Go Woke = Go Broke
Venerable sports magazine Sports Illustrated is suffering a major setback this week after its publisher announced that it was laying off the publication's entire staff. This comes after a neck-breaking turn toward wokeism and other internal problems over the last few years.
The story was first reported by Front Office Sports which revealed on Friday that Authentic, the licensing group that owns SI, terminated its contract with the magazine's management, The Arena Group.
"Some employees will be terminated immediately," the statement continued, "and paid in lieu of the applicable notice period under the [the union contract]. Employees with a last working day of today will be contacted by the People team soon. Other employees will be expected to work through the end of the notice period, and will receive additional information shortly."
Sports Illustrated staffers received this today.
Mitch Goldich, the union representative for the sports magazine's staffers, also posted a statement to X asking for Arena to continue publishing the magazine.
"We have fought together as a union to maintain the standard of this storied publication that we love, and to make sure our workers are treated fairly for the value they bring to this company. It is a fight we will continue," Goldich wrote.
Our statement on today’s mass layoffs at Sports Illustrated pic.twitter.com/tQjJdoHP4p
— Sports Illustrated Union (@si_union) January 19, 2024
Front Office Sports added that it appears Authentic has been working to regroup its publishing empire as the industry struggles. But Sports Illustrated has had particular problems from several rounds of layoffs of key writers, to a string of turnovers of leadership, and embarrassing bouts with articles badly written by artificial intelligence.
The magazine has also swerved into extreme wokeism, as well.
In May, the magazine chose a male-born transgender model for its swimsuit issue when Kim Petras appeared on the magazine's cover.
As if being a Grammy-Award winning artist and history maker wasn't enough, Kim Petras is now adding SI Swimsuit COVER model to her list of accomplishments.
The 2023 issue was not the first time SI under Arena's guidance put a trans model on a swimsuit cover. The magazine also chose transgender cover model Leyna Bloom in 2021.
Sports Illustrated seems to be the prime example of "go woke, go broke" with its continued bow to the far left agenda. And the magazine's troubles seem to be multiplying. If it makes it until this August, the magazine will turn 70 years old, but right now it seems doubtful the magazine will reach that milestone.
Venerable sports magazine Sports Illustrated is suffering a major setback this week after its publisher announced that it was laying off the publication's entire staff. This comes after a neck-breaking turn toward wokeism and other internal problems over the last few years.
The story was first reported by Front Office Sports which revealed on Friday that Authentic, the licensing group that owns SI, terminated its contract with the magazine's management, The Arena Group.
"Some employees will be terminated immediately," the statement continued, "and paid in lieu of the applicable notice period under the [the union contract]. Employees with a last working day of today will be contacted by the People team soon. Other employees will be expected to work through the end of the notice period, and will receive additional information shortly."
Sports Illustrated staffers received this today.
Mitch Goldich, the union representative for the sports magazine's staffers, also posted a statement to X asking for Arena to continue publishing the magazine.
"We have fought together as a union to maintain the standard of this storied publication that we love, and to make sure our workers are treated fairly for the value they bring to this company. It is a fight we will continue," Goldich wrote.
Our statement on today’s mass layoffs at Sports Illustrated pic.twitter.com/tQjJdoHP4p
— Sports Illustrated Union (@si_union) January 19, 2024
Front Office Sports added that it appears Authentic has been working to regroup its publishing empire as the industry struggles. But Sports Illustrated has had particular problems from several rounds of layoffs of key writers, to a string of turnovers of leadership, and embarrassing bouts with articles badly written by artificial intelligence.
The magazine has also swerved into extreme wokeism, as well.
In May, the magazine chose a male-born transgender model for its swimsuit issue when Kim Petras appeared on the magazine's cover.
As if being a Grammy-Award winning artist and history maker wasn't enough, Kim Petras is now adding SI Swimsuit COVER model to her list of accomplishments.
The 2023 issue was not the first time SI under Arena's guidance put a trans model on a swimsuit cover. The magazine also chose transgender cover model Leyna Bloom in 2021.
Sports Illustrated seems to be the prime example of "go woke, go broke" with its continued bow to the far left agenda. And the magazine's troubles seem to be multiplying. If it makes it until this August, the magazine will turn 70 years old, but right now it seems doubtful the magazine will reach that milestone.
