Autoblog was once an institution, but nothing good can survive the private equity disaster pipeline. (In this case, Autoblog’s new owner is Arena Group, the company which took over Sports Illustrated and immediately caused various scandals, including an AI content scandal, that led to their SI contract being terminated.)

The staff has been told the last day will be September 13th, according to a LinkedIn post from former Autoblog editor Sam Abuelsamid. Car media is messy and getting messier every day.