Deadspin Staff Laid Off; G/O Media Sells Sports Site

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/deadspin-staff-laid-off-site-sold-1235938325/

#deadspin

Deadspin Entire Staff Laid Off as G/O Media Sells Sports News Site to European Startup
#Variety #News #Deadspin #GOMedia

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/deadspin-staff-laid-off-site-sold-1235938325/

@FOS@sportsbots.xyz Damn. Hate to see it. #deadspin

I’d been a Sox fan for almost 20 years before the bloody sock, so I have every reason to admire Curt Schilling.

But that ended pretty early for me once he opened his mouth. He always has been and always will be a piece of garbage, and what he just did to Wake and his family is disgusting. The Nazi stuff is just icing on a shit cake.

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IDIOT OF THE MONTH: Who's worse -- the alleged sex pest or the Nazi enthusiast?

#deadspin #idiotofthemonth

https://deadspin.com/mel-tucker-curt-schilling-chicago-bears-idiot-month-sep-1850892153 https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/111167567243042352

From Deadspins’s Ashes: The Story Of Defector

I think more publications like Deadspin would be a net positive. Back in the day only Gawker reliably called out startup bullshit.

‘The last good website’

Deadspin, the influential sports and culture blog that all but imploded a few years ago, made its name by savaging those it deemed “assh

https://www.masonpelt.com/from-deadspinss-ashes-the-story-of-defector/

#ColumbiaJournalismReview #DannyFunt #Deadspin #Defector #GawkerMedia

https://archive.org/details/shitty-men-in-media

Shitty Men In Media by Moira Donegan; crowdsourced

Topics #shittymeninmedia, #shittymediamen, #abusers, #abuse, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #columbiauniversity, #theparisreview, #thenewrepublic, #newyorkmagazine, #londonreviewofbooks, #nymag, #lrb, #harpersmagazine, #harpers, #nplus1magazine, #nplus1, #riverheadbooks, #thebaffler, #thenation, #losangelestimes, #latimes, #thenewyorker, #powellsbooks, #tinhouse, #versobooks, #verso, #wendyssubway, #mcnallyjackson, #bleacherreport, #thetrumpscorecard, #gq, #condénast, #vocativ, #vicesports, #vicemedia, #fsg, #farrarstrausandgiroux, #kissingsuzykolber, #cnbc, #wallstreetjournal, #wsj, #breitbart, #valleywag, #wiredmagazine, #guernica, #brooklynpubliclibrary, #medium, #villagevoice, #fastcompany, #thebatsegundoshow, #batsegundo, #thehuffingtonpost, #huffpo, #politico, #deadspin, #newyorktimes, #nyt, #aeon, #simonandschuster, #harpercollins, #esquire, #gawker, #theintercept, #techcrunch, #buzzfeed, #grantland, #ratter, #quartz, #penguinyoungreaders, #philomel, #fivethirtyeight, #theguardian, #rollingstone, #dailydot, #thedailydot, #macmillan, #motherjones, #pitchfork, #chicagoreader, #nationalgeographic, #slate, #slatemagazine, #mic, #cbs, #cracked, #electronicbeats, #thedailyshow, #euromoney, #nomadcinema, #newyorkmedia

I see out-of-touch rich guy Jim Spanfeller finally killed #Deadspin.

Interesting story, if only because it's been so well-reported; out-of-touch rich people ruin things like this every day.

Stick to Sports? No Way. #deadspin Journalists Quit en Masse. #nyt https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/business/media/deadspin-sports-staff.html