Skip to comments.
Sports Illustrated Staffers Announce They've Been Laid Off [UPDATING]
Big Lead ^
| 10/3/2019
| Kyle Koster
Posted on 10/03/2019 5:24:50 PM PDT by RightGeek
Half of Sports Illustrated's newsroom has been laid off and the decision was announced to staff this afternoon, NPR reports. News of the widespread cuts was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, and Deadspin accurately reported that 50 percent of the newsroom would be affected. This all comes days after Editor-in-Chief Chris Stone "vacated" his position, as well as a circulated memo preaching optimism from the new editors.
Those unfortunate enough to be included in the widespread layoffs are announcing their departures on Twitter. Below is a running list: ...
(Excerpt) Read more at thebiglead.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chat; dbm; gerbilists; sjw; waambulance; woke
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-84 next last
1
posted on
10/03/2019 5:24:50 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
To: RightGeek
They include a trans man in their swim shoot issue too...
To: RightGeek
Don’t tweet to them to learn code. twitter might suspend you.
3
posted on
10/03/2019 5:26:22 PM PDT
by
RummyChick
("Pills, money .. this city is wicked. Your best friend will kill you here." Smoove about Baltimore)
To: RightGeek
Cry me a river.
These sports nuts can go to hell.
4
posted on
10/03/2019 5:27:14 PM PDT
by
caver
To: RightGeek
Paging the Boo Hoo girl
5
posted on
10/03/2019 5:27:23 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: RightGeek
6
posted on
10/03/2019 5:27:40 PM PDT
by
RummyChick
("Pills, money .. this city is wicked. Your best friend will kill you here." Smoove about Baltimore)
To: RightGeek
Leftist freaks and perverts illustrated—couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.
High fives all around!
7
posted on
10/03/2019 5:28:27 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
To: RightGeek
What’s this? SI Staffers announce that they’re gettin laid?
.....Oh. Never mind!
To: RightGeek
“Get woke, go broke. “
The left never, ever learns. That’s how they can see what happened in Venezuela and be unaffected.
I can learn, and what I’ve learned is that true leftists are evil and can’t be dealt with. They must be crushed.
9
posted on
10/03/2019 5:29:51 PM PDT
by
brownsfan
(Behold, the power of government cheese.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Don't forget the burka swimsuit. Because there is nothing more refreshing than taking a dip in 10 lbs of fabric.
10
posted on
10/03/2019 5:29:56 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
To: RightGeek
To: RightGeek
Woke or not, the print media is going broke anyway.
12
posted on
10/03/2019 5:31:46 PM PDT
by
x
To: x
Alexander Kaufman
@AlexCKaufman
·
Hours after Sports Illustrated laid off more than 40 workers, HuffPost is cutting staffers from our video team.
Is this predictable? Sure, that’s why we organized a union. Is it preventable? Above my pay grade. Is this painful?
13
posted on
10/03/2019 5:32:33 PM PDT
by
RummyChick
("Pills, money .. this city is wicked. Your best friend will kill you here." Smoove about Baltimore)
To: RummyChick
ROFLMAO
14
posted on
10/03/2019 5:33:34 PM PDT
by
RummyChick
("Pills, money .. this city is wicked. Your best friend will kill you here." Smoove about Baltimore)
To: x
There has been downsizing among newspapers and all sorts of magazines for years now. This news can’t be a big surprise to anyone.
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Also wasn’t there a Muslim in a Burkini?
To: RightGeek
It surprises me they have an actual “news room”.
17
posted on
10/03/2019 5:35:08 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: RightGeek
I predict a lot more sports journalism degrees showing up in the education section of pizza delivery driver resumes.
18
posted on
10/03/2019 5:36:35 PM PDT
by
Bitman
To: RummyChick
I may just get a Twitter aacdcount for that very purpose.
19
posted on
10/03/2019 5:36:42 PM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
20
posted on
10/03/2019 5:36:57 PM PDT
by
RummyChick
("Pills, money .. this city is wicked. Your best friend will kill you here." Smoove about Baltimore)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-84 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
