The sports-culture site Deadspin has posted no new content — including any coverage of the Washington Nationals historic win in the World Series during Wednesday’s Game 7 — as of Thursday morning following a staff revolt that decimated its ranks.
The G/O Media site, bought by a private equity firm from Univision six months ago, had a mass exodus of staff on Wednesday as at least seven reporters and editors resigned following the firing of top editor Barry Petchesky the day before for failing to heed the new owners’ directive to focus exclusively on sports content.
Columnist Drew Magary announced Thursday morning he too had resigned, raising the total number of departures — and lowering the number of people who could update the barren homepage.