Deadspin
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G/O Media Hires Veteran Journalist and Executive Merrill Brown as Editorial Director
Brown takes over the top editorial job at the Gizmodo and Deadspin parent company
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Defector Announces $3.2 Million in Revenue After One Year
After the mass exodus at Deadspin, staffers launched the worker-owned sports blog in 2020
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Deadspin, Gizmodo Editorial Chief Jim Rich Quits After Conflict With Private Equity Owners
Former New York Daily News top editor relaunched Deadspin last year
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G/O Media, Owner of The Onion and Deadpsin, Lays Off 15 Video Staffers
G/O saw layoffs earlier in the year, too, as the pandemic began to take hold of the American economy and media landscape
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Former Deadspin Staffers Report Over 10,000 First-Day Subscriptions for New Site Defector
Defector columnist Drew Magary tells TheWrap the response to the new site’s launch has been “genuinely overwhelming”
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Former Deadspin Staffers Launch New Website Called Defector
The site is made “without access, without favor, without discretion and without interference,” according to its new landing page
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Deadspin Editor in Chief Jim Rich Promoted to Editorial Director of G/O Media
The position was formerly held by Paul Maidment, who resigned last November after a mass exodus of Deadspin staff
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Deadspin Relaunches Ahead of Schedule Due to Coronavirus Sports Cancelation Coverage
The sports and culture website is back just as seemingly every major sporting event gets canceled
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New Deadspin Editor-in-Chief Jim Rich: ‘I’m the Farthest Thing From a Stick-to-Sports Sort of Guy’
He tells TheWrap he hopes “to rebuild the staff and rebuild a strong union presence in our newsroom”
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GMG Union Members ‘Vehemently Object’ to G/O Media Moving Deadspin to Chicago
“You’ll be hearing more from us,” says a union statement
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G/O Media Editorial Director Paul Maidment Resigns 1 Week After Deadspin Staff Exodus
“I admire the journalism that you produce and the unique voice that is otherwise missing from mainstream media,” he says in memo to staff
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Imposter Spoofs G/O Media CEO and Deadspin Publisher – on G/O’s Own Blogging Platform
A post with a fake Jim Spanfeller byline offers a sexually crude explanation for “why recent events have occurred”
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Deadspin Tweets LA Times Story Debunking Owner’s ‘Stick to Sports’ Mandate – Despite Staff Exodus
The sports website lost its entire staff of writers and editors this week
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Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker Back Deadspin Staff After Mass Exodus
As of Friday, no writers or editors remain at the sports-culture site
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Deadspin Got a New Contributor Friday – But Then He Quit Too
Friday was Alan Goldsher’s “first and last” day at the site, he tells TheWrap
