Deadspin

[chum1]

Everyone is resigning in protest because the new owner is telling them to "stick to sports," censoring their content, and fired a couple editors for not complying.

https://twitter.com/drewmagary/status/1189871138895257604

[michigancat]

I mean I liked it sometimes but goddam people (other journalists, mainly) are acting like these writers are heroes.

Also I barely knew deadspin for sports in recent years so lol

['taterblast]

Magary resigned this morning which is v big.

i read it every day. they annoy me sometimes with their weird "hate everything" mindset but it was a website i kept coming back to because it was different and provided different viewpoints on a lot of subjects i'm not sure i would have gotten otherwise.

their writers are certainly not heroes.

[chum1]

There's also a larger context. Rich people are buying up all the sites and killing the quality content in exchange for clickbait and a quick buck. It's been happening over and over. The Deadspin people are the first to stand up to them and try to screw them over.

[chum1]

Which is something I appreciate from them specifically because one thing Deadspin was about was speaking truth to power.

[420seriouscat69]

Are these the guys who cry about Barstool, because they do it better than them?

[Rage Against the McKee]

The had a "Patriots Eat crap in Front of God and Everyone" headline when the Chiefs beat them in 2017 that I really appreciated.

[420seriouscat69]

 

https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1189231883927916544?s=20

['taterblast]

Are these the guys who cry about Barstool, because they do it better than them?

depends on what you mean by "it"

[8manpick]

There's also a larger context. Rich people are buying up all the sites and killing the quality content in exchange for clickbait and a quick buck. It's been happening over and over. The Deadspin people are the first to stand up to them and try to screw them over.

SI is the saddest example, IMO

[ben ji]

I used to read deadspin every day a couple of years ago but have drifted away from it.

I do still enjoy Drew Margary's writing so I'll probably check out wherever he ends up at.

[ChiComCat]

Magary leaving is the deathblow there.  He was the only real name they had, but I enjoyed the other stuff more.  Deadspin had the freedom, although probably not the resources, to do good investigative pieces that ESPN wouldn't touch due to their contracts with the major leagues.

[pissclams]

i prefer buzzfeed for my sports content

[steve dave]

I like Roth a lot


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[steve dave]

Like, he seems like just a great guy on top of writing really well


https://twitter.com/a_w_gordon/status/1189946633741619200


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[Cire]

I follow and read the occasional deadspin story but I couldn't tell you who anyone was.

[MakeItRain]

I follow and read the occasional deadspin story but I couldn't tell you who anyone was.

Magary has essentially been there from the start.

Good for them for standing up to their principles. I'll miss deadspin, it will be interesting what will happen to their other sites like Jezebel, The Root, and The Onion. There were other, I'd presume, freelancers, shaming other journalists who were in similar positions with their employers but don't have the stomach to quit, calling them enablers. A very millennial without kids mouths to feed viewpoint.

[TheHamburglar]

https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1189231883927916544?s=20

Thanks for reaffirming why I have everything barstool muted.  Good god what an insecure trash human being.

[bubbles4ksu]

https://jezebel.com/i-would-have-sex-with-an-entire-major-league-baseball-t-1839501599

high quality website. we'll really miss it.

[_33]

I like when journalists get super dramatic in their defense of other journalists. I mean I saw people use the words brave, courageous and noble non sarcastically. Pretty great.

[Trim]

I like when journalists get super dramatic in their defense of other journalists. I mean I saw people use the words brave, courageous and noble non sarcastically. Pretty great.

[MakeItRain]

https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1189231883927916544?s=20

Thanks for reaffirming why I have everything barstool muted.  Good god what an insecure trash human being.

He really is a sack of crap. I'll give him credit for getting rich off of incels and internet trolls though.

[Pete]

In that blog ecosystem I do visit Jalopnik and Gizmodo a fair bit.  I'm a sucker for stories about cars and gadgets.

[Cire]

I like when journalists get super dramatic in their defense of other journalists. I mean I saw people use the words brave, courageous and noble non sarcastically. Pretty great.

Oh man, remember when Frank Lit into kellis for his question to Pullen after the Wisconsin loss?

[chum1]

Something I hate about this is that it's a big fat reminder that the good, old just for fun days of the internet are pretty much completely over. These days, if there is ever something good, it will be ruined by someone looking to profit financially.