USA TODAY Sports Media Group acquires MMAjunkie.com

USA TODAY Sports Media Group announced today the acquisition of leading mixed-martial-arts site, MMAjunkie.com and its related editorial assets across all platforms, including its daily radio show.

The site's editor-in-chief, Dann Stupp, and its entire editorial staff, including award-winning lead staff reporter John Morgan, will remain in place and will report to Dave Morgan, the USA TODAY Sports Media Group's senior vice president of content and editor-in-chief.

"This is an exciting acquisition for us, and one that greatly enhances the editorial capabilities of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group in covering mixed martial arts across all platforms," said Tom Beusse, president of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group. "Since its inception, MMAjunkie.com has established itself by breaking stories on a regular basis and providing fans with the most relevant and complete coverage available for this evolving and fast-growing sport, and we will continue to strengthen and expand that coverage for our fans."

With more than one million unique visitors per month, MMAjunkie.com is one of the leading online news destinations for the sport, as well as a content partner for several print, online and TV outlets. It also produces the daily podcast/radio show "MMAjunkie.com Radio," with a TV simulcast syndicated through Fight Now TV.

MMAjunkie.com will retain its unique URL, and will also be rolled in to the USA TODAY Sports Media Group's online coverage at MMA.USATODAY.com by mid-December 2011.

The USA TODAY Sports Media Group, created in January, encompasses all sports initiatives across USA TODAY, as well as Gannett Co. Inc.'s 81 community newspaper properties, 23 broadcast television stations, HighSchoolSports.net and BNQT.com.

Alot of MMA sites are getting swallowed up by the big dogs. Its amazing how Fox has changed so much in so little time. Maybe Ninja's Place is next to be bought up. *crosses fingers*

We don't have enough people who come to this board.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

We don't have enough people who come to this board.

I know I was joking. It's a pipe dream.

I thought they already had some deal with bloodyelbow. Maybe it was just their voting.

I am waiting for the day that Ninja's Place gets purchased for 22 bucks and a pack of condoms from Condom Depot. You better gimme a rubber when it happens Ninja.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

I am waiting for the day that Ninja's Place gets purchased for 22 bucks and a pack of condoms from Condom Depot. You better gimme a rubber when it happens Ninja.

Its not like you'll need it.