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Ex-SI exec Ross Levinsohn blasts ‘illegal’ and ‘abhorrent’ Arena board actions, ‘union busting tactics’
Former Arena Group CEO Ross Levinsohn resigns board seat, bemoans ‘destruction’ of Sports Illustrated
Ross Levinsohn is now completely done with the Arenga Group.
CEO Ross Levinsohn out at SI publisher The Arena Group
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‘Mighty Ducks’ child actor suing Sports Illustrated publisher for potential control of company
“The company is not in a position to settle this."
Sports Illustrated operator Maven eliminates publisher guarantees, terminates more publishers and two execs
Maven is making significant changes to its SI-branded team sites, including eliminating publishers' guaranteed pay and parting ways with more publishers.
Maven replaces CEO Jim Heckman with Ross Levinsohn, who has quite the past
Levinsohn was previously the CEO of Sports Illustrated's media side under Maven. Before that, he was publisher and CEO of The Los Angeles Times, but eventually left there after staff protests about his past behavior.
Sports Illustrated media operations sold to Jim Heckman’s The Maven, with Ross Levinsohn joining as CEO of SI media line
The Maven will now be publishing SI under an agreement with new SI owner Authentic Brands Group.
LA Times publisher Ross Levinsohn accused of past sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior (updated)
Levinsohn has twice been a defendant in sexual harassment lawsuits that were settled. He's also been accused of other inappropriate workplace behavior.
Jim Heckman out at Scout, product team quits en masse, blames Russian investors
With additional reporting by Ben Koo. There appear to be some bizarre things going on with Scout Media...