Inside the Games
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Type of site | Sport |
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| Available in | English |
| URL | www.insidethegames.biz |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 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]
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]
After its takeover by Vox Europe Investment Holding Ltd, Spanish sports journalist David Rubio become Editor in Chief.[11] 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,[12] something denied by the new owners.[13]
References
- ^ "About Us". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Dominic Ponsford (1 November 2023). "Founders leave as investors take over Insidethegames.biz sport news site". Press Gazette. New Statesman Media Group. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Statement from insidethegames.biz". Inside the Games. 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023.
- ^ The RBR Interview: Duncan MacKay, by Larry Eder, RunBlogRun, October 2, 2009. Accessed August 19, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2009 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards". Sports Journalists' Association. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Editor of Olympic website is declared bankrupt". Sports Journalists' Association. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ Sergei Grishin (24 July 2015). "insidethegames.biz, the No.1 Olympic news website in the world, becomes a media partner for the II President's Cup in Manchester". International Sambo Federation. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Interview: insidethegames.biz's editor Duncan Mackay and Managing Director Sarah Bowron talk SAC, Mo Farah and Diving". Sports Accord. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "insidethegames.biz becomes exclusive media partner of the Academy". The Academy. TSE Consulting. 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "About Us". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Jens Weinreich (1 November 2023). "The case of Insidethegames: beware of Russian propaganda". The Inquisitor. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Statement from insidethegames.biz". Inside the Games. 7 November 2023. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023.
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