Disney puts final dagger in 538 after axing sports content in 2023, Nate Silver shares disappointment
"...the basic issue is that Disney was never particularly interested in running FiveThirtyEight as a business."
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Vox’s latest layoffs cut more than 20 percent of employees at SB Nation’s Secret Base
Three Secret Base employees, including SB Nation veteran Steven Godfrey, have been laid off.
FanDuel Sports Network laying off around two dozen staffers amid cost cutting
ALLCITY CEO Brandon Spano talks layoffs: ‘The shows have to be profitable’
Uproxx cuts around sale include Martin Rickman, Brian Grubb
Major Uproxx layoffs have included Martin Rickman (editorial and creative director of Uproxx Sports and DIME) and Brian Grubb (editor-at-large).
Bloody Elbow MMA site sold, staff laid off, many writers’ archives deleted
A year after Bloody Elbow was cut from SB Nation and went independent, the site has been sold, with no staff retained and many archives deleted.
Vice Media announces ‘several hundred’ layoffs, stops publishing on their website
Vice.com is going away, as per an internal memo Thursday. And hundreds are being laid off as a result.
Jimmy Finkelstein reveals absurd The Messenger details, from LAT sale to profit plans to spending $20 million over six months with no website
Roughly 800 employees being laid off at Paramount Global following record Super Bowl broadcast
As expected, a round of layoffs has come to Paramount Global.
Seth Davis on The Messenger closure: ‘They knew for days it was coming and didn’t tell us.’
"Waited all day for word from leadership. Not a peep. Read about the closure in the NYT."
Sports Illustrated union files unfair labor practices charge, exec claims Arena-Authentic dispute is ‘engineered’
Los Angeles Times lays off 115, including three beat writers and other sports figures
Current and former writers react to awful Sports Illustrated news
"Corporate ghouls have unnecessarily ruined a proud institution."
Sports Illustrated set for mass layoffs, license revoked
The Arena Group has had its license to publish Sports Illustrated revoked, resulting in a massive round of layoffs.
Arizona Cardinals layoffs include VP of digital content, two social media team members
The Arizona Cardinals are making changes to parts of their media operations as part of a round of layoffs.
The Messenger reportedly set to run out of cash by end of January, has layoffs underway
Layoffs coming to Pac-12 Networks in 2024
The Pac-12 Networks will lay off over 100 employees, beginning in January.
Latest Yahoo layoffs include veteran MMA/boxing columnist Kevin Iole
Iole had been with Yahoo since 2007.
Former ESPN/NBC/Fox/DAZN exec Jamie Horowitz amongst WWE layoffs
Horowitz had been with WWE since 2021.
Erika Ayers Badan on Barstool layoffs: ‘It’s sad we have to let some of those people go’
Barstool Sports CEO Erika Ayers Badan commented on the company's reported layoffs, which are set to affect nearly a quarter of the company.
Report: Barstool Sports braces for major layoffs
Barstool Sports is bracing to lay off nearly 25 percent of its staff, according to a new report that emerged Thursday from the NY Post.
Following layoff, Bob Kravitz goes scorched earth on The Athletic: ‘They don’t give a f*** about me as a human being’
"I never felt wanted there; I felt barely tolerated."
Stephen A. Smith on Max Kellerman: ‘I am not happy that he is gone’
"I’m even gonna miss Max Kellerman. I know y’all thought I wouldn’t."
Sports media reacts to stunning ESPN layoffs: ‘What is going on in sports journalism?’
"Some really, really surprising layoffs today at ESPN. Lotta terrific, veteran talent walking out the door."
A complete list of ESPN’s shocking on-air layoffs (UPDATING)
ESPN was hit with massive layoffs on Friday including some of the most recognizable faces on the network in high-profile positions.