How did Sports Illustrated get here? A full timeline

LeBron James holds an issue of Sports Illustrated on Feb. 13, 2002. James was on SI’s cover as a junior at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. (Phil Masturzo/The Akron Beacon-Journal, via USA Today Sports.)

Arena Group

Arena tells Sports Illustrated employees print magazine will end in May, but that contradicts comments from owner Authentic

A logo for The Arena Group.

Manoj Bhargava invests another $12 million in SI publisher Arena Group

Manoj Bhargava is not walking away from Arena Group.

By Joe Lucia OnFeb 15, 2024 2
The Sports Illustrated: The Covers book.

Sports Illustrated print story on transgender boxers reportedly pulled by Arena Group executive

An Arena Group executive reportedly removed a Chris Mannix story on transgender boxers from an upcoming print edition of Sports Illustrated.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 1, 2024 6
Gary Cosby Jr./Tuscaloosa News, via USA Today Sports

Arena Group

Sports Illustrated union files unfair labor practices charge, exec claims Arena-Authentic dispute is ‘engineered’

Ross Levinsohn at the 2023 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Award ceremony. (Tom Cooper/Getty Images for Prime Video.)

Arena Group

Ex-SI exec Ross Levinsohn blasts ‘illegal’ and ‘abhorrent’ Arena board actions, ‘union busting tactics’

A logo for The Arena Group.

Arena Group stock down 33 percent after Sports Illustrated news, continuing year-long slide

In a year, Arena Group stock has dropped from $10.42 to $0.84 a share, with the latest fall there Friday.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 20, 2024 0
Authentic Brands Group CEO Jamie Salter (L) and 5-Hour Energy founder/The Arena Group investor Manoj Bhargava.

Arena Group

‘I told him to f*** off’: ABG’s Jamie Salter reveals SI licensing negotiations and drama with Arena’s Manoj Bhargava

A Sports Illustrated logo from their YouTube page.

Current and former writers react to awful Sports Illustrated news

"Corporate ghouls have unnecessarily ruined a proud institution."

By Robert O'Neill OnJan 19, 2024 3
The Sports Illustrated: The Covers book.

Sports Illustrated owner Authentic Brands Group says publication ‘will not go dark’ despite Arena license revocation

"Authentic is determined to protect and provide stewardship for the brand. And that includes making sure the editorial arm continues to operate."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 19, 2024 2
Ross Levinsohn during his time at Yahoo.

Former Arena Group CEO Ross Levinsohn resigns board seat, bemoans ‘destruction’ of Sports Illustrated

Ross Levinsohn is now completely done with the Arenga Group.

By Joe Lucia OnJan 19, 2024 1
A wall of Sports Illustrated covers

Sports Illustrated set for mass layoffs, license revoked

The Arena Group has had its license to publish Sports Illustrated revoked, resulting in a massive round of layoffs.

By Joe Lucia OnJan 19, 2024 5
A logo for The Arena Group. (AdWeek.)

Arena Group

Arena Group, publisher of Sports Illustrated, lays off more than 100 around ‘negotiations’ with new owner Manoj Bhargava

The University of Alabama showed off renovations to Bryant Denny Stadium Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Sports Illustrated covers decorate the walls inside the new press box.

Sports Illustrated owner threatens to terminate publisher contract with Arena Group

"We have put The Arena Group in breach with an intention to terminate the license absent a cure."

By Sean Keeley OnJan 6, 2024 0
Ross Levinsohn during his time at Yahoo.

Arena Group

CEO Ross Levinsohn out at SI publisher The Arena Group

Manoj Bhargava, the majority owner of SI parent The Arena Group, in a 2023 NYSE Floor Talk interview. (New York Stock Exchange on YouTube.)

Arena Group

After AI scandal, SI owner tells employees ‘Stop doing dumb stuff’ amidst executive shakeup

Sports Illustrated

Majority stake in Sports Illustrated publisher Arena Group reportedly sold to 5 Hour Energy founder

Sports Illustrated will once again have a new majority owner.

By Joe Lucia OnAug 15, 2023 1

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