In 2014, Matthew Power—"a wide-roving journalist whose writing took readers from a journey down the Mississippi with modern-day hobos to the scenes of international disasters"[8]—died from heat stroke and exhaustion while on assignment for Men's Journal in Uganda.

[11] On February 21, 2020, American Media announced the layoff of Men's Journal's entire New York editorial staff, totaling about 20 people.

WWD reported:[12] "...David Pecker’s American Media is merging Men’s Journal's editorial operations with Carlsbad, Calif.-based The Adventures Sport Network, which it acquired last year.

[14] The investigative reporter Bryn Stole wrote: "here is full of the kinds of ambitious and entertaining pieces that made Men's Journal a damn fine magazine.

[16] On February 3, 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Arena Group would begin using artificial intelligence to generate magazine content.

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