Content Discontent
Magazine covers from Sports Illustrated golden days

Content Discontent

Last week’s news about the goings-on at Sports Illustrated was upsetting, especially for people who grew up with the magazine. In its heyday it was the bible of sports writing. For a sports writer it was a dream to be published in it, for an athlete it was a thrill to appear in its pages and to appear on the cover?!? That was the sign that you’d made it. 

It was a strange old world. 

People used to watch TV on their TVs and read books, newspapers and magazines. 

Magazines provided the happy medium between the immediacy of newspapers and the permanence of books while allowing readers to relive moments in far greater intimacy than what was otherwise available. 

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Now we can do everything on our devices and phones - phones that have more power than what put man on the moon. 

The proliferation of live sporting events, followed by YouTube, followed by social media signaled trouble for Sports Illustrated. What could they offer you that you couldn’t get days ago? In the current news cycle, by the time it gets to Wednesday, no one could care what happened last weekend.

Missed the game? You’ll read about it online and then watch highlights. You can gain deeper analysis from the message boards and laugh at all the memes you want.

Not only can consume all the content you want to read, watch and listen to, but you can do it all for free. 

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Will magazine ______  head the same way as other defunct occupations such as a switchboard operator, lamplighter, typesetter, elevator operator, and ice deliverer?

In the glory years, Sports Illustrated wasn’t competing with wall to wall TV coverage, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and a hundred other things. The news cycle was far more relaxed so Sports Illustrated could cover events a week later and it was still fresh.

Today we have more content than ever before. Issues are dissected 43 ways till until the next one comes along. Rinse Wash Repeat.

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No wonder every masthead is struggling. How could they compete with this? Mad Magazine couldn't and is shutting down.

In addition to losing a number of incredible publications such as this, we  may be losing something else - the patience to go beyond the headline and the patience to read something that takes longer than 2 minutes to do so.

Is it a case of paradise lost and ignorance found as we raise a generation weaned on emojis and sponsored content?

Click-bait is favored over 3000 word newspaper pieces or an essay in Time Magazine. Who’s going to read that on their phone especially if they only have 11% battery!

A diverse media providing quality independent journalism is critical - where is it going to come from? Facebook. Wikimedia, Google, and Twitter?

The greatest thing about citizen journalism is also the worst. Anyone can blog, tweet, Insta and upload their own news. News that doesn’t have to meet any editorial standards. Information is power - in whose hands is that power heading?

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Michaela Minock Finnegan

Dance Educator, Dancer, and Actor

5 年

I have always been a fan of magazines - I was a subscriber to lots of children's mags like Highlights and Cricket when I was young.? I think one thing that is similar to a magazine in the digital age, though, is email newsletters.? They come out on a regular basis, often weekly, and offer articles to read.? Sometimes the email will even be divided into different "departments."? I'll admit it's different, because they usually do not offer as much content as a magazine, and lots of people probably delete them without reading them (lol), but I think it is a similar concept, and one that I don't think is going to go away soon.

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Bismith N.

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5 年

Media has become decentralized. People can voice their opinions and they are exposed to different perspectives to make informed decisions. Personally, I do not like audio books but some of the podcasts are really good. The problem with attention span, in my opinion, has always been there but it has been magnified by the smartphone culture. But, if we did not have this digital revolution, the chances of reading articles like this would have been very slim. Changes like these do bring some side-effect as well. However, our choices matter in the end and that is so effing difficult. And that is why self-help books would always be popular, no matter how effective (OR ineffective) they are.

Rohit Kumar Gupta

PMP, SAFe Certified Program Test Manager & Technical Project Manager with 17 year's experience in delivering large/medium projects for reputed brands, driving business growth through people, process & technology.

5 年

Retail and media companies have been upended by technological transformation and changing consumer taste.

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