Buddy Hield story in newest Sports Illustrated

[NMSooner'80]

Got mine in the mail today. :woot

 

[badger]

Well looks like the airport newsstand is getting $5 tonight

 

[papaP]

Good stuff

 

[steverocks35]

In related news Sports Illustrated just laid off all their photographers https://nppa.org/news/sports-illustrated-lays-all-staff-photographers

 

[sperry]

In related news Sports Illustrated just laid off all their photographers https://nppa.org/news/sports-illustrated-lays-all-staff-photographers

Typical. Better to free lance them and pay them less plus no benefits.

 

[OklahomaLibertarian]

Typical. Better to free lance them and pay them less plus no benefits.

Do we need to bring up Obamacare? lol

 

[furge]

Do we need to bring up Obamacare? lol

Low-hanging fruit, sir. I'd assume it's related to the collapse of print media's market and the dispersion (due to cancellation, death, nursing home relocation, etc) of Sports Illustrated's long-term but aging subscribers. Plus the fact that Rick Reilly has turned into hot garbage and their longform feature-writing is just about as bad as it gets in sports media. It's been a long time coming for the glossies, but this happened a decade ago to most non-Times/Post/Tribune newspapers and I can tell you that digital revenue streams can barely keep up with existing staff salaries and overhead.

At least your avatar declares your bias.

Hey, good for Buddy. This is awesome for the program!

The important statements in this post appear in bold.

 

[OklahomaLibertarian]

Low-hanging fruit, sir. I'd assume it's related to the collapse of print media's market and the dispersion (due to cancellation, death, nursing home relocation, etc) of Sports Illustrated's long-term but aging subscribers. Plus the fact that Rick Reilly has turned into hot garbage and their longform feature-writing is just about as bad as it gets in sports media. It's been a long time coming for the glossies, but this happened a decade ago to most non-Times/Post/Tribune newspapers and I can tell you that digital revenue streams can barely keep up with existing staff salaries and overhead.

At least your avatar declares your bias.

Hey, good for Buddy. This is awesome for the program!

The important statements in this post appear in bold.

Pretty soon we'll all be contractors.

But I'm sure they'll still use their photos, just without them being a full time employee.

I've talked to companies who say the new "obamacare" regs are incredibly expensive.

Seems just turning everyone (you can) into a contractor is the way around those regs.

 

[skyvue]

Pretty soon we'll all be contractors.
Seems just turning everyone (you can) into a contractor is the way around those regs.

Companies have been looking for (and finding) ways to cut back on benefits since long before Obamacare; they just have something new to blame it on.

Gotta pay for those golden parachutes somehow.