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morestuff posted:Ringer still negotiating their union contract: I have not listened because just learning of the existence of a podcast where Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo discuss police brutality caused me to yelp in horror but apparently there's a point where Ryen goes out of his way to praise Bill for his diverse hiring practices lol MourningView fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Jun 2, 2020 |
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Jun 1, 2020 22:20
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Still waiting on the Police Brutality Exit Survey.
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MourningView posted:I have not listened because just learning of the existence of a podcast where Bill Simmons and Ryne Russillo discuss police brutality caused me to yelp in horror but apparently there's a point where Ryne goes out of his way to praise Bill for his diverse hiring practices lol ...of the 100,000 dead of COVID and no end in sight? ...of the on-camera murder of yet another black man with zero consequences for the murderers? ...of the firestorm of protest and stark revelation that cops are brutal violent animals? Nope! He's sad because some of his favorite little stores on Melrose Ave got trashed, and it's breaking his heart. Not the racism, not the massive loss of life, it's the property damage that has Bill feeling down.
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Jun 1, 2020 22:29
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https://twitter.com/thebiglead/status/1267558423639490560?s=20 Trying to think of the funniest places that could hire him and I think it's 1) Deadspin and 2) Barstool Edit: Although I guess The Ringer needs some diversity hires…
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Jun 1, 2020 22:38
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Hmmm who could I talk about this watershed moment in the history of race relations in the United States with? One of my minority employees? Close personal friend and Pulitzer prize winner Wesley Morris? Nah, get me HGH Dave Portnoy
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Jun 1, 2020 22:41
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MourningView posted:Hmmm who could I talk about this watershed moment in the history of race relations in the United States with? One of my minority employees? Close personal friend and Pulitzer prize winner Wesley Morris? Nah, get me HGH Dave Portnoy
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Jun 1, 2020 22:50
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morestuff posted:https://twitter.com/thebiglead/status/1267558423639490560?s=20 https://twitter.com/knicks_tape99/status/1267557225280819201 https://twitter.com/CantGuardMike24/status/1267569283867070465 Dexo fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Jun 1, 2020 |
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Jun 1, 2020 23:02
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Sports status: Not stuck to https://mobile.twitter.com/timmarchman/status/1267529913583763456
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Jun 1, 2020 23:39
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Maybe the current batch of writers aren’t such prima donnas though
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Jun 1, 2020 23:48
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General Dog posted:Maybe the current batch of writers aren’t such prima donnas though That’s for sure. Prima donnas are the most talented singers in an opera company.
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Jun 1, 2020 23:59
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The Root just loving ripped apart new Deadspin for their lovely writing lmao https://www.theroot.com/and-the-pulitzer-prize-for-caucasity-goes-to-1843835336
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Jun 2, 2020 00:36
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Lmao the article in question was written by Rob "Is he a brother, or is he a cornball brother?" Parker.
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Jun 2, 2020 01:40
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Spencer Hall took a buyout. https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/1267888292760031240?s=21
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BWV posted:Still waiting on the Police Brutality Exit Survey. "1. Which character of The Wire would you say you are?"
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Jun 2, 2020 20:12
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8 Winners and Losers from the George Floyd Protests
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Henchman of Santa posted:Spencer Hall took a buyout. it's a sign of the preferences of a media company that they'd rather keep Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias around than Spencer Hall.
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Troy Queef posted:it's a sign of the preferences of a media company that they'd rather keep Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias around than Spencer Hall. Those guys own a stake Edit: or maybe not, I'm probably wrong morestuff fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Jun 2, 2020 |
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Jun 2, 2020 20:18
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Spencer should do fine and is probably the absolute last person from the banner society crew you need to worry about finding a new gig but it's still insane that you could run a sports website, be lucky enough to have him on the payroll, and decide you don't really need him.
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Jun 2, 2020 22:45
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Kind of baffling if they try to keep Banner Society going without him. There’s really no equity built up in that shingle without him.
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I've seen a few people posting about "the Vox buyout" but what is it? They just offering severence to people to cut payroll?
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Inspector_666 posted:I've seen a few people posting about "the Vox buyout" but what is it? They just offering severence to people to cut payroll? Pretty much, yeah
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Inspector_666 posted:I've seen a few people posting about "the Vox buyout" but what is it? They just offering severence to people to cut payroll? Everyone who was furloughed a month or two ago was also offered a buyout up front. So they could wait it out until the end of the furlough period and see what happened, or they could take the buyout at any time.
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Jun 3, 2020 01:05
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Vox will be fiiiiine. They've got Gideon Smith-Smythe-Smithe and other various names from the Upper Class Twit of the Year sketch about to launch a brand new podcast that's a deep dive into how TECH has changed EVERYTHING
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Jun 3, 2020 05:33
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Chad Ford has been back in media for like a month and just dropped the N word on his podcast. It was in the context of trying to talk about the horrible stuff black people have to hear so I guess his heart was in the right place but he did not even hesitate, it was jarring.
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MourningView posted:Chad Ford has been back in media for like a month and dropped the N word on his podcast. It was in the context of trying to talk about the horrible stuff black people have to hear so I guess his heart was in the right place but he did not even hesitate, it was jarring. it's ok once he knows the right thing he should have said he will just go back and edit that in
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Jun 3, 2020 18:46
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Well let's see what neo-Deadspin is up to today Tiger Woods Hates Being Black quote:The symbol above his words resembles three Ku Klux Klan hoods. 
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Jun 3, 2020 20:44
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General Dog posted:Well let's see what neo-Deadspin is up to today Apparently not satisfied with being sued by one faded megastar, Deadspin going for the deuce
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General Dog posted:Well let's see what neo-Deadspin is up to today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HLUZq2Hm4w
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Jun 4, 2020 04:08
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It is so weird that they made the decree about no politics and everyone good left and then removed that decree. Just an incredible fuckup. I haven't seen a Deadspin link on my Twitter feed or anywhere in months so I can't imagine the site is doing well.
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Niwrad posted:It is so weird that they made the decree about no politics and everyone good left and then removed that decree. Just an incredible fuckup.
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Niwrad posted:It is so weird that they made the decree about no politics and everyone good left and then removed that decree. Just an incredible fuckup. The myriad prices they do about race do all tie back to criticizing a certain player, team, or league, so they do still follow the stick to sports mandate by letter, if not in spirit. Basically if you throw “man, it’s also really bullshit that Collin Kapernick still hasn’t been signed,” that serves as a fig leaf that separates your new Deadspin post from old Deadspin’s typical “Orange Man Bad” posts. General Dog fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Jun 5, 2020 |
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Jun 5, 2020 04:50
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That the content restrictions are looser when they are trying to relaunch while there are essentially no live sports going on isn't that big of a surprise. If the old Deadspin crew had capitulated I'm sure they would have looser guidelines too. Deadspin needs some kind of content. Besides, I don't think "Stories without Sports" was really the real issue. This whole thing started when the writers criticized the site and the audio ads. "Stick to Sports" was always a veneer, it was "Stick to the Guidelines We're Giving You". Writers in sports are largely viewed as commodities that can be cheaply replaced. They shouldn't cost much, they should mostly do what you tell them. That's why popular, content driven sorts sites are more likely to collapse than stay going. Right now the deadspin people are probably told to write whatever they want to get SOMETHING right now. As sports start coming back and people start getting, frankly, fatigued and bored with social commentary they'll probably get pushed back into a sports box.
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Jun 5, 2020 14:18
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Feels like it's time to officially say RIP to Banner Society after one season. https://twitter.com/thejasonkirk/status/1268911720464080902?s=20
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Jun 5, 2020 15:31
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https://twitter.com/benjstrauss/status/1268939718365937670 Well poo poo.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Feels like it's time to officially say RIP to Banner Society after one season. Kirk is one of the most effortlessly funny people in all of media I hope someone scoops him up quickly and let's him do his thing. Kirshner and Richard Johnson also just announced that they're done with Vox so yeah I would think Banner Society is probably dead. I would think Holly and Godfrey are probably gone whenever their contracts are up too, and maybe Nanni, though he's pretty high up in the company now
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This is probably something that gets brought up any time someone we like is let go, but you'd think Jason and Spencer would be a good fit within the Ringer/Spotify podcasting and blogging universe. I guess nobody like that is really feeling like spending new money right now though. But hell, it seems like they're a couple of guys who wouldn't seem like a weird fit but would also expose the site to some new demos.
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Jun 5, 2020 18:33
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I will be a little surprised if The Ringer doesn't scoop up Prada. They seem to have a thing for SBN NBA guys
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Jun 5, 2020 18:34
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Yeah my sub is up next month and probably not gonna renew, great as The Athletic has been.
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I assume the Athletic would bounce back when there, you know, sports again. I am more tempted now to give it another shot but I don't exactly want to sign up until stuff starts happening.
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