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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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Live Event

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Alex Sujong Laughlin

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Music Apps Illustrations

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If You Love Podcasts, Dump Spotify

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Kelsey McKinney

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Arts And Culture

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who’s The Prettiest Spotify Wrapped Of Them All?

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Soraya Roberts

Crowds are seen in front of the stage as Lost Frequencies gives a DJ Performance concert on the second day of the Champions Festival, which is being prepared for the UEFA Champions League final to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 9, 2023.

Day 2 Festival – UEFA Champions League Final 2022/23

I Just Want To Go To A Concert

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Patrick Redford

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 29: Bill Simmons is seen on March 29, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by gotpap/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles – March 29, 2018

Media Meltdowns

Bill Simmons Finds Himself In Row Across The Pond After Slagging Off Harry And Meghan

Gimlet Media co-founder Alex Blumberg speaks at the Ignition: Future of Media conference in New York City, in 2017.

IGNITION: Future of Media

Gimlet Media’s Story Was Always Going To End Like This

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NYC 2

These Musicians Are Angry, Organized, And Coming For Spotify

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Laura Wagner

19th International Conference on Competition In Berlin

Soccer

Spotify Guy Really Wants People To Know He’s Serious About Buying Arsenal

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