#CEO of #ArenaGroup resigned from #BoardOfDirectors the day of #SportsIllustrated #layoffs, said #UnionBusting was one of the reasons he quit
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Sports Illustrated Announces Major Layoffs, Putting the Brand’s Future in Jeopardy
The union said it was notified by the magazine’s publisher, the Arena Group, that it intended to “lay off a significant number, possibly all” of Sports Illustrated’s unionized staffers because Arena had lost its license to publish the magazine.
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«The jobs of people who produce #SportsIllustrated were in limbo Friday after the company that paid to maintain the iconic brand's print and digital products told staff that its license was revoked.
In an email to employees Friday morning, the #ArenaGroup, which operates Sports Illustrated and related properties, said that because of the revocation, “we will be laying off staff that work on the #SI brand”»
The publisher of Sports Illustrated has notified employees it is planning to lay off a significant portion - possibly all - of the outlet's staff after its license to use the iconic brand's name in print and digital was revoked.
Sports Illustrated Has Laid Off a Significant Number of Staffers, Union Says
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https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/sports-illustrated-layoffs-1235877983/
Sports Illustrated’s Licensor, Authentic Brands, Warns Publisher It May Terminate Contract After Fee Payment Missed
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https://deadline.com/2024/01/sports-illustrated-brand-publisher-restructuring-1235696747/
Authentic Brands Group, the company that licenses the Sports Illustrated brand, has warned the publisher that it may terminate its contract “absent a cure” after a fee payment was misse…
Sports Illustrated’s Parent Says Articles From Fake Writers With AI-Generated Photos Came From Third-Party Provider
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Arena Group continues to drive Sports Illustrated into the ground
>> "The content is absolutely AI-generated," the second source said, "no matter how much they say that it's not.”
>> After we reached out with questions to the magazine's publisher, The Arena Group, all the AI-generated authors disappeared from Sports Illustrated's site without explanation. Our questions received no response.
https://futurism.com/sports-illustrated-ai-generated-writers
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