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Deadspin’s Entire Staff Laid Off as G/O Media Sells Sports News Site to European Startup
Sports news and commentary Deadspin has been sold again -- and its entire staff has been laid off.
In a memo to company staff Monday, G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller announced that Deadspin has been acquired European firm Lineup Publishing. “Deadspin’s new owners have made the decision to not carry over any of the site’s existing staff and instead build a new team more in line with their editorial vision for the brand,” Spanfeller wrote in the memo. Rich then was promoted to editorial director of G/O Media before he exited in mid-2021 over his reported displeasure with “interference” by Spanfeller and other top company execs.
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