Sports site Deadspin will lay off its entire staff after it was sold to a European holding firm, parent company G/O Media announced Monday. G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller said in a statement to staff that the site was not actively being shopped for sale. Deadspin staffers were locked out of their laptops and given just minutes to leave the company’s office on Monday, according to The Daily Beast’s Justin Baragona. The Deadspin sale comes after G/O Media shut down and later sold Jezebel last year, and similarly sold lifestyle site Lifehacker. A number of senior writers and editors resigned from Deadspin in 2019, citing editorial conflict with new owners G/O Media, and later formed off-shoot site Defector.

Source: ABC News March 12, 2024 03:17 UTC