Get woke, go broke: Sports Illustrated is history

[TheParser]

SI used to be cutting edge sports reporting and the swimsuit issue was just a sideshow.

Nobody reads magazines anymore and ESPN and other sports outlets beat SI on the big stories.

SI is now irrelevant

I believe that those three sentences sum up very well the state of print journalism.

As an 86-year-old, I believe that the only real journalism is PRINT.

But, of course, most Americans are not 86 years old!

(Here in Los Angeles, for example, the once mighty Los Angeles Times is on the ropes.)

 

[2aguy]

After insulting fans for years and putting dudes in bikinis on the cover of what used to be the only good thing about the magazine, Sports Illustrated has gone full Bud Light and is shutting down.

LOL!



View attachment 890368

But.....but......I thought fat women and dudes in bikinis was a recipe for great success......what happened?

 

[Hollie]

When was the last time you read Sports Illustrated?
I haven’t read it in 30 years

Now, it’s just one more thing destroyed by the Dems / Marxists.

 

[there4eyeM]

Hard to figure how they thought alienating their fan base by appealing to a segment of the population that would not subscribe would work.

 

[Hollie]

I believe that those three sentences sum up very well the state of print journalism.

As an 86-year-old, I believe that the only real journalism is PRINT.

But, of course, most Americans are not 86 years old!

(Here in Los Angeles, for example, the once mighty Los Angeles Times is on the ropes.)

It sums up the state of what was once journalism. The LA Times, NY Times, WAPO, Chicago Trubune, etc., are nothing more than State run propaganda outlets. They’re Dem / Socialist mouthpieces that have abandoned any sense of journalistic ethics or integrity.

The vile left destroys everything they come in contact with.

 

[rightwinger]

Now, it’s just one more thing destroyed by the Dems / Marxists.

When was the last time you read a magazine ?

Remember TV Guide? Readers Digest? Life? National Geographic?

 

[Hollie]

When was the last time you read a magazine ?

Remember TV Guide? Readers Digest? Life? National Geographic?

You obviously missed it but my post was specific about The LA Times, NY Times, WAPO, Chicago Tribune. These were places once staffed by journalists.

Your nightly viewing of the Joy Reid laugh’athon shows just how disastrous the left has become for journalism.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

SI used to be cutting edge sports reporting and the swimsuit issue was just a sideshow.

Nobody reads magazines anymore and ESPN and other sports outlets beat SI on the big stories.

SI is now irrelevant

and one can get all the same type of pictures on the web for free.

 

[Blaster]

You obviously missed it but my post was specific about The LA Times, NY Times, WAPO, Chicago Tribune. These were places once staffed by journalists.

Your nightly viewing of the Joy Reid laugh’athon shows just how disastrous the left has become for journalism.

Mostly political commentary and not unbiased reporting passes for journalism today.

 

[rightwinger]

You obviously missed it but my post was specific about The LA Times, NY Times, WAPO, Chicago Tribune. These were places once staffed by journalists.

Can you name a newspaper that has better journalists?

 

[Cellblock2429]

After insulting fans for years and putting dudes in bikinis on the cover of what used to be the only good thing about the magazine, Sports Illustrated has gone full Bud Light and is shutting down.

LOL!



View attachment 890368

/----/ Dag Nabit. I was just going to subscribe so I could get the free telephone.

 

[Hollie]

Can you name a newspaper that has better journalists?

Should I take that to suggest you agree that the LA Times, NY Times, WAPO, Chicago Trubune are just state media run mouthpieces?

 

[Cellblock2429]

Can you name a newspaper that has better journalists?

/----/ Sure, any town newspaper that has a real reporter writing real stories and not relying on cheap public opinion polls of 250 random adults to generate headlines.

First link is behind a pay wall, but you get the idea,

1. https://www.nytimes.com › 2023 › 01 › 24 › business › media › washington-post-layoffs.html
   

   Washington Post Lays Off 20 Journalists - The New York Times​

   Jan 24, 2023Jan. 24, 2023 The Washington Post laid off 20 people from its newsroom on Tuesday, according to a note sent to its staff. In the note, Sally Buzbee, the executive editor, said the company had also...
2. • https://www.publicnewsservice.org › 2023-01-12 › education › report-industry-decline-reduces-journalism-jobs › a81851-1
     

     Report Industry Decline Reduces Journalism Jobs / Public News Service​

     Jan 12, 2023It says more than one-third of journalism jobs will be lost by 2031. The survey found job losses for journalists are the result of decades of decline, primarily due to newspaper downsizing and ...
   • https://www.niemanlab.org › 2020 › 01 › journalists-get-left-behind-in-the-industrys-decline
     

     Journalists get left behind in the industry's decline​

     By one estimate, nearly 8,000 media jobs were lost this year. CJR puts the number of journalist jobs lost at more than 3,100. I've witnessed talented reporters lose their jobs and opt out of traditional journalism jobs — or media altogether — so

 

[rightwinger]

/----/ Sure, any town newspaper that has a real reporter writing real stories and not relying on cheap public opinion polls of 250 random adults to generate headlines.

First link is behind a pay wall, but you get the idea,

1. https://www.nytimes.com › 2023 › 01 › 24 › business › media › washington-post-layoffs.html
   

   Washington Post Lays Off 20 Journalists - The New York Times​

   Jan 24, 2023Jan. 24, 2023 The Washington Post laid off 20 people from its newsroom on Tuesday, according to a note sent to its staff. In the note, Sally Buzbee, the executive editor, said the company had also...
2. • https://www.publicnewsservice.org › 2023-01-12 › education › report-industry-decline-reduces-journalism-jobs › a81851-1
     

     Report Industry Decline Reduces Journalism Jobs / Public News Service​

     Jan 12, 2023It says more than one-third of journalism jobs will be lost by 2031. The survey found job losses for journalists are the result of decades of decline, primarily due to newspaper downsizing and ...
   • https://www.niemanlab.org › 2020 › 01 › journalists-get-left-behind-in-the-industrys-decline
     

     Journalists get left behind in the industry's decline​

     By one estimate, nearly 8,000 media jobs were lost this year. CJR puts the number of journalist jobs lost at more than 3,100. I've witnessed talented reporters lose their jobs and opt out of traditional journalism jobs — or media altogether — so

Local journalists are a dying breed.
The circulation is just not there, neither is the pay

 

[rightwinger]

Should I take that to suggest you agree that the LA Times, NY Times, WAPO, Chicago Trubune are just state media run mouthpieces?

Only to conservatives who insist on their own alternative facts

 

[iamwhatiseem]

SI has sucked for, like, forever.

They've always been the People magazine of the sports world....Just puffy dreck.

Agreed, the bikini issues were the only thing worthwhile they did all year. Then they f*cked that up too to be woke.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Local journalists are a dying breed.
The circulation is just not there, neither is the pay

And this was by design. I have no doubt.
Large corporations bought 100,000s of local papers, only to shut them down within a couple years.
Why would they do that? Why would these companies spend $billions over a 10 year period only to close down every one of them without any returns on investment?
And do it over and over and over.
Pretty sure you know I am not a conspiracy whacko... but there is no other explanation as to why these companies like Gannet and Lee did it.
Gannet has lost over $1 Billion since 2016. They have lost money every year, except one, for the past 9 years. Yet - they are still buying up small papers only to close them.
There is always a reason.

 

[Hollie]

Only to conservatives who insist on their own alternative facts

You may pray at the altar of Jennifer Rubin but she’s just another leftist hack with predictable opinions.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You started in 1985 and you've taught math for 39-40 year, eh. 2023-1985=38. You've just given a perfect example of why Johnny can't read OR add or subtract. I don't need to put you down. You do it every time you post.

Another blatant example of maths racism!

 

[Cellblock2429]

Only to conservatives who insist on their own alternative facts

/——/ What alternative facts? You mean like this?