Maven Reaffirms Commitment to SI Strategy As Staffers Look to Union Protection

One day after a statement claiming to represent over 90% of Sports Illustrated's remaining editorial staff accused the brand's new operator, TheMaven, of gutting the newsroom and putting "SI's reputation and long-term health at risk," Maven founder and CEO James Heckman defended what he called "difficult, and sometimes traumatic changes, which we deemed necessary to transition SI’s business back to a trusted and growing heritage brand." A press release filed under the "Trending News" tab on SI's homepage Tuesday touted Maven's "strong 2019 financial performance," highlighting "$27 million in operational savings" generated by mass layoffs, the shift to a monthly print schedule for 2020 and "consolidating duplicative operating costs." Maven says SI.com drew 29 million unique visitors in December, up from 27 million in December 2018, though it conceded that 5.6 million of those visitors came in through its new "team network," hubs grouped around specific college and pro teams whose content is produced by independent contractors compensated, in part, based on how much traffic they generate. “Overnight, Sports Illustrated’s digital offering was revived,” added Ryan Hunt, who was promoted to co-editor-in-chief alongside Steve Cannella following Chris Stone's departure after the Maven acquisition. “Our user growth, content offering and diversity of experiences across web, mobile and video will help change the landscape for sports fans.” The staffers who survived a round of... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-01-09 18:24:45 UTC ]
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Maven Reaffirms Commitment to SI Strategy As Staffers Look to Union Protection

One day after a statement claiming to represent over 90% of Sports Illustrated's remaining editorial staff accused the brand's new operator, TheMaven, of gutting the newsroom and putting "SI's reputation and long-term health at risk," Maven founder and CEO James Heckman defended what he called... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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Oxford University Press USA Guild is protesting the firing of 13 unionized staffers.

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Staffers at California Sunday and Pop-Up Magazines Are Unionizing

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Reed Reaffirms Commitment to BookExpo, BookCon Combo

In an email to exhibitors, ReedPop's Brien McDonald said BookExpo and BookCon will continue to coexist, noting that "one will not grow at the expense of the other." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Reuters Reaffirms Its Commitment to Company’s ‘Trust Principles’

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Riggio Reaffirms Commitment to Bricks-and-Mortar

Despite weak holiday sales at Barnes & Noble, CEO Len Riggio said there are no plans to accelerate store closings and that he expects the retailer to be "store positive" in the fiscal year ending in April 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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HarperCollins Addresses Stalled Union Negotiations, Union Responds

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Politics and Prose employees moved to unionize—then the store owners hired an anti-union law firm.

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New York Times to Fire 21 Union Employees Starting Today, Union Says

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Inside Dow Jones’s AI governance strategy, with Ingrid Verschuren

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Penguin Random House amends its copyright rules to protect authors from AI

Artificial intelligence makers have faced a mountain of criticism for borrowing from the work of others to train its models. Now the world’s largest publishing house is taking steps to ensure its authors don’t have their work plagiarized in the name of progress. The Bookseller reports that... Continue reading at Engadget

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Condé Nast Says It Has Reached Deal With New Yorker Union Amid Strike Threat

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The New Yorker Union Members Unanimously Authorize Strike Ahead of Festival

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