M&A Deal Summary

The Arena Group Acquires Lindy’s Sports Digital Assets

On October 14, 2025, The Arena Group acquired digital media company Lindy’s Sports Digital Assets from Lindy’s Sports

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Arena Group’s 3rd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is The Arena Group’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is The Arena Group’s 1st transaction in Alabama.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-10-14
Target Lindy’s Sports Digital Assets
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) The Arena Group
Sellers(s) Lindy’s Sports
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Lindy’s Sports Digital Assets

Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Lindy’s Sports Digital Assets offers modern digital strategy in the sports media market.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

The Arena Group

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Publishing
Employees190
Revenue 126M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

The Arena Group is a network of professionally managed online media channels and interest groups. Maven enables partners to focus on the key drivers of their business: creating, informing, sharing, discovering, leading, and interacting with the communities and constituencies they serve. The Arena Group was founded in 1990 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 9
Sector: Digital Media M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Alabama M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 8 of 9
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-12 Fexy Media

Mercer Island, Washington, United States

Fexy Media is a digital food platform connecting millions of home cooks to grocers, brands, and recipe publishers. Fexy Media was founded in 2014 and is based in Mercer Island, Washington.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-10-17 ShopHQ

New York, New York, United States

ShopHQ is a multiplatform home shopping network and e‑commerce retailer offering jewelry, watches, beauty, home, and consumer products. ShopHQ is based in New York, New York.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lindy’s Sports

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Category Company
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Lindy’s Sports is a historic sports publication focused on delivering sports coverage of National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, college football, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports, hockey, and fantasy sports. Lindy’s Sports is based in Birmingham, Alabama.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Alabama M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1