Maven has bought Sports Illustrated...

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   jackclee lmposted 4 years ago

   Maven, the parent company that owns HubPages, has bought Sports Illustrated publishing rights.

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      jackclee lmposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Here is the article...
      https://www.geekwire.com/2019/sports-il … ahoo-exec/

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   Kierstin Gunsbergposted 4 years ago

   Nice!

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   paradigmsearchposted 4 years ago

   Drop by https://maven.io/company/ and read story at top-right, "A Message From SI Leadership". It's an eye-opener.

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      jackclee lmposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Why is Maven buying companies with money it does not have? Net negative revenue?
      The stock values is less than $1.
      Not sure where this company is going...not saying anything about HubPages, seems to be operating independent of Maven as before.
      Not much synergy seen...

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      OldRosesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I'm always so intimidated when I read articles like that touting all of the professional journalists that Maven is hiring.  I wonder what will happen to little hubbers like myself.  I write my little hubs and collect my little monthly payout and I'm happy.  But I'm afraid that eventually Maven will grow so large that it won't need or want us.  What will happen to us then?  I'm being selfish because I don't want to have to manage a second website.  I already have one and it's enough trouble trying to keep up with everything.  I don't want to have to create and manage another one.  Hubpages is so convenient because they take care of all the backend stuff so all I have to do is write.

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         jackclee lmposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         I agree. HubPages is a great platform. I don’t think they will replace us. We provide them with great content which makes them money...win win.

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         Madeleine Claysposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Do not feel intimidated. You are not a little hubber. You are a big hubber with big ideas. Without us, they cannot and will not exist.

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            jackclee lmposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            A new story about layoffs at SI -
            
            https://finance.yahoo.com/news/maven-la … 37736.html

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               jackclee lmposted 4 years agoin reply to this

               Also, MVEN stock price down to 0.60 per share...

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               OldRosesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

               Layoffs are normal during mergers.  The stock price decrease is more concerning.  Stock prices reflect how investors view a company's potential.  Obviously, they feel that Maven has no future.  We hubbers should be worried.

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                  jackclee lmposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                  I am not concerned as yet since the stock prices has dropped quite a bit since the high of $3.00  It is traded with very low volume so the price is not a good indicator of company value,
                  What is a concern is why Maven would spent millions acquiring SI when it doesn’t make money as yet...

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   Will Apseposted 4 years ago

   I will be impressed when they acquire access to Google's Good Books.

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      jackclee lmposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      What is Google good books?

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   Will Apseposted 4 years ago

   It's a UK thing: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in … good+books

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