Terry McDonell
Robert Terry McDonell (born August 1, 1944) is the former editor of the Time Inc. Sports Group. McDonell directed all editorial content and operations of the weekly magazine "Sports Illustrated", "SI.com", "GOLF Magazine" and "GOLF.com", as well as "SI Kids", "FanNation.com" and international editions including SI China, SI South Africa, SI India and others. Life and career. McDonell was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the son of Irma Sophronia (née Nelson) and Robert Meynard McDonell. He is an editor, writer and publishing executive with broad experience in a variety of media. He served as editor of Time Inc. Sports  Group from 2006 to 2012. He was hired as the 8th Managing Editor of "Sports Illustrated" in February 2002. Under his leadership, SI Digital's net revenues jumped 180% in 2006 and 587% over three years. That robust digital growth along with strong newsstand sales and all-time high reader satisfaction scores for the weekly were among the reasons McDonell was named one of "Sports Business Journal"’s 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business in 2007 and a member of "Adweek"’s Magazine Executive Team of the Year. From 1999 to 2002, McDonell was vice president of Wenner Media  and editor-in-chief of "Us", which he converted from a monthly to a weekly in March 2000. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of "Men's Journal" from 1996 to 1999. He came to "Men's Journal" from the Hearst Corporation's "Sports Afield", where he served as editor-in-chief and publisher from 1993 to 1996. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of "Esquire" from 1990 to 1993. In 1987, he founded "Smart", a men's lifestyle magazine, and served as both president and editor-in-chief. Before launching "Smart", he was an assistant managing editor of  Newsweek from 1983 to 1985. From 1981 to 1983, he was managing editor of "Rolling Stone". McDonell was a founding editor of both "Outside" (1977) and "Rocky Mountain" (1979) magazines. McDonell is also a novelist ("California Bloodstock") and screenwriter ("Miami Vice" episodes "Back in the World" and "Over the Line"; "China Beach" episode "Waiting for Beckett"). He also wrote the video game "Night Trap" and hosted the television show "Last Call" produced by Brandon Tartikoff and MCA. In addition, McDonell serves as president of the board of directors of The Paris Review Foundation. McDonell attended the University of California, Berkeley  and graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1968. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Stacey Hadash. With his first wife, Joan Raffeld, he is the father of novelist Nick McDonell and actor Thomas McDonell.