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Deadspin Employees Leave En Masse After Executive Editor Tells Them To Stick To Sports
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lol. Yeah, try telling Jackie Robinson, Bill Russell, and Muhammad Ali that sports "aren't political."
sports are constantly political what country are you writing this from
I don't know why you guys keep engaging with efr. Dude is clearly trying to troll everyone here and divert the thread off topic for lulz or whatever.
This whole thing sucks. Magary could go anywhere and work but I think he just left one of his jobs so I would imagine he wants to find something before quitting. Roth is another guy that I'm surprised hasn't left (though certainly happy I still get to read his stuff.)
Really if I was Simmons I would snatch up all these guys and spin off a Ringer-adjacent site and let these people do video, podcast and write. Doubt he'd do that because they torch him as well but yeah.
This whole thing sucks. Magary could go anywhere and work but I think he just left one of his jobs so I would imagine he wants to find something before quitting. Roth is another guy that I'm surprised hasn't left (though certainly happy I still get to read his stuff.)
Really if I was Simmons I would snatch up all these guys and spin off a Ringer-adjacent site and let these people do video, podcast and write. Doubt he'd do that because they torch him as well but yeah.
Fuck, tell LeBron that after he stuck his foot in his mouth.
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The entire point isn't that sports are inherently political, it's that rich assholes only have a problem with sports becoming a political cudgel when it's used against them or things they like. Notice none of those trust fund babies or their mongoloids sycophants in their MAGA hats have any problem teeing off on the NBA over the China stuff.
This is where I disagree. None of these individuals do anything other than blog. They don't do any of the above items which Simmons would want.
Also, they have shown a penchant for fighting hard against authority which is a tough pill to swallow as a hire when you need to get big ad deals to support a big team. Plus he already has the team doing similar stuff. What is he actually hiring?
I can't imagine Ringer touches anyone here.
Most likely outcome is some of them try and start their own website or maybe a few go to the daily beast.
There aren't many sportswriting gigs that will pay what deadspin did and didn't require you focus on just one sport as a beat writer. Deadspin was one of the last surviving ones doing what they do.
I respect their integrity on quitting, but I have a feeling we will not be seeing the whole team end up getting jobs quick unless they try and do it themselves. Writing on the internet and making money isn't easy
A bit more, none of these writers have a network or special access like Jason which gives you a leg up when searching for a new job. They just blog and complain. A lot of them out there no matter how skilled.
There is no evidence that anyone in the GMG Union has ever fought against ads overall. They were doing just fine with ads and branded content prior to all the Great Hills fuckery.
Also, the Deadspin staff did video and audio content alongside written editorial.
And Diana Moskovitz is a prime example of someone doing more than "just blog and complain".
Did you read Deadspin? They're bloggers. Simmons likes long-form stuff, I don't really see a fit.
Did I even read it? Please. Have my own Kinja handle and everything lol.
But that's why I'm saying he would spin it off and not integrate it with Ringer as it is
But the Deadcast with Magary and Roth is as good of a show as anything they've got in their network, and that's where the money is coming in from.
God speed to the writing team. Now where to find the Haters Guide to Williams Sonoma Catalogue 2019...
Yeah, definitely can't see that happening. Their coverage of him is already one of the biggest strikes, but then on top of that he's already busy dealing with the Ringer's newly formed union.
Yeah, definitely can't see that happening. Their coverage of him is already one of the biggest strikes, but then on top of that he's already busy dealing with the Ringer's newly formed union.
Yep. There's not much out there for them to fall back on. They called out most of the establishment and there aren't many little guys left.
Massive respect to those who left. That takes a lot of guts and I applaud them for sticking up for themselves.
Ringer has been very blog-like, to the point where Deadspin was routinely putting out better long form.
Two sides solely focused on winning against the other side at all costs with legions of devoted fans rooting them on cause their team is the best and their rivals are the worst. Nothing resembling sports at all.
You must have missed the entire NBA China thing. Nothing political about that, right?
Colin Kaepernick?
Bat Flipping?
Stodgy, old white folks get freaked out whenever a batter flips his bat after hitting a home run instead of gently resting it on the ground like a proper gentleman. Every time this occurs, I am again reminded that baseball, as a sport, is pure butt.
Yes, it's literally the only good thing (well sometimes the fighting is fun too). Bat flipping is just another example of (racial) politics in sports.
Agreeing with the dude that got repeatedly dunked on throughout the thread? Lol alright
the A.V. club/Onion got bought by Univision and merged into Gawker properties back when Univision was trying hard for millenial demographic
This was my understanding. I'm confused by people loving these writers up. Isn't Deadspin unethical trash? I'm all for unions and frankly I never read their work much at all, so is that reputation undeserved?
Drew's gone.
I resigned from Deadspin this morning. That was a fun time you and me had there all those years, wasn't it? Let's do it again sometime.
And if you're shopping around for free agent bloggers and want to host Funbag-like things on YOUR site, I ain't hard to find.
And if you're shopping around for free agent bloggers and want to host Funbag-like things on YOUR site, I ain't hard to find.
WOW , well that site is dead , hope they reorganize and get their own site going asap
