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Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

Diana Moskovitz is Defector&#8217;s investigations editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

Diana Moskovitz

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Journalismism

Which Strategic Acquisitions Should Defector Make?

Tom Ley

The MLBPA Wants To Unionize Minor League Baseball

Patrick Redford

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 16: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with WeWork Co-Founder and CEO Adam Neuman on May 16, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

Barefoot Man Prepares To Set Another Massive Pile Of Money On Fire

A GateHouse Media owned Palm Beach Post and the Gannett Co. owned USA Today are seen for sale at a newsstand on August 05, 2019 in Palm Beach, Florida. The Post now is also owned by Gannett

With Newspaper Owners Like Gannett, Who Needs Enemies?

Kelsey McKinney

Arts And Culture

The Money Is In All The Wrong Places

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

Inside Hollywood’s Visual Effects Crisis

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg appears on a monitor as he testifies remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing 'Does Section 230's Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?', on Capitol Hill, October 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey; CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC, Sundar Pichai; and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg all testified virtually at the hearing. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act guarantees that tech companies can not be sued for content on their platforms, but the Justice Department has suggested limiting this legislation. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Meta Is Desperate

February 1939: View of rows of newspapers from various American cities sitting in the racks of a newsstand, Times Square, New York City.

This Is Not The Way To Help Local News

Laura Wagner

You May Think Things Are Bad, But Have You Considered How Cheap Hammers Are Now?

Someone Always Ends Up Holding The Bag

Here’s To Mike Davis, A Titan

Albert Burneko

BuzzFeed executive guy Jonah Peretti looking like a real schmuck

Media Meltdowns

How Dare BuzzFeed Workers Expect Their Compensation To Be Worth Anything

Staff Writer
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Chris Thompson

Raúl Albiol and Lucas Capetian pose for a photograph.

Life's Rich Pageant

Oh No, Sir Lucas Capetian Is Out As CEO At Color Star

Amy Pedulla is a writer and audio producer. She can be reached at pedullaa@gmail.com.

Amy Pedulla

The Uphill Battle To Unionize Tennessee Whiskey

Warriors owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber hoist the Larry O'Brien NBA championship trophy

Get The Owner Out Of My Face

David Roth

Phil Mickelson tees off on the third (and final) day of the inaugural LIV Golf event.

Golf

The Saudi Golf League’s Big Bet Is On Gravity

BANGKOK, THAILAND - MAY 14: A woman poses with a Bitcoin mascot during the Thailand Crypto Expo 2022 on May 14, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts attend Thailand Crypto Expo 2022, the largest cryptocurrency exposition in Southeast Asia, at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Center. Visitors learn about blockchain projects, exchanges, mining, NFT production, and gamefi technology. The exposition comes during a global market crash. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

The Crypto Collapse Gets Worse

Italian-made coloured leather handbags are for sale at a shop in Berlin on December 12, 2013.

Total Bag Bans Are Stupid, Lazy, Greedy, And Everywhere

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene saying some stuff about being shadowbanned. The Distraction logo is over her face, sadly.

Podcasts

The Thin Line Between Owning Twitter And Being Owned By Twitter, With Matt Levine

The Saudi Golf League’s Opening Press Conference Sure Went Well

Video Games

Of Course Elon Musk’s ‘Elden Ring’ Build Is Dog Shit

RB Leipzig players celebrate with the DFB-Pokal trophy after their sides victory during the final match of the DFB Cup 2022 between SC Freiburg and RB Leipzig at Olympiastadion on May 21, 2022 in Berlin, Germany.

The Promise Of RB Leipzig

An exterior view of Angel Stadium of Anaheim before a game between the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels on May 22, 2022 in Anaheim, California.

The Anaheim Corruption Scandal Confirms All Your Suspicions About How Stadium Deals Really Get Done

Lam Thuy Vo is a journalist who marries data analysis with on-the-ground reporting to examine how systems and policies affect individuals. She is currently a <a href="https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/soros-justice-fellowships" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Soros Justice Fellow</a>, a <a href="https://www.typeinvestigations.org/blog/2021/06/14/announcing-the-2021-ida-b-wells-fellows/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Type Investigations Ida B. Wells Fellow</a>, and a <a href="https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2021/03/lam-thuy-vo-named-to-new-role-to-strengthen-data-journalism-curriculum/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">data-journalist-in-residence at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism</a>. Previously, she worked for BuzzFeed News, The Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera America and NPR&#8217;s Planet Money.