Publisher Of Sports Illustrated Ousts CEO Ross Levinsohn
deadline.comThe CEO of the parent company of Sports Illustrated was ousted on Monday. The firing followed a scandal over the publication’s use of AI-generated stories from fake authors, although it was not immediately clear if that was related to the shakeup.
Ross Levinsohn, CEO of The Arena Group, was terminated and Manoj Bhargava was named interim chief executive officer, the company said.
No other information was provided, other than that the board met “and took actions to improve the operational efficiency and revenue of the company.” Last week, the company fired operations president and COO Andrew Kraft, media president Rob Barrett and corporate counsel Julie Fenster.
Levinsohn had been in his role since 2020. He had previously been a top executive at Yahoo, Fox Interactive and Tribune Publishing.
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