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.

Authentic Brands Group to get $50 million payout for Sports Illustrated sportsbook closing down

Authentic Brands Group CEO Jamie Salter (L) and 5-Hour Energy founder/The Arena Group investor Manoj Bhargava.

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

Covers of Sports Illustrated with photographs by Walter Iooss Jr. are on display at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art Thursday, March 3, 2022. The exhibit “The Perfect Shot: Walter Iooss Jr. and the Art of Sports Photography,” which includes 85 photographs spanning 50 years of Iooss’ career, is on view through Sept. 4. Iooss Okcmoa 01

Sports Illustrated doesn’t have to go down like this

Group Black reportedly looking to buy Sports Illustrated publishing parent The Arena Group

Group Black has previously been linked to bids for other media companies, but hasn't acquired any outright yet.

Sports Illustrated staffers are looking to form a wider newsroom union, citing concerns about decisions made by Maven management

Around 15 SI staffers (who mostly work for the print magazine) are already represented by the NewsGuild of New York. SI employees are now looking to form a wider union with that organization that would see around 80 newsroom employees represented.