MIT is ending publication of the 67-year-old MIT Sloan Management Review, a move that triggered immediate criticism from members of the magazine’s editorial advisory board. In interviews, board members said they were surprised by the decision and rejected the rationale provided by Sloan leadership, with concerns that the journal’s value is being reduced to a brand-communications strategy. MIT Sloan Dean Richard Locke told colleagues the journal would stop production after a nearly seven-decade run, with the final issue slated for September 2026. The shutdown is projected to eliminate 23 full-time staff positions and roughly 20 contractor roles, while shifting resources toward new digital content formats. The dispute is now playing out publicly across management academia, as contributors and professors argued that short-form, social-first distribution may not preserve the outlet’s role in developing complex new ideas.