The short version is: Zombie SI’s *awful* management couldn't pay the licensing fees for, uh, publishing material under the Sports Illustrated brand (which… hang on, they have to LICENSE that????)
And of course their whole business model is “trick people into reading low-quality and sometimes AI-generated crap because it has the Sports Illustrated name attached,” which will no longer work without the name.
On the one hand, this is depressing. On the other, here’s hoping the next entity that licenses the brand, uh, embodies some sort of ethos other than “an entity that’s licensing a brand,” I guess?
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And of course their whole business model is “trick people into reading low-quality and sometimes AI-generated crap because it has the Sports Illustrated name attached,” which will no longer work without the name.
On the one hand, this is depressing. On the other, here’s hoping the next entity that licenses the brand, uh, embodies some sort of ethos other than “an entity that’s licensing a brand,” I guess?
Sports Illustrated’s Entire Staff Told Their Jobs Have Been Eliminated After Authenic Brands Revokes License To Publish; Union Vows To “Fight For Every One Of Our Colleagues”
Following through on a warning earlier this month, Authentic Brands Group has revoked Sports Illustrated’s license to publish due to a missed payment. As a result of the move, the entire staf…
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Sports Illustrated’s Brand Owner, Authentic, Warns Publisher It May Terminate Contract After Fee Payment Missed
Authentic Brands Group, the company that licenses the Sports Illustrated brand, has warned the publisher that it may terminate its contract “absent a cure” after a fee payment was misse…
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