Sports Illustrated going from weekly to monthly

[TopCatCal]

When you become so bias & politically correct this is what happens. You're digging your own grave. Good by Sports Illustrated. I don't see how you lasted as long as you did.
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[Larry Skaggs]

They have the best LGBTQ Olympics coverage

 

[kybassfan]

The have the best LGBTQ Olympics coverage

they actually have enough sports news for a month?

 

[awf]

Printed periodicals are dying a slow death.......most of them at best are nothing but rags.......

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I dropped this one 25 years ago. Once upon a time I could not wait to get in in the mail. No more

 

[*CatinIL*]

I'm surprised they've lasted this long. My dentist has them laying on a table at his office so I thumb through one every 6 months.

 

[ORCAT]

I dropped this one 25 years ago. Once upon a time I could not wait to get in in the mail. No more

Pretty much ditto for me. Used to subscribe to it as a kid but can't tell you the last time I ever purchased one

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

PC has nothing to do with it. Newspapers and magazines having been dying a slow, ugly death for the last 20 years.

 

[shaolin style]

Not surprised half of you think it’s about politics.

 

[ManitouDan]

Not surprised half of you think it’s about politics.

Not surprised half of you dont . Welcome to America 2019

 

[ManitouDan]

But they did get political , you cant argue that

 

[jrpross]

Not surprised half of you dont . Welcome to America 2019

SI losing subscribers is not about politics. It’s about being able to get everything you get with an SI subscription from free apps and google searches.

 

[ganner918]

When you become so bias & politically correct this is what happens. You're digging your own grave. Good by Sports Illustrated. I don't see how you lasted as long as you did.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/financ...lustrated-reduces-print-output-160432264.html

*biased

 

[CB3UK]

Used to love getting it in mid to late 90s as a kid. Somewhere in the 00s they jumped the shark for me.

I never liked ESPN the mag. I subscribed when it came out. Wasnt my kind of writing I guess.

I always liked The Sporting News. Such good writing. They stopped doing print and went all digital many years ago.



Now, I pay for The Athletic. If y'all like quality sports writing, I highly recommend it.

 

[KyFaninNC]

They can go out of business as far as I am concerned

I still remember the “Kentucky Shame” copy and then they wrote nothing about 20 years of academic fraud the cheats did.

 

[shaolin style]

But they did get political , you cant argue that

Sure. Correlation is not causation.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

A step in the right direction. Let me know when they go from Monthly to Yearly -- that'll be real progress.

Is Curry Kirkpatrick still writing those treacly, fawning, blubbery valentines to 'Tobacco Road?' He epitomized the sportswriter whose head was actually inside the jock strap of ACC teenagers.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

A photoshop opportunity for: "Sports Illustrated's Shame."

@CatPhight ?

 

[IL Wildcat]

Printed periodicals are dying a slow death.......most of them at best are nothing but rags.......

Yep, that's what they've become because they can't get much attention without being sensational and controversial. 24-hour sports networks began their demise and online sports journalism is finishing the job.

It the words of Egon Spengler...
"Print is dead!"

Oh well, I guess it's time for them to start collecting spores, molds, and fungus.

 

[ram1955]

Back in the day SI was great. Photography was awesome. I can still see a shot of Ali in one of his fights. Incredible. Sidd Finch had me going for a few minutes. Back in the day they were good. When they decided to expand their focus from Baseball, Football and bball, the decline started....as did the entire sporting world.

 

[HeelsShmeels]

But are you still using the free football phone you got when subscribing?

 

[Smashcat]

They can go out of business as far as I am concerned

I still remember the “Kentucky Shame” copy and then they wrote nothing about 20 years of academic fraud the cheats did.

That story was written by UNCheat grad Curry Kirkpatrick. Still big buddies with Duke Vitale.

 

[KyFaninNC]

That story was written by UNCheat grad Curry Kirkpatrick. Still big buddies with Duke Vitale.

Figures, incestuous bastards.

 

[legalbeagle123]

Irrelevant publication. Explains why they once employed complete hack Pete Thamel.

 

[CatGotMyTongue]

But they did get political , you cant argue that

Probably boosted numbers

 

[CB3UK]

Youd think these clowns in the media would learn to listen, when people say they dont want to listen to your b.s. politics with their sports talk, they mean exactly that. ESPN has finally started dialing back all their left wing nonsense because their ratings were dropping. Enough is enough. Shut up about politics and stick to sports.

 

[YouKay]

I still subscribe to SI and read it cover to cover. What a terrible idea for a sports magazine to actually report on things athletes do in their real lives. Oh and God forbid they cover women's sports.

The fact is that SI was bought by a greedy company that just wanted the brand for licensing, and has no idea how to run a magazine about sports. They immediately fired its longtime managing editor and brought in some hack who has never run a sports magazine or website. They're going to keep printing a magazine in order to maintain the brand, but it's probably going to suck because all the best writers have quit.

If you never read Bill Nack on horse racing, or Tim Layden on baseball, I feel sorry for you. We will never see their like again.

 

[thecatsareback#8]

If you never read Bill Nack on horse racing, or Tim Layden on baseball, I feel sorry for you. We will never see their like again.

We are still celebrating and you feel sorry for us?

 

[CB3UK]

I still subscribe to SI and read it cover to cover. What a terrible idea for a sports magazine to actually report on things athletes do in their real lives. Oh and God forbid they cover women's sports.

They're welcome to. And the market is welcome to dictate whether they succeed. The customer is always right. and clearly the customer doesn't give a rip about women's sports or what the athlete's do on a Tuesday night.

As I said above. I used to have a subscription. The writing began stinking. I'm obviously not the only person who thinks so. The Athletic meanwhile continues to grow online by leaps and bounds. Because the writing is good. There's a lot to be said for giving the customer what they want. Its nice that you care about women's sports. Someone has to. Most of us don't.

 

[*CatinIL*]

The slow death of S.!. is because of this guy...

Because Al Gore invented the internet and thus created other avenues for sports fans to get their sports fix.

I've never said this before...but thanks Al Gore! You are the CHAMPION of FREE sports information!

 

[*CatinIL*]

Double post...

 

[gollumcat]

I dropped it in 2018 after about 30 years subscribing. Was paying about $60 at that point , I think , for a year. Then after about 2 months after I cancelled, they offered me a reduced rate. Actually let me set what I wanted to pay. So I said $20 a year. They said how about $35 for 2 years. I calculated that
at about 35cents an issue and said ok. That’s nothing. Since then I’ve been getting about 2 issues a month. I think it’s still supposed to be weekly , isn’t it? I have no idea what they are doing and I don’t think they do either.

 

[~Keyser Soze~]

When you become so bias & politically correct this is what happens. You're digging your own grave. Good by Sports Illustrated. I don't see how you lasted as long as you did.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/financ...lustrated-reduces-print-output-160432264.html

Political post on the basketball board, mods allow it though.

 

[~Keyser Soze~]

They have the best LGBTQ Olympics coverage

Another political post.

 

[Jkwo]

PC has a lot to do with why ESPN has been hurting. It has been, at best, a small factor in the downfall of print media.

 

[Blueblood22]

Republicans get so upset when the world doesn’t cater to middle aged white people anymore, but please tell us how everyone else are “snowflakes” and “entitled”.

You are the only people who scream “STICK TO SPORTS!” or “I’m boycotting!” because an entity doesn’t cater to you and your deluded views.

 

[UKfan215]

Republicans get so upset when the world doesn’t cater to middle aged white people anymore, but please tell us how everyone else are “snowflakes” and “entitled”.

You are the only people who scream “STICK TO SPORTS!” or “I’m boycotting!” because an entity doesn’t cater to you and your deluded views.

Nobody is asking them to cater to anyone's views. People just want them to shut up about politics. Period. Many people turn to sports as a way to escape all of the day to day stressful bullshit going on in the world. If I turn on ESPN or open a Sports Illustrated, I'm not doing it to see some schmuck's take on politics. If I want politics, I'll turn on MSNBC, Fox News or CNN. So yeah, stick to sports. Otherwise I'll find an alternative that does.

 

[YouKay]

I dropped it in 2018 after about 30 years subscribing. Was paying about $60 at that point , I think , for a year. Then after about 2 months after I cancelled, they offered me a reduced rate. Actually let me set what I wanted to pay. So I said $20 a year. They said how about $35 for 2 years. I calculated that
at about 35cents an issue and said ok. That’s nothing. Since then I’ve been getting about 2 issues a month. I think it’s still supposed to be weekly , isn’t it? I have no idea what they are doing and I don’t think they do either.

It went to biweekly about a year ago I think.

 

[kyups01]

Sports illustrated hasnt been sport illustrated since the 80s

 

[Xception]

It’s a good thing that the old monopolies of sporting news have faded away, they held too much narrative and opinion forming power. It’s also good that newspapers aren’t the only outlet anymore, you never want the few to tell all what’s happening.