What Was Deadspin?

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by former Deadspin staffers Megan Greenwell, Tom Ley, and Barry Petchesky to discuss the site’s demise and what caused it. Topics covered include the conflicts between writers, editors, and management; journalism and private equity; and how Deadspin evolved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.2	This is Slate's Sports Podcast,
0:09.2	Hang up and listen for the week of November 4th, 2019.
0:13.5	I'm Stephen Fatsus, the author of Ward Freak,
0:16.0	a few seconds of panic and wild and outside.
0:19.6	On this week's show, we're ditching the usual format.
0:22.4	Sorry, Nats fans, tell your team not to win the World Series
0:25.1	on a Wednesday next time.
0:26.8	Instead, we'll have an extended conversation
0:29.2	with some former writers and editors at Deadspin,
0:32.3	a sports website that effectively died last week when its
0:35.3	entire editorial staff was either fired or mostly resigned after a protracted conflict with its
0:42.2	new owners about,
0:43.5	among other things, sticking to sports.
0:46.2	Josh Levine is Slate's National Editor
0:48.2	and the author of The Queen.
0:50.1	He joins me from New Orleans.
0:52.3	Hey Josh.
0:53.3	Looking forward to providing a southern perspective
0:56.4	on the proceedings today, Stephan.
0:57.8	What are you doing on there?
0:58.9	I had a book thing, also just doing some scouting of Alabama
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