Massive layoffs at Sports Illustrated

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

That Steve McNair podcast that they did was disappointing. It was all speculation with no facts or new information.

 

[Montez]

Hard to go from where they were to a sleek digital property. It’s the nature of the beast.

Essentially, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook are their competitors. Not to mention the smaller, digital only properties. And who knows if those properties are driving the traffic they do.

 

[BlackAchilles]

This country’s not smart enough for quality sports journalism.


Sports journalism is about as important to sports as bars are to rap in 2019. It fukkin sucks.

Basically; Nowadays you gotta "move the needle" with the "hot takes"

 

[L&HH]

Add Journalism to the list of another one of those worthless degrees.

 

[CrimsonTider]

This country’s not smart enough for quality sports journalism.


Sports journalism is about as important to sports as bars are to rap in 2019. It fukkin sucks.

Basically; Nowadays you gotta "move the needle" with the "hot takes"

can’t have quality journalism when all the emphasis is placed on immediate reactions

 

[Rell Lauren]

They had been slowly letting go of staff for a while now. They only had 80 staff in the newsroom before today.

 

[MikelArteta]

that sucks
should have adopted the athletic model

only reason i cared about si was reading mmqb the peter king left to nbc
then id check out andy staples for college football and now hes at the athletic

 

[RammerJammer]

that sucks
should have adopted the athletic model

only reason i cared about si was reading mmqb the peter king left to nbc
then id check out andy staples for college football and now hes at the athletic

The Athletic is almost like the sports version of Amazon, they eating the competition now

 

[Robert California]

Sports journalism been dead


All they do is read Twitter and report it as news

 

[MikelArteta]

The Athletic is almost like the sports version of Amazon, they eating the competition now

yup its worth every penny

 

[Memorial Stadium Piru]

Lowkey these magazine companies need to redistribute & rebrand like Complex did

 

[CrimsonTider]

that sucks
should have adopted the athletic model

only reason i cared about si was reading mmqb the peter king left to nbc
then id check out andy staples for college football and now hes at the athletic

The Athletic is almost like the sports version of Amazon, they eating the competition now

Are they making any money?

 

[Big Boss]

 

[MikelArteta]

Are they making any money?

not sure I doubt it . I remember reading sometimes they were paying these journalists like 15-20% more than they would get at their old job. But the model is great, quality and in depth.

 

[the cool]

The Athletic is almost like the sports version of Amazon, they eating the competition now

The best thing about the athletic is the app. It makes it so enjoyable to read. And you can comment on articles like yahoo lol