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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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You DID Hear It From Us: There's Normal Gossip Merch

NEW NORMAL GOSSIP MERCH!

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Samer Kalaf

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Second Iteration Of Deadspin Now Also Dead

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Israel Daramola

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Music Journalism Can’t Afford A Hollowed-Out Pitchfork


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Popular Science Ends And Science Journalism Keeps Shrinking

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G/O Media Shutters Jezebel After Abandoning Sale Efforts

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Media Meltdowns

Barstool Sports’s New Owner Reportedly Laying Off 100 Staffers After Purchasing Company For One Dollar

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Lauren Theisen

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The Athletic Decides Local News Doesn’t Pay


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Diana Moskovitz

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Greed Is Still The Problem

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Sports Illustrated Continues Its Lurch Away From Journalism With Fresh Round Of Layoffs

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Laura Wagner

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Vox Media Layoffs Wipe Out Most SB Nation Hockey, MLS Sites

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With Newspaper Owners Like Gannett, Who Needs Enemies?

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BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti No Longer Pretending To Care

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