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Sports Illustrated circling the drain?

41Forever Oct 04 2019 02:33 PM

Maybe this should be in the Guess Who Died thread, but this article doesn't make it sound like SI is long for this world, and least in any form we'd care about. [url]https://deadspin.com/inside-themavens-plan-to-turn-sports-illustrated-into-a-1838756286 The story is in Deadspin, so the usual grains of salt apply and the snark-meter is off the charts. But none of this sounds good.

Double Switch Oct 04 2019 03:14 PM Re: Sports Illustrated circling the drain?

SI became irrelevant for me several decades ago, along with Baseball Weekly and The Sporting News. I haven't missed them so the conclusion is I won't.

LWFS Oct 04 2019 07:23 PM Re: Sports Illustrated circling the drain?

Site-managers-as-"vertical-entrepreneurs," doing combo writing/editorial/sales/site management jobs for sub-$15/hour wages. Sounds totally legit.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2019 10:01 PM Re: Sports Illustrated circling the drain?

It's hard to fully explain what a ball bashing it is to be a writer right now.

MFS62 Oct 05 2019 05:07 AM Re: Sports Illustrated circling the drain?

I'm really going to miss those in depth articles about underwater pretzel throw tourneys (AAU sponsored) in Provo, Utah and the pictorial layouts of the proper attire to wear while attending them. Not Later

Frayed Knot Nov 14 2019 01:14 PM Re: Sports Illustrated circling the drain?

SI to become a monthly publication starting in 2020 I hadn't even realized that it's been a bi-monthly for nearly two years now (since Jan 2018). "The age of the weekly is over ... but we're still committed to story-telling."