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Two large Maven investors have called for a new board and a new direction, and say they have the votes to force change

Investors Bryant Riley and Kevin Rendino are calling for a new Maven board.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 27, 2020 2
Arena Group

Meredith has dropped its suit against Sports Illustrated operator Maven over unpaid fees, saying the sides have reached an agreement

"We dismissed our suit as we have come to an agreement with them that we are satisfied with."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 2, 2020 0
Arena Group

Sports Illustrated operator Maven eliminates publisher guarantees, terminates more publishers and two execs

Maven is making significant changes to its SI-branded team sites, including eliminating publishers' guaranteed pay and parting ways with more publishers.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 2, 2020 4
Arena Group

Maven replaces CEO Jim Heckman with Ross Levinsohn, who has quite the past

Levinsohn was previously the CEO of Sports Illustrated's media side under Maven. Before that, he was publisher and CEO of The Los Angeles Times, but eventually left there after staff protests about his past behavior.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 26, 2020 1
Arena Group

A Maven exec told laid-off Sports Illustrated team channel publishers to take down tweets about being laid off

"Please take down the tweet that you put out. We are still paying you (will get paid at end of Sept for August work) and are asking you delete it. Thank-you. Mark."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 21, 2020 3
Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated and Maven have laid off several publishers of their team channel sites, citing COVID-19

Several publishers of SI/Maven team channel sites have been laid off in the past few days.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 20, 2020 1
Sports Illustrated

Maven executive tells SI/Maven channel staffers to get “community” conversations going, suggests they create burner accounts

Maven general manager (sports) Scott Kennedy has asked SI/Maven team channel writers to get more content in their "community" sections, and suggested they could use fake accounts to do so.

By Andrew Bucholtz and Ben Koo OnJul 29, 2020 2
Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated publisher Maven announces salary reductions as employees call for shutdown of Blue Lives Matter website

Seems like whenever we write about Maven Media Brands, it’s never great news. After the media company took...

By Sean Keeley OnJun 6, 2020 4
Sports Illustrated

Maven fires Grant Wahl from Sports Illustrated with no severance, less than a week after his criticisms of the company

After criticizing Maven for trying to implement permanent salary cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Grant Wahl has now been fired.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 10, 2020 53
Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl criticizes Maven and CEO James Heckman on social media

"There's a total lack of confidence in the leadership," says the Washington Post's Ben Strauss.

By Ian Casselberry OnApr 6, 2020 4
NHL

The Hockey News is teaming up with Maven and Sports Illustrated for “a co-branded digital experience” and team sites

This partnership will include a combined "digital experience" on SI.com, and a co-branded network of team sites.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 23, 2020 2
Local Networks

Sports Illustrated Maven writer steps down after being outed for sexual harassment by fellow UNC reporter

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.

By Matt Clapp OnJan 4, 2020 2
NCAA

Sports Illustrated reports that Sports Illustrated disputes Sports Illustrated’s report that USC has fired Clay Helton

Not a great look for Mavens.

By Sean Keeley OnDec 1, 2019 8

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