Sports Illustrated
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It's sad in that the quality was not close to what it once was. The Athletic is a better, modern version of what Sports Illustrated used to be.
Great photography. As a kid I would cut out the pictures and tape them on my bedroom walls.
On the bright side, a good portion of their "entire staff" were fake, AI-created people. If that's what it had come to, it was time.
But this really was a terrific weekly at one time. I couldn't wait until it arrived in the mailbox each week.
I've gotten two renewal notices in recent weeks. I've been contemplating for some time if I had wanted to renew. My subscription -- originally my brothers -- is more than 50 years old.
It's a shame but the end has been coming ever since Time Warner spun off Time Inc. 10 years ago. The sales to Meredith and current owner Authentic Brands Group in recent years further eroded stability. The move from weekly to monthly a few years back forced them to change focus -- it was less about breaking news and more about longer-form story telling.
Authentic has been licensing the name to Arena Sports since they took over so they can theoretically find a new partner to continue publication.
It's a shame but the end has been coming ever since Time Warner spun off Time Inc. 10 years ago. The sales to Meredith and current owner Authentic Brands Group in recent years further eroded stability. The move from weekly to monthly a few years back forced them to change focus -- it was less about breaking news and more about longer-form story telling.
Authentic has been licensing the name to Arena Sports since they took over so they can theoretically find a new partner to continue publication.
When your “Sportsperson of the Year” included Megan Rapinoe, Naomi Osaka and Deion Sanders over the past five years, that was pretty telling. Forgot who their audience was.
Nope has nothing to do with wokeness...has to do with Time Inc. selling away and then Meredith spinning it off....
In its prime - none better. Unfortunately, been in a downward spiral for many years.
I’m not a yankee fan but Aaron Judge not winning it 2022 I thought was a crime. 2023 my own personal bias playing into it, I would’ve gone with Damar Hamlin.
Sportsperson of the Year was always about what you do on the field; not just what comes out of your mouth.
Do I really need to provide a list of people that were more deserving than a losing football coach?
Brand essay (I'm in the branding biz) I wrote about SI back in 2020 when the troubles first started to appear. SI was with me for many decades. A shame about the demise of great print journalism. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/goodbye-sports-illustrated-its-been-real-over-bill-field/
My company did a lot of media placement with Meredith back when we still did print business. Meredith was always profitable and has bought Golf magazine and some other publications.
Turned the worst possible story of the year into a great comeback story and he's done a ton of charity work as well. The mental toughness to want to get back out there after what happened to him is unmatched by anyone in sports in 2023.
You know there was a home game today while you were posting in a few off topic threads?
Thanks for the kind comments. Writing is a passion in my post ad agency days (I was a client/brand/strategy guy but anyone in the business had to know how to write). Nice when people appreciate it. It is not a monetary pursuit, only personal fullfillment as the income product.
Everyone keeps saying it’s not, but it’s been happening a lot lately, coincidences maybe, you are correct where times are changing, but you can’t completely discount it playing a part of the downfall..
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