The Athletic lays off 46 people, almost eight percent of its staff
This is the largest round of layoffs yet at The Athletic.
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Many furloughed writers and editors have now left Vox’s SB Nation and Banner Society for good
SB Nation and Banner Society saw several further long-time employees leave permanently Friday.
Spencer Hall takes a buyout from Vox
Hall was one of the many SB Nation and Banner Society employees furloughed from May through July. He announced Tuesday he's taken a buyout.
Deadspin’s traffic and execution will both need to vastly improve if the site wants to survive in the long term
Tributes pour in to long-time Los Angeles Times sportswriter Chris Dufresne, who passed away at 62
Dufresne received notable tributes from sports figures like Rick Neuheisel, as well as his colleagues and TMG co-founders Mark Blaudschun and Herb Gould.
Jon Jones gave an interview to furloughed MMA Junkie writer John Morgan, who published it on his Patreon page
Jon Jones promised John Morgan an interview in February, and delivered it this week. But that came while Morgan was furloughed from Gannett's MMA Junkie, so he put it up on his Patreon page instead.
Some furloughed Banner Society writers are creating a “Sinful Seven: Sci-Fi Western Legends of the NCAA” ebook
Furloughed Banner Society staffers Spencer Hall, Jason Kirk, Richard Johnson, Alex Kirshner and Tyson Whiting have teamed up for an ebook "about the ever-desperate crusade to wrangle college sports, set in and around a time-travelin’, rootin’-tootin’, extra-demented American West."
Baseball America tweets that Joe Doyle “is not a Baseball America staffer or regular BA contributor” after his MiLB report
Doyle's Lookout Landing report on MiLB led to Baseball America distancing themselves from him.
Amazon renews Thursday Night Football streaming deal for three seasons, will get one exclusive Saturday telecast
The Amazon-exclusive telecast will only be allowed on free, over-the-air TV in the markets playing in that game.
MLB Trade Rumors has suffered 40 percent loss in traffic with no baseball being played
The site has also suffered a 50 percent loss in ad revenue.
For The Win tweets “analysis” of pick #30 of the NFL draft with “Lorem ipsum” placeholder text
No, "Lorem ipsum" is not actually NFL draft analysis.
New “Deadspin” completely botched the #26 pick, saying Miami took D’Andre Swift when Green Bay took Jordan Love
No, "Deadspin," Miami didn't even keep the #26 pick.
After only three weeks Mike Francesa gives up crusade against others posting clips from his show
Mike really stuck to his guns on this one!
Jim Rich, who was running the Deadspin corpse reanimation project, is now G/O Media’s editorial director
Rich received the editorial director job almost six months after Paul Maidment's resignation, and after other G/O Media editors-in-chief turned it down.
FanGraphs’ traffic is down 60-70 percent with no MLB season, with Baseball Reference and Baseball Prospectus also impacted
With no MLB season currently scheduled, many baseball sites are facing hard times.
