In 2016, NET gradually phased out its print version as many of its readers moved online in search of entertainment news.
[12] Days after the ranking was announced, NET website (www.thenetng.com) came under a sustained hackers attack believed to be from certain Rocco Mancini who took total control of the site and made it inaccessible to visitors.
Later this amount was reduced but the publisher refused to pay any ransom to the hackers preferring to launch a new domain (www.thenet.ng).
[19] The maiden print edition of the Netng broke the news of the death of a Nigerian rapper, Da Grin with a special tribute.
Printed copies of the paper sold out within weeks of its first emergence in news stands across 37 major cities in Nigeria.