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Deadspin sold to a European company
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Posted by Poldark
on March 11, 2024, 12:55:34
who then terminated all the Deadspin employees.
Message Thread:
Deadspin sold to a European company
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Poldark
March 11, 2024, 12:55:34
I'm sure Julie Dicaro is taking this well on twitter*
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illini21
March 12, 2024, 7:26:24
they were already a zombie IP content farm
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Sammich
March 11, 2024, 12:59:24
Will it then just cover soccer/football?
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timmer
March 11, 2024, 12:59:12
I saw a tweet from them over the weekend linking a very boring women’s basketball article
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OB25
March 11, 2024, 12:58:07
side note: how the heck is Bill Simmons the godfather of a media empire?*
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Sounder
March 11, 2024, 12:56:51
he has an incredible eye for talent
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bigbop85
March 11, 2024, 13:58:20
this. his own content has been awful for a while, but his eye for talent is great*
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torinese
March 11, 2024, 14:40:18
because he's grasping and ambitious
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Sammich
March 11, 2024, 12:58:26
he has the worst radio/podcast voice ever
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Sounder
March 11, 2024, 12:59:25
I can see you don't listen to NPR. *
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doubledown
March 11, 2024, 14:22:05
not as much as I should*
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Sounder
March 11, 2024, 14:25:15
Who was the beloved grad who was one of the founders of Deadspin?
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Sounder
March 11, 2024, 12:56:24
Not a founder, but Uni High grad Tommy Craggs was Editor-In-Chief there for a while too
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Vandy
March 11, 2024, 16:53:37
he’s from mattoon. don’t know him but that’s enough for me to not like him*
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lcubed
March 11, 2024, 15:27:45
Also Cards, Georgia, Arsenal. King of bad taste. Illini fandom is the exception that proves the rule
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ATL
March 11, 2024, 16:56:46
Huge Woody Allen fan.
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Sammich
March 11, 2024, 16:54:20
Will Leitch.
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EffinIllini
March 11, 2024, 12:58:31
Seeing that name sent me down a John Gasaway rabbit hole.
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Illiniphil
March 11, 2024, 14:51:39
Dude writes a lot and podcasts a bit too.
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DocWalk20
March 11, 2024, 14:28:51
Do people really get enough substack subscriptions to make it worth their while?*
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Sounder
March 11, 2024, 13:00:51
No idea. I only subscribe($) to 1 Substack (primarily a podcast)...
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EffinIllini
March 11, 2024, 14:13:26
You don’t need that many subscribers to make a lot
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snipes824
March 11, 2024, 14:05:59
the top people, yes
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bigbop85
March 11, 2024, 14:03:02
glad I'm not the only one that calls him Matty*
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ECEIllinois
March 11, 2024, 14:47:47
Will Leitch. No idea what he’s up to these days*
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illini21
March 11, 2024, 12:57:12
Defector, right?*
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gvibes
March 11, 2024, 12:58:18
that's what the remaining Deadspin people reformed as, but Will was long gone*
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assassin
March 11, 2024, 13:02:15
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