M&A Deal Summary

The Arena Group Acquires The Spun

On June 7, 2021, The Arena Group acquired digital media company The Spun

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Arena Group’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is The Arena Group’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is The Arena Group’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-06-07
Target The Spun
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) The Arena Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

The Spun

Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
The Spun is an independent sports publication that brings readers the most interesting athletic stories of the day. The Spun reaches 15 million unique readers per month and focuses on the social media aspect of the industry. The Spun was founded in 2012 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

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Buyer

The Arena Group

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Publishing
Employees441
Revenue 244M USD (2023)
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 City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 7
Sector (Digital Media) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 7
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 7
Year (2021) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-19 LiftIgniter

San Bruno, California, United States

Petametrics, Inc. provides on-site and in-app content recommendations across hundreds of leading digital properties worldwide, including data from more than 100 million users. Petametrics was established in 2014 and is based in San Bruno, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-18 AMG/Parade

New York, New York, United States

AMG/Parade develops and distributes premium content on digital, video, and print platforms in the lifestyle, celebrity, food & wellness, sports, and outdoor verticals. Its brands include AMG/Parade Sports, AMG/Parade Outdoors, Parade, Relish, and Spry Living. AMG/Parade was founded in 1941 and is based in New York City.

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