Sports Illustrated Owner Sues Former Publisher for $48.75M
The battle for control of Sports Illustrated—and stability within the historic brand—is increasingly playing out in court. Sports Illustrated owner Authentic…
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Sports Illustrated Lives On With Minute Media Publishing Deal
The next chapter in Sports Illustrated‘s saga will be written by management at Minute Media, which recently acquired the digital and print licensing rights to continue…
Authentic Pivots on SI Sportsbook Following 888 Retreat
SI Sportsbook will soon be no more, following 888’s decision to unwind the operation less than 30 months after launching in partnership with Sports Illustrated owner…
Players’ Associations Warn Sports Illustrated on Union Busting
As the future of Sports Illustrated remains uncertain, the players’ associations of seven pro leagues—the NFL, MLB, WNBA, NHLPA, MLS, NWSL and USL—are stepping up for SI…
SI’s Woes Swallowed Up by Authentic’s Fashion Brand Empire
The troubled outlook for Sports Illustrated is of big concern to its current publisher, Arena Group Holdings, which missed a year-end royalty payment and now faces the…
Arena Group Claims It Will Still Publish Sports Illustrated–for Now
Arena Group said in a regulatory filing that it expects to continue to publish Sports Illustrated despite having its license revoked last month by SI’s owner Authentic…
Sports Illustrated Guild Alleges Union-Busting in NLRB Charge
The union representing Sports Illustrated staff has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Arena Group, arguing the publisher terminated SI employees because…
Sports Illustrated Blowup Mars Brand Licensing Industry
While negotiations continue over who will hold the rights to publish Sports Illustrated, SI‘s other business lines have carried on largely unabated under Authentic…
As Sports Teams Prosper, SI Chaos Spotlights Journalism’s Struggle
The contrast couldn’t have been more stark. All day Friday, fans of Sports Illustrated mourned its latest indignity. Then a record number of people spent the…
Sporticast 315: Taylor Swift Has Advanced to the NFL Semifinals
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the latest from…
Sports Illustrated Publisher Loses Name Rights, to Lay Off Staff
Sports Illustrated owner Authentic Brands Group is pulling the license to publish SI from Arena Group. “On Thursday January 18th, we were notified by Authentic…
Sports Illustrated AI Scandal Sends The Arena Group Stock Plunging
Fake sportswriters, it seems, create real consequences. Shares of Sports Illustrated publisher The Arena Group plunged 28% Tuesday after revelations that SI…
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