Sports Illustrated’s entire staff told they are getting laid off

The Newy York Post ^ | 1/19/2024 | Miles Schachner

[T.B. Yoits]

The Arena Group alerted all Sports Illustrated staffers on Friday that their positions were being eliminated.

Richard Deitsch, a sports media reporter who left for Sports Illustrated for the Athletic, posted the email that all employees received on X.

It noted, in part, that some employees would be “terminated immediately.”

The decision comes after the Authentic Brands Group, the licensing group that bought Sports Illustrated for $110 million from Meredith five years ago, terminated the agreement it holds with The Arena Group to publish the magazine in print and digital, per Front Office Sports.

“Some employees will be terminated immediately, and paid in lieu of the applicable notice period under the [the union contract],” the notice read. “Employees with a last working day of today will be contacted by the People team soon. Other employees will be expected to work through the end of the notice period, and will receive additional information shortly.”

The Arena Group missed a $2.8 million payment that breached the company’s Sports Illustrated licensing deal three weeks ago.

[mellow velo]

Those were the days!  Sadly, the days of Kathy Ireland, Cindy Crawford, et al., are long gone.

[Sirius Lee]

[JusPasenThru]

Someone needs to post the “Bye Guy” from Tombstone.

[FamiliarFace]

Might get Martha Stewart as the cover model.

[newfreep]

Kathy Ireland was THE best...and she's a Conservative, too!

[bitt]

P

[sopo]

Thanks.

[FatherofFive]

What? You mean men DON'T want to look at "models of size"?!

Old joke - Sex with a fat girl is like riding a Vespa. It can be a lot of fun, but you don’t want to tell your friends

[who knows what evil?]

‘The bigger the cushion...’

[citizen]

SI pretty much dead, anyway.

I do feel sorry for whoever just bought the house car condo etc.

[Lizavetta]

Didn’t they publish trans models also???

Why, yes, they did! Meet Leyna Bloom.