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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated
The first issue of Sports Illustrated, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat and New York Giants catcher Wes Westrum in Milwaukee County Stadium with umpire Augie Donatelli behind the plate in a June 9, 1954, game[1]
Co-editors in chief
  • Stephen Cannella
  • Ryan Hunt
Staff writers
Staff
Managing Editor SI.com: Stephen Cannella
Managing Editor SI Golf Group: Jim Gorant
Creative Director: Christopher Hercik
Director of Photography: Brad Smith[2]
Senior Editor, Chief of Reporters: Richard Demak
Senior Editors: Mark Bechtel, Trisha Lucey Blackmar, MJ Day (Swimsuit); Mark Godich; Stefanie Kaufman (Operations); Kostya P. Kennedy, Diane Smith (Swimsuit)
Senior Writers: Kelli Anderson, Lars Anderson, Chris Ballard, Michael Bamberger, George Dohrmann, David Epstein, Michael Farber, Damon Hack, Lee Jenkins, Peter King, Thomas Lake, Tim Layden, J. Austin Murphy, Dan Patrick, Joe Posnanski, S.L. Price, Selena Roberts, Alan Shipnuck, Phil Taylor, Ian Thomsen, Jim Trotter, Gary Van Sickle, Tom Verducci, Grant Wahl, L. Jon Wertheim
Associate Editors: Darcie Baum (Swimsuit); Mark Beech, Adam Duerson, Gene Menez, Elizabeth Newman, David Sabino (Statistics)
Staff Writers: Brian Cazeneuve, Albert Chen, Chris Mannix, Ben Reiter, Melissa Segura
Deputy Chief of Reporters: Lawrence Mondi
Writer-Reporters: Sarah Kwak, Andrew Lawrence, Rick Lipsey, Julia Morrill, Rebecca Sun, Pablo S. Torre
Reporters: Kelvin C. Bias, Matt Gagne, Rebecca Shore
CategoriesSports magazine
FrequencyMonthly (2020–present)
Biweekly (2018–20)
Weekly (1954–2018)
PublisherMinute Media (brand licensee)
Total circulation
(Dec 2020)		1,618,476[3]
First issueAugust 16, 1954 (1954-08-16)
CompanyAuthentic Brands Group
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
Websitesi.com
ISSN0038-822X

Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954. Founded by Stuart Scheftel, it was the first magazine with a circulation of over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twice. It is also known for its annual swimsuit issue, which has been published since 1964, and has spawned other complementary media works and products.

Owned until 2018 by Time Inc., it was sold to Authentic Brands Group (ABG) following the sale of Time Inc. to Meredith Corporation. The Arena Group (formerly theMaven, Inc.) was subsequently awarded a 10-year license to operate the Sports Illustrated–branded editorial operations, while ABG licenses the brand for other non-editorial ventures and products. In January 2024, The Arena Group missed a quarterly licensing payment, leading ABG to terminate the company's license. Arena, in turn, laid off the publication's editorial staff.[4]

In March 2024, ABG licensed the publishing rights to Minute Media in a 10-year deal, jointly announcing that the print and digital editions would be revived by rehiring some of the editorial staff.[5]

In May 2024, Sports Illustrated failed to deliver a print copy of the publication for the month to its subscribers for the first time in the magazine's 70-year history, according to the New York Post’s Josh Kosman (May 17, 2024). As of November 2024, Sports Illustrated has not mailed any print issues to its subscribers for seven months (the last magazine delivered being the April 2024 issue), because its former publisher refuses to turn over the subscriber list to the new publisher, according to Sports Business Journal (May 20, 2024).

  1. ^ "10 Things You Didn't Know About SI's First Issue".
  2. ^ Winslow, Donald R. (February 28, 2013). "New Sports Illustrated Photography Director: Brad Smith". NPPA. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Alliance for Audited Media. December 30, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ Perez, A. J. (January 19, 2024). "Sports Illustrated's Publisher Lays Off Entire Staff. Future Unclear". Front Office Sports. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Mullin, Benjamin (March 18, 2024). "A New Chapter for Sports Illustrated, with Plans to Keep Print". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

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