Minute Media Rescues 70-Year-Old Sports Illustrated, Plans to Rebuild Team, Revitalize Brand
Minute Media Rescues 70-Year-Old Sports Illustrated, Plans to Rebuild Team, Revitalize Brand
The iconic sports magazine Sports Illustrated is not closing down as previously feared. Following a tumultuous period marked by layoffs and managerial changes, a new chapter unfolds for the publication.
標誌性的體育雜誌《體育畫報》並沒有像以前擔心的那樣關閉。在經歷了以裁員和管理層變動爲標誌的動盪時期之後，該出版物開啓了新的篇章。
Authentic Brands Group, the owner of Sports Illustrated's intellectual property rights, has announced a publishing deal that breathes new life into the revered brand.
《體育畫報》知識產權的所有者Authentic Brands Group宣佈了一項出版協議，爲這個受人尊敬的品牌注入了新的活力。
Minute Media has stepped in as the new publisher. Minute Media is home to other complimentary sports and culture content brands, The Players' Tribune, FanSided, 90min, and its most recent 2024 acquisition, STN Video, which has rights to premium highlights from every major sports league in North America for online video platform distribution.
Minute Media已作爲新出版商介入。Minute Media是其他免費體育和文化內容品牌的所在地，即玩家論壇報，FanSided，90min，以及其在2024年最近一次收購的STN Video，後者有權獲得北美每個主要體育聯盟的精彩片段，用於在線視頻平台的發行。
Minute Media plans to retain much of the existing Sports Illustrated staff and intends to rehire some of those previously laid off by Arena Group Holdings, the former publisher.
Minute Media計劃留住大部分現有的《體育畫報》員工，並打算重新僱用以前被前出版商Arena Group Holdings解僱的一些員工。
Minute Media's acquisition of the publishing rights to Sports Illustrated marks a pivotal moment for the iconic publication, which has weathered significant changes in recent years.
Minute Media收購《體育畫報》的出版權，標誌着這本標誌性出版物的關鍵時刻，該出版物近年來經歷了重大變化。
Initially founded in 1954 and part of the Time Inc. portfolio for decades, Sports Illustrated changed hands several times before landing under the ownership of Authentic Brands Group in 2019.
《體育畫報》最初成立於1954年，是時代公司投資組合的一部分，幾十年來，它曾多次易手，然後於2019年歸Authentic Brands集團所有。
Authentic purchased Sports Illustrated from the Meredith Group in 2019 for $110 million.
Authentic於2019年以1.1億美元的價格從梅雷迪思集團收購了《體育畫報》。
Authentic will also acquire an equity stake in Minute Media as part of the deal.
作爲交易的一部分，Authentic還將收購Minute Media的股權。
In January, Sports Illustrated staffers learned of job cuts due to a missed $2.8-million payment by Arena Group Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:AREN) to Authentic Brands Group.
1月，《體育畫報》的工作人員獲悉，由於競技場集團控股公司（納斯達克股票代碼：AREN）未向Authentic Brands Group支付280萬美元款項，裁員。
Authentic has terminated the licensing agreement that allows The Arena Group to publish Sports Illustrated, Front Office Sports reported, citing an email it obtained.
前臺體育援引其收到的一封電子郵件報道，Authentic已經終止了允許競技場集團出版《體育畫報》的許可協議。
Photo via Sports Illustrated Flickr
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