Deadspin, the formerly Gawker-owned sports-centric website that has become a high-profile case study in the management of digital news assets, saw its news flow go dry Thursday as writer Drew Magar…
. Other G/O sites include Jalopnik and Jezebel. G/O did not immediately respond to Deadline’s request for comment, but earlier this week the company issued a statement reinforcing its optimism about Deadspin’s future.
In an echo of Gawker’s demise, which came via a legal showdown with Hulk Hogan and Peter Thiel, the fate of Deadspin was met by a mixed reaction. A cross-section of journalists, labor activists and others wary of corporate control of media have championed the cause of the Deadspin staffers who have left, filling Twitter with sympathetic commentary.
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