When the staff of Deadspin resigned en masse last fall, it felt like the end of an era of online journalism. The fun internet—best embodied by the old Gawker Media sites and The Awl—was gone, undone ...
Defector, the site launched Tuesday by 18 former Deadspin staffers, reported 10,000 subscriptions in its first day. “Over 10,000 people subscribed to http ...
It was only last November that Deadspin staff resigned en masse after editor Barry Petchesky was fired for not sticking to sports. It’s that last part that’s the real key, as the workers are ...