Sports Illustrated names Mark Pesavento executive editor, digital
Pesavento's past work includes time with Yahoo, USA Today, Fox Sports and more.
Pesavento's past work includes time with Yahoo, USA Today, Fox Sports and more.
A bottle of sauce would have been just fine.
"It just seemed like this was a job that was singularly beaten up on by technology and various trends."
There are 17 layoffs in total here, but 12 new positions posted. There are also shifts in editorial structure.
"Most of the events and properties that we put on are really just born out of the idea of creating true joint venture businesses."
"What we try to do now with the cover and the magazine in general is be a lot more topical, a lot more thematic, a lot more forward-looking."
Freeze called Pat Forde's SI report "not accurate," but also said "somebody else has been running" his Twitter account over the past few weeks, and there "may be wisdom in" having someone else do that.
"This was the first time that I've had it finalized and sent out and we've had to go back."
"The guy's still just 22 years old, and in the brief time we've seen him, barely a full season's worth of games over three years, he's been historically dominant, historically efficient as a scorer."
"Please don't put it on screen. ...This will be my last visit here."
The planned resort will have families and couples "enjoy surf riders, ziplines and other experiences, like emerging from the “stadium” tunnel onto the field and seeing themselves pictured up on the scoreboard."
"We are thrilled to have Chris lead the next wave of innovation at Sports Illustrated and The Arena Group’s sports vertical."
"Grant and I are very proud to be working on this project with HBO. It’s a devastating story about people in power abusing and then covering up their criminal actions against students. The fact that it hasn’t been resolved as-of-yet is deeply disturbing."
Resorts are planned for the Dominican Republic and Orlando, because sure, why not?
"Country of origin: imported" is never a great sign.
As per SEC filings, ABG made nearly $500 million last year from various licensing deals.
In the wake of Maven purchasing The Spun, SI.com has partnered with Morning Read for golf-related digital content.
The model would be a metered paywall with some content still available for free.
The Houston Texans are a mess.
Investors Bryant Riley and Kevin Rendino are calling for a new Maven board.
SI fired Wahl without severance in April. Now, he'll write three final long-form stories for the company.
"We dismissed our suit as we have come to an agreement with them that we are satisfied with."
Maven is making significant changes to its SI-branded team sites, including eliminating publishers' guaranteed pay and parting ways with more publishers.
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.
"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."