Jim Rich out as G/O Media editorial director, reportedly over conflicts with ownership, CEO
Rich said the move was unrelated to criticism over Deadspin's coverage of Rachel Nichols' phone call.
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Deadspin’s traffic and execution will both need to vastly improve if the site wants to survive in the long term
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.
Deadspin is close to revival, hiring writers Jesse Spector and Sam Fels
Can Deadspin be restored to the site so many loved?
New editor of dead Deadspin Jim Rich (who somehow claims he’s not a scab) says “I don’t want to see Deadspin die.” He’s...
Rich has been named to head the new "Deadspin," but there's little reason to believe it will share more than a name and a URL with the old site.
