Steve Wulf, writer of Sports Illustrated ‘Bag It, Michael” story, admits he was wrong on Michael Jordan playing baseball
"I still cringe every time I see it... I wish they had run the headline by me."
"I still cringe every time I see it... I wish they had run the headline by me."
Revoking the Sports Illustrated license is a possibility if ABG feels TheMaven has damaged the SI brand.
After criticizing Maven for trying to implement permanent salary cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Grant Wahl has now been fired.
"There's a total lack of confidence in the leadership," says the Washington Post's Ben Strauss.
Wilder announced yesterday was her final day at Sports Illustrated.
Amidst projections for a $30 million drop in revenue this year, Maven has laid off nine percent of its staff, including six percent of the remaining editorial staff at SI.
A 91-loss team isn't happy about being predicted to lose 96 games.
"The Astros of the 2010s were the most innovative organization in the history of sports. As it turned out, the ‘new way to win it all’ involved factors that no one could have imagined - myself included. Cadence13, Prologue Projects, and Left/Right are the ideal partners with whom to reveal the full story of the Astros’ exhilarating rise and shocking fall."
This partnership will include a combined "digital experience" on SI.com, and a co-branded network of team sites.
In addition to the Hall of Fame class, Woj and Kevin Harlan were named 2019 sportswriter and sportscaster of the year, respectively.
TheMaven announced that it beat its revenue projection for this year and that it expects "more than $27 million in operational savings at Sports Illustrated" in 2020 (compared to the magazine's 2018 numbers) from cuts, including further print issue reductions.
Around 15 SI staffers (who mostly work for the print magazine) are already represented by the NewsGuild of New York. SI employees are now looking to form a wider union with that organization that would see around 80 newsroom employees represented.
HeelsMaven writer Brant Wilkerson-New sent North Carolina radio host Jasmyn Fritz inappropriate sexual messages on social media, and later announced he is stepping away from writing.
Three days after the initial "Sources: USC to dismiss Clay Helton" story hit Sports Illustrated channels, that story has been removed and replaced with an apology from the Maven author.
The offer came too late to be considered, and maybe wouldn't have been regardless.
Five years after having 51 print issues, SI looks set to drop to 17 print issues in 2020.