Actions have consequences.
Well then
Arena Group allowed the publication of fake authors with AI-generated headshots and content purportedly AI-generated. sports illustrated and its sister sites streetnow I lost sports illustrated Overall, new york times I will report it.
sports illustrated Magazine publishing contracts are widely regarded as one of the strangest deals in the media industry.However sports illustrated ” is arguably Arena Group’s best-known brand, but the publisher didn’t actually own the title.it was licensed sports illustrated The name of the company is Authentic Brands Group. sports illustrated name.
However, according to new york timeswith the beleaguered arena group. sports illustrated We are officially breaking up. In the wake of sports illustrated AI scandal, subsequent executive firings, and failure to pay license fees result in huge losses sports illustrated With the layoffs, Authentic Brands Group has finally found new publishers for its legacy brands. Minute Media is a digital media company that publishes sites such as: players tribune and mental floss.
“When we have the opportunity to work with and grow iconic brands such as: sports illustrated” said Minute Media CEO Asaf Peled. new york times As for the deal, “you accept it.”
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every new york timesMinute Media plans to continue sports illustrated A print magazine that Arena Group was planning to discontinue.The contract is long-term, and the company said it also plans to rehire some of its dozens of employees. sports illustrated The staff Arena abruptly laid off in January.
Arena Group hasn’t been in good health for some time. But that downward and SEO-hungry spiral was magnified by the media company’s disastrous foray into deceptive AI content, which brought a new level of public scrutiny to the company.and as business insider The bizarre tenure of billionaire majority owner and 5-hour energy mogul Manoj Bhargava has brought a new level of turmoil to Arena Group and the publications it controls, according to reports yesterday. It is said that he brought it. sports illustrated It contains.
“Nobody really knows what Manoj’s position is,” said a person familiar with Bhargava’s leadership. BI. “He benefits from his perception that he is as crazy as a fox.”
In short, things are incredibly confusing for Arena Group, its publications, and its staff. And over the past year, Arena Group has given us an unfortunate masterclass in the reality that AI content won’t close the gaping hole in the hull of media companies, and may actually make it worse. I hope Minute Media can rectify the situation.
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