Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Sports Illustrated Entire Staff Laid off by Publisher: Magazine Seems to Be Coming to An End, Last Post Was at 12 Noon ET

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This Tweet was just posted by writer Richard Deitsch of The Athletic.

Sports Illustrated’s entire staff is being laid off. This is shocking even in a time of media companies contracting and laying off staff.

The last post to the SI Twitter feed was at 12 Noon Eastern.

Jamie Salter is the CEO of Authentic Brands Group, which bought SI from Meredith Corporation after they bought it from what used to be the Time Life company. Almost every bit of the legendary Time Life organization has been destroyed, which is totally shocking to journalists over the age of 40. They were the gold standard for journalism and media.

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