Is Sports Illustrated Firing Writers Based On Advertiser Preference?
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The Newspaper Guild, a union that represents writers, has obtained an internal Time Inc. memo that shows how management has been evaluating its staff. One of the criteria is “produces content that [is] beneficial to advertiser relationship,” which concerns the Guild as writers might be downsized because if advertiser preference rather than talent. SI says the Guild took that part out of context and that it won’t compromise it’s editorial content, and don’t forget to read Nike-sponsored LeBron James’ letter to Cleveland that he totally wrote himself.
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