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Bookmark or Share- What’s going on with the Deadspin reboot? : r/OutOfTheLoop - RedditDeadspin was owned by Gizmodo Media Group, who owned a conglomerate of sites covering many topics with a liberal bent. GMG got bought out by a private equity group, and that group soon clashed with the writers and readers as they tried to change a lot of the culture and politics of the site while smothering the sites in annoying autoplay ads.
- Why do Barstool and Deadspin have a rivalry : r/barstoolsports - RedditDeadspin is snarky so that they feel smarter than thou and re-assure themselves they are woke bros. Barstool is for the most part genuine comedy mixed with sports. Fans of comedy and the woke bro movement fight off insecurity in two ways Deadspin : i'm not a loser, im smart and well read Barstool : i'm not a loser, im funny and clever
- Deadspin is Dead : r/barstoolsports - RedditFor anyone to compare today’s Deadspin to the original Deadspin, is fucking wild. Good riddance to whatever it became. But I do miss the Deadspin that covered shit like the Manti Te’o stuff. That was when the site was a must-read, before ESPN, Barstool, etc.
- G/O Media Sells Off Deadspin to Be Entirely Gutted : r/Journalism - RedditDeadspin lost its audience long before the incident in 2019 when a huge advertising deal fell through because they couldn't supply the traffic. The ultimatum and walkout happened within like hours of that.
- Deadspin’s entire staff has been laid off : r/sports - RedditOG Deadspin's comment osection was invite only and for a good long while, they really vetted who they deemed worthy to be a commentor with Will Lietch giving final approval. Drew Magary, Clay Travis, and dude who's now a big exec at ESPN all got their start in the Deadspin comments section.
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