The Athletic editorial director Paul Fichtenbaum leaves after seven years
Fichtenbaum was key to The Athletic's expansion, shifting focuses, and eventual acquisition by The New York Times and integration with that paper.
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The Athletic’s Paul Fichtenbaum calls hockey coverage “a raging success for us,” part of their focus on underserved markets
"We realized how little coverage there was for hockey across the board... And it's been a raging success for us."
The Athletic bets against pivots to video, scooping up laid-off writers with new funding
Other sites cutting writers to pivot to video sparked The Athletic to raise more funds and bring in laid-off writers.
SI’s Chris Stone is new group editorial director, Paul Fichtenbaum is leaving
There are big changes afoot at Sports Illustrated. SI Group editor Paul Fichtenbaum announced Wednesday that he’s stepping...