Wow: Sports Illustrated's editorial property has been sold by new owners to Maven, a startup founded by Jim Heckman & Ross Levinsohn; SI will be run by Levinsohnhttps://t.co/8uMHHtmX1n
Here's my prior piece on Heckman & Levinsohn's pasthttps://t.co/NQJJWXR1GH 1/
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 17, 2019
And here's my earlier piece on Levinsohn, which led to his taking permanent leave of absence as publisher & CEO of the LATimes by Tronc/Tribune Publishing (later and briefly given Trib job as digital CEO). 2/https://t.co/bKfExvcusk
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 17, 2019
SI was just sold to an outfit called Authentic Brands Group which is to leverage name w gambling, merchandise, whatever. Meredith was to retain editorial control for 2 years but ABG instead shifted to Maven. Note: Most profitable edition: swimsuit issue/3https://t.co/ZHRXEzNSF2
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 17, 2019
Technically, ABG has licensed the right to operate the magazine to Maven for 10 years, with the right for 9 ten-year renewals – that is, to run the magazine for 100 years. 4/
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 17, 2019
Former @latimes boss Ross Levinsohn is the new CEO of @sinow. https://t.co/cYaD4Gxhr8
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) June 17, 2019
Ross Levinsohn, whose tenure as publisher of the LA Times during its Tronc days ended after accusations of inappropriate conduct at previous jobs (an investigation cleared him), will apparently be "the CEO of the Sports Illustrated media line." https://t.co/DexlSLNGsp via @nypost
— Connor Ennis (@EnnisNYT) June 17, 2019
Nooooooooo not Ross Levinsohn
— Carolyn Kellogg (@paperhaus) June 17, 2019
the media side of SI has been sold again, per @nypost, to a new startup called maven, where it sounds like it will be overseen by ross levinsohn https://t.co/C4E20C3uKs
— Ben Strauss (@benjstrauss) June 17, 2019
Seems like an unfortunate turn of events for SI employees.
— Eric Fingerhut (@ericfingerhut) June 17, 2019
.@rosslevinsohn is back! Now running SI and TheStreet for The Maven with Jim Heckman https://t.co/fD3ZmO3Pwm
— Eric Jackson (@ericjackson) June 17, 2019
It feels like a decade ago, but incredibly, Ross Levinsohn was the publisher of the @latimes just 17 months ago. Then this happened: https://t.co/UAoLLwcm7m https://t.co/gLqogtNPQ0
— Laura J. Nelson 🦅 (@laura_nelson) June 17, 2019
The guy has been failing his whole life, but they keep giving him jobs.
Must be nice.
— C. D. Browne Ph.D. (@Cdbrow1) June 17, 2019