In 2015, Jason Fine, the editor of Men's Journal, was tapped to run Rolling Stone, after its current editor, Will Dana, left, after the magazine was forced to retract a story about an alleged a gang rape at the University of Virginia. After the article was published, local police could find no evidence of the crime. In 2017, Wenner Media sold Men's Journal to AMI, publisher of the National Enquirer, among other supermarket tabloids. On July 21, 2017, Greg Emmanuel was named chief content officer of Men's Journal, succeeding Mark Healey. In August 2017, Men's Journal began incorporating Men's Fitness into its print edition, increasing both its page count and issue count to 12 issues annually. In December 2019, Men's Journal announced its best stories of the past decade. They included "The Fighter" by Stayton Bonner, "Flight Risk" by Devon O'Neil and "Dirty Work" by J.R. Sullivan. On February 21, 2020, American Media announced the layoff of Men's Journal'''s entire New York editorial staff, totaling about 20 people. In doing so, the company also reduced the magazine's frequency, from 10 issues a year to six, and trimmed circulation to 1 million, down from about 1.25 million. WWD reported: "...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. From April, all editorial operations will be run out of that West Coast office." At the time of the layoffs, Men's Journal, after years of losing money under Wenner Media, was profitable.The New York Post reported: "The layoffs include Greg Emmanuel, the chief content officer and most senior editor, who had moved with the title from Wenner Media and got elevated to the top job when American Media laid off the previous editor-in-chief, Mark Healy, in 2017." On Twitter, the news was taken as the death of the magazine. "RIP @mensjournal," the writer Stephen Rodrick wrote. 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. It was among a small—& dwindling—number of places that'd actually pay writers to chase these sorts of stories." The magazine remains under AMI's control but it's unclear who is currently editing the magazine. In December 2022, it was reported that the Arena Group, owner of Sports Illustrated and other publications, would acquire Men's Journal from AMI. On February 3,