Buzz Bissinger May Be Over Fifty But He's Not Stupid
Last night, Vanity Fair contributing editor Buzz Bissinger appeared opposite—well, to the side of—Deadspin.com's Will Leitch on Bob Costas' Bob Castas Now in a special "Live Town Hall Edition." The...
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Deadspin's Will Leitch Joins New York
Will Leitch, editor of Gawker Media's popular sports blog, Deadspin, is joining New York Magazine as a contributing editor. In a farewell post, Mr. Leitch writes: It is with heavy heart — yet mirthful...
View ArticleAt Will Leitch’s Party in Cobble Hill, Obama Supporters and Exit Polls [UPDATED]
When the Daily Transom showed up to Will Leitch's "Election Angst" party in Cobble Hill this evening, Mr. Leitch, the one time editor of Gawker media's sports blog Deadspin who now pens a column for...
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The Time of Our Times
Lots of people seem to be thinking about The New York Times today. Or is it just us? The future of the country's leading newspaper—which as recently as early January was called into doubt by The...
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Jamie Mottram, Sportif Yahoo Bloglord, Pushes ‘Portal Power’
On April 1, Gawker chief Nick Denton passed on some surprising news via Twitter. “Damn!” Mr. Denton wrote. “Gawker’s awesome John Cook is about to disappear into the maw of Yahoo. Someone...
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Buzz Bissinger: Hated Blogs in 2008, Loves Twitter in 2010
Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger, who has built his career on carefully observed sports writing, used to be mad about what blogs and writing on the internet were doing to his craft. But...
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GQ Mentions Deadspin Without Mentioning It
Mark Sanchez (Getty Images) This month's GQ cover story on New York Jets star Mark Sanchez (not online in full) mentions that "Sanchez hit the front page when a 17-year-old high school student from...
View ArticleYahoo! Shut Down Four Blogs Today, Editor Reports
Yahoo! shut down four blogs today, according to Lindsay Robertson, editor of Yahoo!'s TV blog, The Set. In addition to turning off The Set, she wrote that The Amplifier (music), The Projector (movies,...
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Will Leitch Goes Back to Deadspin, as Killed Yahoo! Film Blog Resurrected
After having his legacy defiled by Brett Favre's genitals it appears Deadspin founding editor Will Leitch will be writing for the Gawker Media sports site on a regular basis once again. Mr. Leitch,...
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Leaving New York: Will Leitch Slides to a New Home Base
Will Leitch Last Friday, Deadspin founder and New York magazine sports editor Will Leitch announced on his Tumblr that it was his last day at the magazine as a full-time employee. By the end of the...
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