The posts were subsequently removed by G/O Media management. The Deadspin post said that the editorial staff "are as upset with the current state of our site's user experience as are" but that they could not control the "ad experience". In late October 2019, the editorial staff across several G/O Media sites, including Deadspin, posted articles acknowledging complaints from readers about advertisements that were autoplaying with audio. She cited dysfunction caused by corporate management, attempts by them to intimidate writers out of reporting on it, and undermining and condescending to the site's senior staff. Greenwell resigned from Deadspin effective August 23, 2019. In April 2019, the Gizmodo Media Group was purchased by private equity firm Great Hill Partners and was renamed G/O Media, with Jim Spanfeller appointed as CEO. ![]() The website's masthead consisted of editor-in-chief Megan Greenwell, managing editor Tom Ley, and senior editor Diana Moskovitz, along with a staff of full-time writers and regular contributors.Ĭonflicts with G/O Media management The Gizmodo Media Group was subsequently formed to operate the properties. ĭeadspin was one of six websites that were purchased by Univision Communications in their acquisition of Gawker Media in August 2016. Time magazine named the site one of the 50 coolest websites of 2006. Author and journalist Drew Magary, formerly a frequent contributor to the site's comments section, joined as an editor and chief columnist in 2008. Daulerio, former senior writer for the site. Leitch announced on June 5, 2008, that he would be leaving to take a position at New York magazine. ![]() The blog joined the Gawker Media network of websites. History ĭeadspin was founded in December 2005 by editor-in-chief Will Leitch, an author and at that time a founding editor of the New York City-based culture website, "The Black Table", in his New York City apartment, where he wrote 40 blog posts a day. The site has suffered after the mass resignations, reportedly attracting only 10.22% of its previous readership. ![]() Deadspin began publishing content again in March 2020. ĭuring October and November 2019, the website's entire writing and editorial staff resigned due to conflicts with G/O Media management over a directive to " stick to sports" content only. Alumni writers of Deadspin have gone on to work for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Sports Illustrated. Over time, the site expanded into more investigative journalism and broke several stories, including the revelation of the Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax. Contrasting with traditional sports updates of other outlets, Deadspin was known for its irreverent, conversational tone, often injecting crude humor into its writing and taking a critical lens to the topics it covered. In addition to covering sports, the site wrote about the media, pop culture, and politics, and published several non-sports sub-sections, including The Concourse and the humor blog Adequate Man. Previously owned by Gawker Media and Univision Communications, it is currently owned by G/O Media.ĭeadspin posted daily previews, recaps, and commentaries of major sports stories, as well as sports-related anecdotes, rumors, and videos. Deadspin is a sports blog founded by Will Leitch in 2005 and based in Chicago.
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