Deadspin

Deadspin
Web address www.deadspin.com
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
 Blog
Registration Optional
Owner Gawker Media
Created by Will Leitch, Rick Chandler
Editor Tim Marchman
Launched September 9, 2005
Alexa rank
 positive decrease 903 (November 2014)[1]
Current status Active

Deadspin is a sports website owned by Gawker Media and was launched in September 2005.[2]

Deadspin's founding editor-in-chief was Will Leitch, author and a founding editor of the New York City–based culture website, "The Black Table". Leitch announced on June 5, 2008 that he would be leaving to take a position at New York magazine.[3] He was replaced by A. J. Daulerio, former senior writer for the site.[4]

The current staff[5] consists of editor Tim Marchman, managing editor Emma Carmichael, video/assignment editor Tim Burke, writers Barry Petchesky and Dom Cosentino, weekend editor Sean Newell, and contributing editor Drew Magary, along with a rotating group of regular contributors, interns and editorial assistants.

Content

The site posts commentaries, recaps, and previews of the major sports stories of the day, as well as sports-related anecdotes, rumors and YouTube videos. The last post each evening is tagged "DUAN" and means Deadspin Up All Night, often taking on a life of its own and featuring wildly diverse (and not necessarily related to sport) commentary. Like Gawker.com, stories on Deadspin come from anonymous tips, readers, and other sports blogs.[6]

History

Time magazine named the site one of the 50 coolest websites of 2006.[7]

Deadspin broke the story of NFL quarterback Brett Favre's alleged sexual misconduct toward journalist Jenn Sterger.[8][9]

Deadspin broke the story of Sarah Phillips, a reporter hired by ESPN who lied about her identity and credentials to staffers in order to gain employment.[10]

Deadspin broke the news that the reported September 2012 death of the girlfriend of Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te'o, which Te'o had said inspired him during the 2012 season, was apparently a hoax. Deadspin found no evidence that the girlfriend had ever existed, much less died.[11][12]

Deadspin received attention for "buying" a vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame election in 2013. The site announced in late November 2013 that it had acquired a vote from a BBWAA writer which was "purchased" not through a cash payment to the writer, but instead to a charity of the writer's choice.[13] On January 8, after the Hall of Fame voting was announced, Deadspin revealed that its voter was Miami Herald sportswriter Dan Le Batard. Le Batard was heavily criticized by fellow sportswriters for "selling" his vote.[14] The BBWAA permanently revoked his Hall of Fame voting privileges and suspended his membership for one year.[15]

On 15 October, 2014, Deadspin published an article which alleged that Cory Gardner, the Republican who ran for senate in Colorado, had faked his high school football career. However, Gardner tweeted photographic evidence of himself in his football uniform as a teenager, and the main source of the story said the report mischaracterized his comments.[16] Deadspin updated the article with an editor's note which stated the correct information.[17][18] The Washington Free Beacon criticised the article as a "politically-motivated hit".[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Deadspin.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
  2. ↑ The Gazette (2014-10-19). "EDITORIAL: Deadspin owes Corey Gardner a better apology". Retrieved 2014-10-24.
  3. ↑ A Note From Your Editor
  4. ↑ Meet Your New Editor(s)
  5. ↑ http://deadspin.com/about-deadspin-5732092
  6. ↑ http://advertising.gawker.com/deadspin/
  7. ↑ Buechner, Maryanne Murray (August 3, 2006). "50 Coolest Websites 2006". Time.
  8. ↑ Brett Favre faces more allegations, ESPN (Oct. 9, 2010)
  9. ↑ Dailey, Kate (2011-01-20) What Frank Deford Gets Wrong About Deadspin's Brett Favre Pictures, Newsweek
  10. ↑ Koblin, John (2012-05-01) , Deadspin
  11. ↑ "Story of Manti Te'o girlfriend a hoax". ESPN.com. January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Notre Dame says story about Te'o girlfriend dying apparently a hoax". Associated Press. January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  13. ↑ Marchman, Tim (December 23, 2013). "Deadspin Buys Hall Of Fame Vote, Will Turn It Over To Deadspin Readers". Deadspin. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  14. ↑ Ley, Tom (January 9, 2014). "The Angry Things Writers Are Saying About Our Hall Of Fame Ballot". Deadspin. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  15. ↑ Scott, Nate (January 9, 2014). "BBWAA permanently strips Dan Le Batard of Hall-of-Fame vote". USA Today. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  16. ↑ Jon Murray and Lynn Bartels (2014-10-15). "Main source disputes Deadspin story of Cory Gardner's football career".
  17. ↑ Jacobson, William (2014-10-16). "Thanks Deadspin!". Legal Insurrection. Retrieved 2014-10-19.>
  18. ↑ Wemple, Erik (2014-10-16). "Deadspin editor on Cory Gardner mess: ‘What else can we do?’". Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  19. ↑ Bunch, Sonny (2014-10-16). "Gawker Media’s Concern for the State of Political Journalism Is Cute, Ironic". Retrieved 2014-10-23.

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