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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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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Dan McQuade

Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

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Which Strategic Acquisitions Should Defector Make?

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Shameless Fraud Goes Home

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Media Meltdowns

New York Times Boss Re-Re-Explains “No Politics” Rule To The Athletic Staffers

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Under NYT Ownership, The Athletic Lays Down “No Politics” Rule For Staff

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Albert Burneko

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NYT: China Really Screwed Itself By Protecting Its People From Dying Of COVID

“No One Knows Anything”: Staffers At The Athletic Wait In The Dark Following NYT Deal

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Ray Ratto

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The Athletic To Be Swallowed By Industry It Aimed To Kill

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Maybe Your Marriage Just Sucks!

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The Wirecutter Union Won

New York Times Seeks Buyouts Before Imposing Layoffs

Wirecutter Union Files Labor Grievance After “Vindictive” New York Times Withheld Holiday Pay

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Tom Ley

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Today Is A Good Day To Not Read Wirecutter

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NYT: People Would Trust Us If They Understood How Great We Are

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Either Wirecutter Or I Are Doing Toilet Brush Ownership EXTREMELY Wrong

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Drew Magary

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Frank Bruni, I’m Not Sorry

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Who Can Guess What Jeffrey Toobin Did Wrong? (Not So Fast, Malcolm Gladwell)

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The Color Of The Year Is Go Fuck Yourself

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