re: Deadspin sold, all employees fired

quote:

---

I don't think this iteration of Deadspin is the same company as that one. I think this sale and mass firing is the second one for them.

---

Correct.

This was basically Deadspin 3.0

The original version was the irreverent one we all knew for years under the Gawker Media umbrella that covered ESPN (and its talent) closely and eventually broke the Manti Te’o story.

After Gawker Media went belly up after the Hogan lawsuit, it got sold to G/O Media after Gawker shuttered. That was when their entire staff walked out after revolting over G/O’s mandate to avoid politics and stick to sports.

After sticking to sports for a while, they basically dove back into the realm of political theatrics, which got them where they are today.