If they need to go paywall then I would prefer they link up with some other progressive outlet or whatever you could come up with. At least folks with our sensibilities could create a safe harbor away from from the catch and kill Private Equity folks. Just unfortunate that the right ownership group couldn’t figure out…
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The feelings you describe about seeing your weight at a level you hadn’t seen in a while...that spoke to me. That made me feel like shit about myself all over again. I know those feelings. I wish that cutting out booze (it would be so easy) would lead me to losing more weight, but I don’t drink all that much to begin…
I’m genuinely surprised to see this today. Last night I explained the whole story to my wife - Theil to yesterday - and figured that the site was done. It wasn’t a KSK-style fuck off, but yesterday really felt like the end. It felt strange to say out loud how much this site has meant to me (I started reading just…
Get the Kickstarter up already.
I came here to say, if there’s any investors who are either readers, or who are eying this situation, I would totally be down to pay a subscription to Deadspin 2.0 or UnDeadspin. Actual human dollars, and not just ad revenue. And I’d like to think I’m not alone in that thinking, either. Let someone else’s fuck up be…
Just wanted to say it fucking blows that Barry got fired yesterday. There are relatively few constants left in life, but Barry writing the first article of the day for Deadspin was one of them. I’ve been coming to Deadspin regularly for about 10 years now. I love this place. So many laughs, so many great reads. The…
Farmers has pulled Spanfeller’s big ad buy. This is the type of incompetence that deserves an ESPN 30 For 30.
Seconding the relationship with the site and also that promise. You just know something’s gotta give, the corporate morons up top have made it clear they won’t stand for the shit the writers pulled yesterday - which by the way is absolutely, 100% in keeping with what we’ve come to expect from this team, and what we…
I’m 100 percent in support of the entire Giz family resigning and creating their own independent publication free from Great Hill’s bullshit, and would do everything I could to help out. And a paywall would totally be worth it if it keeps everyone safe from vulture capitalists.
Waited until the final second, then nailed the 55 yarder. Well played.
lololololollololol they are so bad at this!
What else are you going to do? Work?
Hey Drew. You’re the best, and good luck with the brain and everything.
Drew, is it true that neither Jim Spanfeller nor Paul Maidment ever had friends, a girlfriend, made any sports team, or has seen The Godfather? Is it also true that Jim smells like sweaty hobo taint and Paul smells like a urinal puck?
I know something is amiss since I opened DS this morning and didn’t see a single article. I desperately want to tell the staff to stick it to your corporate overlords, however it is not my job to lose. I hope you all find a way to stick together through the tension you are experiencing at the office. If the owners…
Looks like the mini-24 hour strike is over? Nice to see you are back Drew. Let us know if we need to start meeting with you and the gang somewhere else. You know, this venue is cool and all, but the new owners are kinda dicks. We can always try somewhere new...
A question for the Funbag: why should I keep reading anything on this website after Jim Spanfeller and Paul Maidment went to the lengths of firing Barry, like cowards, for the dumbest of reasons?
I want to support the writers here—this is both the best website that exists, and has ever existed, and the best sports…
Drew. you have given me more entertaining, witty, and poignant CONTENT than any other writer i’ve followed in my life. thank you, and thank your colleagues for their tremendous work over the years.
Is it about dissuading people, or about providing a “this person was notified it was/wasn’t consensual and proceeded to view” defence/attack from a legal standpoint? That could be interesting in terms of what viewer awareness would look like.