OT: Sports Illustrated shutting down for good

[SalmonsSuperfan]

goes out with a whimper. i'm surprised they didn't rebrand as a women's lingerie catalog

[erlim]

One of the more peculiar things about moving from the US to the UK is that print media and physical media still exist.

[dougthonus]

It's funny how SI as a brand still resonates so strongly in my head, but they haven't had meaningful content in probably 20+ years?

[ChettheJet]

No different from Sears or KMart in retail, the publishing industry changed, there was nobody at SI or their various owners who could get off the track from the 1970-80's when sales at newsstands and subscriptions were the way to go and they got left behind.

[Ice Man]

It's funny how SI as a brand still resonates so strongly in my head, but they haven't had meaningful content in probably 20+ years?

Perhaps they have, but who buys magazines? If the tree falls in the wood nobody these days is around to see it.

[prolific passer]

SI was big in the 90s but as the 2000s started going they started dying. Don't think I seen them being sold in stores anymore.

[JohnnyKILLroy]

I used to love magazines and I used to love finding super cool ones. At my local record shop I used to get VICE when it was free.

[DropStep]

Rest in peace, old friend. Reading SI was an experience back in the day. That sucker was thick, too, over 100 pages sometimes as I remember, or am I exaggerating? Great writing, great pics, just a great read. It had a certain feel to it, a certain look, even a certain smell, I swear. I wasn't rich enough to get a subscription when I was in high school/college, but it was just a great mag. Sad day... the 20th century I grew up in a few minutes ago feels it might as well be the 1800s sometimes.

More importantly, can I still call a phone number and get a football phone?

[DropStep]

Rest in peace, old friend. Reading SI was an experience back in the day. That sucker was thick, too, over 100 pages sometimes as I remember, or am I exaggerating? Great writing, great pics, just a great read. It had a certain feel to it, a certain look, even a certain smell, I swear. I wasn't rich enough to get a subscription when I was in high school/college, but it was just a great mag. Sad day... the 20th century I grew up in a few minutes ago feels it might as well be the 1800s sometimes.

More importantly, can I still call a phone number and get a football phone?

I can't decide if I'm crazy - was it over 200 pages at one point? Can't be. Half ads, but still.

[waffle]

I subscribed to it and the sporting news WAY back in the day.. Boy did I look forward to going through those. I read everything in each issue. Terrific writing as well. Ah well, times change....

[_txchilibowl_]

I subscribed to it and the sporting news WAY back in the day.. Boy did I look forward to going through those. I read everything in each issue. Terrific writing as well. Ah well, times change....

Sporting News was the absolute best! The only thing I looked forward to more were the monthly Beckett price guides.

Sigh...

[Ccwatercraft]

Does anyone actually create anything in America anymore

Not with films! Here is the 2023 list, based on ticket sales -

1) Barbie - A movie about a toy
2) Super Mario Bros - video game
3) Spiderman: Across the Spider Verse - comic book
4) Guardians of the Galaxy - comic book
5) Oppenheimer - bio
6) The Little Mermaid - remake of a fairy tale
7) Avatar: The Way of the Water - sequel
8) Ant-Man and the Wasp - comic book
9) John Wick 4 - a sequel to a sequel to a sequel
10) Sound of Freedom - Original content? Really?

LOL

Shocking (perhaps) but the only one I've watched so far is wick 4, which I did enjoy. Oppenheimer is on my list once it drops off PPV status.

[Ccwatercraft]

I subscribed to it and the sporting news WAY back in the day.. Boy did I look forward to going through those. I read everything in each issue. Terrific writing as well. Ah well, times change....

Sporting News was the absolute best! The only thing I looked forward to more were the monthly Beckett price guides.

Sigh...

I believe sporting news is still around, 99% sure my dad still gets it delivered.