01-19-2024, 04:24 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Sports Illustrated is dead
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01-19-2024, 04:28 PM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Sad, I had a membership for years in the 90s growing up (was usually a Christmas gift). Rick Reilly was always my favourite writer there. End of an era.
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01-19-2024, 04:31 PM
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#3
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Franchise Player
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Sounds like it could be a negotiating tactic, though a very severe one.
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01-19-2024, 04:40 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Finally!! I knew I'd win this one ya bastards!
I'll dance on their grave!
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01-19-2024, 05:07 PM
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Franchise Player
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Recently whenever I saw an SI article posted on my news feed it was some completely bogus rumor about stupid trades or signings or retired athletes coming back (like Big Ben making a returning this season.)
They became so ridiculously useless.
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01-19-2024, 05:10 PM
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#6
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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They ended up allowing a lot of fans to create “articles” under the Sports Illustrated banner which produced one of the most viral articles about Ohtani coming to the Jays. It was clearly on its last legs.
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01-19-2024, 06:23 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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GQ just took over Pitcfork.
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01-19-2024, 06:33 PM
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#8
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
GQ just took over Pitcfork.
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I did?
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01-19-2024, 06:41 PM
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#9
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Barnet - North London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by albertGQ
I did?
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Yes
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01-19-2024, 07:09 PM
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#10
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by albertGQ
I did?
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Apparently.
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This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something. - The Dread Pirate Roberts
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01-19-2024, 07:32 PM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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No surprise there. Any time I’d see SI articles on google when reading about the nfl or nhl, it was buzzfeed level stuff. They were all “this is what fans on twitter think of _____”. I assume they’d basically already bankrupt if that’s the kind of stuff they were putting on their site.
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01-19-2024, 07:45 PM
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#12
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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I will dance on Sports Illustrated's grave!
When I first started my business my wife thought I could use some magazines in the waiting room so she got me a subscription to SI for 3 months (Tax Season).
They sent me magazines, despite not being paid, for nearly 5 years.
I called them several times telling them to stop but they never did. I stopped paying them, but they never stopped mailing them.
And its a US publication. I DGAF about Baseball or Basketball or Football or NASCAR.
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The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something. - The Dread Pirate Roberts
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01-19-2024, 07:53 PM
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Franchise Player
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They lasted longer than I expected. I thought they were done a decade ago. lol
One thing that still blows my mind is how is Yahoo Sports still around?
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01-19-2024, 09:46 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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So, it looks like the company that was publishing SI was only licensing the brand from its owner.
SI was originally owned by Time Warner and was part of their massive portfolio of publications. In 2018, Time Warner sold off its magazine business to Meredith Corporation, which mostly runs entertainment and "lifestyle" media content.
SI didn't really fit their profile, so Meredith flipped SI to Authentic Brands Group. ABG is a huge company that owns a wide variety of brands and handles licensing for many celebrities (both living - like Shaq - and dead - like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe).
As far as I can tell, ABG maintains a large portfolio of recognized brands that have seen better days, but still have some name recognition and marketability. ABG licenses their brands to other businesses who want that marketable name.
ABG licensed the publishing rights for SI to The Arena Group, while keeping control of the brand for other marketing ventures. The Arena Group missed their most-recent licensing payment, so ABG cancelled their contract.
All this likely means ABG will find someone to license it to and keep the brand alive.
Of course, brand aggregator companies like ABG are the reason why you can't trust established brand names anymore. Their products are likely being made by the same companies in the same factories as similar "no name" products.
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01-19-2024, 11:36 PM
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#15
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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I wouldnt be surprised if my old office is still getting Sports Illustrated mailed to them.
Its been a decade and God only knows how many attempts to contact them telling them to stop.
Now if only I could stop ULINE catalogues.
They are sending catalogues in the name of a former tenant...4 tenants ago.
And he's dead.
Stop. Just stop it.
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The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something. - The Dread Pirate Roberts
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