Deadspin not sticking to sports as writers revolt against owners

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If you haven't heard what's going on at Deadspin, check this out. It's kinda crazy.

On Monday, G/O CEO Jim Spanfeller’s editorial director issued a memo telling Deadspin writers — who primarily cover sports, but also write about politics, media and culture — to “write only about sports and that which is relevant to sports in some way.”

— Barry Petchesky October 29, 2019 Top postings on Tuesday included “Woman Furiously S—s on Floor of Tim Hortons, Throws it At Employees,” as well as “What Did We Get Stuck in Our Rectums Last Year,” and “The Hateful Life and Spiteful Death of the Man Who Was Vig the Carpatian.” The article by Greenwell, who then jumped to Wired magazine, claimed Spanfeller had been filling open executive jobs at G/O with “older white guys” drawn from his days as CEO at Forbes Media and executive VP at Playboy Enterprises. Deadspin has denied the criticisms, saying nearly half of its executive hires have been women.

“Yesterday I sent a memo to Deadspin staff stating that our sports site should be focused on sports coverage. As I made clear in that note, sports touches on nearly every aspect of life — from politics to business to pop culture and more. We believe that Deadspin reporters and editors should go after every conceivable story, as long as it has something to do with sports.”

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