G/O Media editorial director Paul Maidment resigns, days after Deadspin’s entire staff quit
G/O Media editorial director Paul Maidment, who started the site’s decay over the last three months by insisting...
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Alan Goldsher’s Deadspin tenure lasted less than an hour
Goldsher sent a tweet promoting his first piece at Deadspin at 2:09 p.m. Eastern Friday. The tweet got ratioed to hell, and he announced he was leaving Deadspin at 2:53 p.m. Eastern.
Entire Deadspin staff resigns in wake of Barry Petchesky’s firing, G/O Media reiterating “stick to sports” mandate [updated]
After G/O Media's post removal, firing of Barry Petchesky, and repeated "stick-to-sports" mandate, the rest of the Deadspin editors and writers have resigned.
G/O Media fires Deadspin’s Barry Petchesky for not sticking to sports, union responds, Paul Maidment claims site has “incredibly broad mandate”
Petchesky had been with Deadspin for 10 years and wrote almost 20,000 posts there.
Deadspin parent G/O Media removes post complaining about autoplaying ads, sends “Deadspin will only write about sports” memo
The conflict between G/O Media writers and management continues to play out very publicly.
Original Deadspin figure/long-time sports blogging presence Rick Chandler moved to palliative care after second stroke
After a pair of strokes, long-time sports blogging figure Chandler has been moved to palliative care.
Deadspin parent Gizmodo Media Group bought by private equity firm Great Hill Partners for “much less” than Univision paid
Less than three years after buying the former Gawker Media Group titles, Univision has sold them off, as well as The Onion and its associated properties.
It’s okay to hate-watch the Super Bowl
Super Bowl LIII sucked. That’s not an opinion. And it’s not meant as an attack. It’s a statement...
Bleacher Report co-founder and Bustle owner Bryan Goldberg buys Gawker.com, where he was a frequent target
Goldberg reportedly paid $1.35 million for Gawker's domain, archives and social media accounts, beating out Didit and Online Logo Maker LLC.
Less than two years after buying Deadspin parent Gawker (now Gizmodo) Media Group, Univision is evaluating sale offers
Univision bought the Gawker properties for $135 million in bankruptcy proceedings in August 2016, and is now looking to sell them and more.
Timothy Burke is leaving Deadspin after seven years, amidst wider buyouts across Gizmodo Media Group
Burke was involved in some massive Deadspin stories, including the Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax and the Sinclair local news montage.
Esquire, New York and ESPN veteran Megan Greenwell named new Deadspin editor-in-chief
Greenwell becomes Deadspin's fifth editor-in-chief, replacing Tim Marchman, who was promoted to oversee Gizmodo Media Group's special projects.
Staff members leaving DK Pittsburgh Sports after Deadspin report alleging misconduct
Dejan Kovacevic's site has always experienced turnover, but things only seem to be getting worse.
Former Deadspin and Gawker editor Tommy Craggs joins HuffPost
After stints running Deadspin and Gawker Media, and serving as Slate's politics editor, Tommy Craggs is now a senior enterprise editor at HuffPost.
Gizmodo Media says lawsuit against Deadspin designed to ‘intimidate journalists’
Univision and Gizmodo Media allege that R.J. Bell and Charles Harder are seeking to silence reporters.
