IN BLANKSTARE NEWS: Sports Media ...

The magazine moved from a bi-weekly to a monthly publication back in 2019 when Authentic bought the SI assets and struck the deal with Arena to handle publishing.

Sports Media ... It looks like Sports Illustrated could be done after 70 years, as all its staff was e-mailed layoff notices on Friday. The email said that Authentic Brands Group, who owned the SI brand, was revoking the license that The Arena Group had to run SI. The magazine moved from a bi-weekly to a monthly publication back in 2019 when Authentic bought the SI assets and struck the deal with Arena to handle publishing. Bottom line? A magazine that many of us grew up with is pretty much gone forever.