MIT Sloan School of Management moved to shut down MIT Sloan Management Review, triggering backlash from academics, practitioners, alumni, and rival editors who argue the outlet functioned as a trusted translator between management research and executive practice. The publication’s closure is framed internally as part of Sloan’s centralized communications strategy under Dean Richard Locke, who said the move supports a “unified, strategic, and streamlined” model. MIT Sloan said the final issue will publish in September 2026. Critics—including Thomas H. Davenport, a long-time contributor—argued the journal’s role as a bridge had become increasingly important amid information overload and AI-generated content. The dispute highlights a growing governance and stakeholder tension within business schools: whether to consolidate communications capacity or preserve operational channels that connect scholarly evidence to real-world management decision-making.