Inside the Games explained

insidethegames.biz
Url:www.insidethegames.biz
Commercial:Yes
Type:Sport
Language:English
Launch Date:2005
Current Status:Active

Inside the Games (also known as insidethegames and insidethegames.biz) is an Olympic news website formerly edited by the British sports journalist Duncan Mackay.[1] As of 2023, it was sold to a company known as Vox Europe Investment Holding Ltd.[2] [3]

History

Mackay launched the site in 2005, originally as insidethegames.com, following the announcement that London has been chosen to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. The name of the site was changed to insidethegames.biz in 2009.[4]

Inside the Games was based in Bletchley, near Bletchley Park.[5]

Mackay was a winner of the 2009 Internet writer of the year award at the British Sports Journalism Awards by the Sports Journalists' Association for his work on insidethegames.[6] The insidethegames site was involved in a court litigation in 2010 with Zulu Creative, a web design company previously used by insidethegames.[7]

The site was published by Dunsar Media until 31 October 2023. In addition to the Olympics, the site covers Paralympics, Commonwealth Games, and a variety of other sporting events. Inside the Games formed official media partnerships with the organizers of some of the sporting events that it covers.[8] [9] [10]

On 1 November, the site was taken over by Vox Europe Investment Holding Ltd with Spanish sports journalist David Rubio becoming the Editor in Chief. The new investors have been linked with Umar Kremlev and pro-Vladimir Putin sports officials in Russia in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[11] something denied by the new owners.[12] After the investments, the site has got multiple exclusive interviews with members of the International Boxing Association which Kremlev is president of, and has cited and published IBA press releases,[13] [14] videos, and statements in detail, as well as statements by others who share IBA's positions.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us . . 19 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190720162542/https://www.insidethegames.biz/about-us . 20 July 2019 . en . usurped.
  2. News: Dominic Ponsford . Founders leave as investors take over Insidethegames.biz sport news site . 8 April 2024 . . New Statesman Media Group . 1 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231105194426/https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-mergers-news-tracker/founders-leave-as-investors-take-over-insidethegames-biz-sport-news-site/ . 5 November 2023 . en . live.
  3. Web site: Statement from insidethegames.biz . . https://web.archive.org/web/20231031180117/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142273/statement-from-insidethegamesbiz . 31 October 2023 . en . 31 October 2023 . live.
  4. http://www.runblogrun.com/interviews/the-rbr-interview-duncan-mackay-by-larry-eder.html The RBR Interview: Duncan MacKay, by Larry Eder
  5. David Tooley, Key people in the Olympic Movement look to Bletchley company, insidethegames.biz for news, prfire.com, January 23, 2017. Accessed August 19, 2019.
  6. News: 2009 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards . 19 August 2019 . . 9 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821234707/https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/2009-sja-journalism-awards/ . 21 August 2010 . en . live.
  7. News: Editor of Olympic website is declared bankrupt . 19 August 2019 . . 3 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101107222408/https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/olympics/editor-of-olympic-website-is-declared-bankrupt/ . 7 November 2010 . en.
  8. News: Sergei Grishin . insidethegames.biz, the No.1 Olympic news website in the world, becomes a media partner for the II President’s Cup in Manchester . 19 August 2019 . . 24 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190819143032/https://sambo.sport/en/news/portal-1-po-osveshcheniyu-olimpiyskikh-novostey-insidethegames-biz-stal-informatsionnym-partnerom-ii/ . 19 August 2019 . en . live.
  9. Web site: Interview: insidethegames.biz's editor Duncan Mackay and Managing Director Sarah Bowron talk SAC, Mo Farah and Diving . . 19 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190819143036/https://www.sportaccord.sport/news/2014/interview-insidethegamesbizs-editor-duncan-mackay-and-managing-director-sarah-bowron-talk . 19 August 2019 . en . 28 March 2014 . dead.
  10. Web site: insidethegames.biz becomes exclusive media partner of the Academy . The Academy . TSE Consulting . 19 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150301021340/http://theacademy.tseconsulting.com/article-30-insidethegames-biz-becomes-exclusive-media-partner-of-the-academy.php . 1 March 2015 . en . 7 January 2015 . dead.
  11. Web site: Jens Weinreich . The case of Insidethegames: beware of Russian propaganda . The Inquisitor . https://web.archive.org/web/20231107161833/https://www.the-inquisitor-magazine.com/the-case-of-insidethegames-beware-of-russian-propaganda/ . 7 November 2023 . en . 1 November 2023 . live . subscription.
  12. Web site: Statement from insidethegames.biz . . https://web.archive.org/web/20231108103808/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142368/statement-from-insidethegames . 8 November 2023 . en . 7 November 2023 . live.
  13. Web site: IBA president demands Thomas Bach resignation. 24 July 2024. 4 August 2024. Umar Kremlev. Inside The Games.
  14. Web site: Khelif controversy: "Safety first - letting them compete endangers rivals' lives". 2 August 2024. 4 August 2024. Raùl Daffunchio Picazo. 4 August 2024.
  15. Web site: Women's and sports organisations urge IOC to disqualify Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting. 2 August 2024. 4 August 2024. Gustavo Muñana. Inside the Games.

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