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by blackwater 12/31/2019, 10:03pm PST |
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Furcifer wrote:
You know, I kind of take back what I said. Websites aren't like real estate in good locations that hold their value even when they're not being used. People stop visiting dead sites after a while with no updates, and they eventually forget the sites even existed. "Hyphen's Deadspin" would probably have been a more successful strategy than doing nothing at all.
Yeah. I read your comment and I thought, what is this guy thinking? A website that doesn't update doesn't hold its value.
But I didn't post about it. Because I'm such a nice guy. You can thank me later.
Furcifer wrote:
I'm actually baffled as to why they bought the site, unless the plan from the very beginning was to intentionally kill it. I remember when Opie & Anthony got fired, CBS refused to release them from their contracts, opting instead to pay them millions of dollars over several years to not work, rather than to risk them moving to another station and eating Stern's lunch. Maybe the people who now own Deadspin own other sports news sites that they would prefer to succeed. That could also explain why everyone quit in a huff over contract issues. The bosses might have intentionally low-balled their offers.
I sort of doubt that this is true, but I really hope it is. The best part is, if they all left voluntarily, there's a lot less red tape (and I think less severance that needs to be paid?)
If I were rich, buying news organizations that I disliked and running them into the ground would be high up on my agenda.
I guess this is not a good start to the new year, though, right? Positive thoughts. |
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Deadspin is burning by Glenn from Habbo 10/29/2019, 11:03am PDT
@barry handle to be available soon? NT by Vested Id 10/29/2019, 12:07pm PDT
Bunch of Kotaku people got let go as well. by Mysterio 10/30/2019, 10:29am PDT
Re: Bunch of Kotaku people got let go as well. by Mysterio 10/30/2019, 10:48am PDT
Thanks for keeping us abreast of gamergate by getting everything wrong. NT by Injustice 10/30/2019, 12:23pm PDT
No prob. I may just be a cub reporter today. But tomorrow? by Mysterio 10/30/2019, 4:13pm PDT
Deadspin - spin = DEAD by Vested Id 10/30/2019, 4:22pm PDT
My god they're all doing it by Vested Id 10/30/2019, 6:48pm PDT
Re: Deadspin - spin = DEAD by Mysterio Prime 10/30/2019, 8:03pm PDT
Now they’ll get to find out just how much their skills are worth on the market by blackwater 10/30/2019, 9:19pm PDT
I get it. This place became politics-based as well it seems. by - 11/01/2019, 6:37am PDT
They obviously liked being able to write about whatever they wanted. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/01/2019, 9:25am PDT
Advertisers by Roop 11/01/2019, 10:31am PDT
They brag about how the political articles get a lot of clicks, but by Vested Id 11/01/2019, 11:04am PDT
They are terrible fucking people screaming "scab" tonight at a guy by - 11/01/2019, 10:54pm PDT
People who hate everything fired after writing spiteful articles about boss NT by It's Pretty...Funny 11/08/2019, 6:16pm PST
Deadspin hasnt updated in over a month NT by Ichabod 12/05/2019, 11:02am PST
I guess their pump-n-dump vulture capitalist new boss DIDN'T know how to run a NT by successful sports site after all! 12/05/2019, 12:29pm PST
I guess woke bullshit is terminal among the journo class NT by Hi MM 12/05/2019, 12:59pm PST
Seriously man by Hi MM 12/05/2019, 1:23pm PST
His brilliant business plan would've worked if it weren't for you meddling NT by twitter trolls! 12/05/2019, 1:49pm PST
*their meddling peers NT by Hi MM 12/05/2019, 2:00pm PST
I quit my sports writing job cuz someone tweeted me next to Scabby the Rat! NT by Alpha Male/eternal victim 12/05/2019, 3:02pm PST
I can't get work because I've been blacklisted by socialists NT by Hi MM 12/05/2019, 3:17pm PST
Step 1: Fire all our writers. Step 2: Don't hire anyone their friends yell at. NT by Never question my financial genius! 12/05/2019, 4:05pm PST
A friendly dispute between mandarins by who aren't at all marxist 12/05/2019, 4:58pm PST
I don't know what you mean when you say "mandarins," is that the new "jews?" by No such thing as a dumb boss 12/05/2019, 5:06pm PST
It means our overeducated clerisy who impose a moral order on the populace, by regardless of ethnicity 12/05/2019, 5:27pm PST
I propose we each symbolically consume a mandarin orange every day in December. by Injustice 12/05/2019, 5:39pm PST
You can put "educated" in quotes. They're morons. NT by Hi Injustice 12/05/2019, 5:52pm PST
But a clueless new boss who's going to pump'n-dump the company into oblivion is NT by an unquestionable moral paragon? 12/06/2019, 8:15am PST
This thread by - 12/06/2019, 11:07am PST
The only way anyone will read your posts is if you ator as me by - 12/06/2019, 1:53pm PST
hahahahaha by - 12/06/2019, 1:56pm PST
Re: hahahahaha by - 12/06/2019, 2:09pm PST
Thanks, stupid. NT by - 12/06/2019, 2:33pm PST
The fuck? by Mischief Maker 12/06/2019, 2:50pm PST
They weren't "sports" bloggers by Mysterio 12/06/2019, 11:32pm PST
Endless regressive spin NT by - 12/06/2019, 11:57pm PST
Re: The fuck? by - 12/07/2019, 2:04pm PST
As dumb as the writers were, the owners are dumber by - 12/06/2019, 10:50am PST
Re: As dumb as the writers were, the owners are dumber by Furcifer 12/12/2019, 2:33pm PST
Re: As dumb as the writers were, the owners are dumber by - 12/12/2019, 3:18pm PST
Re: As dumb as the writers were, the owners are dumber by Furcifer 12/31/2019, 9:46am PST
Also billionaire Peter Thiel has a long vendetta against gawker for outing him. NT by Mischief Hulkamaniac 12/31/2019, 10:14am PST
Re: As dumb as the writers were, the owners are dumber by blackwater 12/31/2019, 10:03pm PST
Re: As dumb as the writers were, the owners are dumber by Furcifer 01/02/2020, 9:36am PST
Re: As dumb as the writers were, the owners are dumber by Dominos is poison 01/02/2020, 9:42am PST
Update! Fatcat Bloomberg owner issues "Stick to anything but Democrats" memo! NT by # of Bloomberg bloggers who quit: 0 12/14/2019, 1:58pm PST
In case there is/was any doubt about what Deadspin is/was by Vested Id 01/20/2020, 3:43pm PST
Where has MM ever defended Deadspin? NT by Nice sports article on deadspin 01/20/2020, 4:01pm PST
"It's the CEO, stupid" NT by "Mischief Maker" 01/20/2020, 4:49pm PST
Re: "It's the CEO, stupid" by Oh 01/20/2020, 8:57pm PST
So one guy possibly connected to Black Israelites made the Native American evil? NT by Hell of a way to spend MLK day! 01/20/2020, 4:19pm PST
One of the best things is Black Israelites debating Black Egyptians by THASS RIIIIGHT 01/20/2020, 7:41pm PST
Took long enough NT by RIPss 03/11/2024, 12:08pm PDT
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