 A&E led a Series A funding round for Atlas Obscura in mid-2017.AETN in November 2017 took a substantial minority stake in Dan Abrams’s LawNewz Network live court content website, which then renamed its website to Law&Crime Network.In a 2017 agreement, A&E Networks took a 25 share in National Women's Soccer League, created NWSL Media (the league's commercial unit), sleeve sponsor and became its national broadcast partner for three years, carrying the game on Lifetime.