The history of sports site Deadspin is a long one at this point but as of today it appears the site exists in name only after a European company agreed to buy the site but chose to move forward without the current staff.
G/O Media has sold Deadspin to a European media company who will not be keeping any of the long-running sports news outlet’s current staff, the company told employees in a memo on Monday…
Lineup Publishing will “not carry over any of the site’s existing staff and instead build a new team more in line with their editorial vision for the brand,” the staff-wide note added.
Justin Baragona broke the story and posted a copy of the entire email set to staff. The email says that current owners Great Hill Partners were not shopping Deadspin in particular but received an offer they couldn’t refuse from Lineup Publishing.
According to Deadspin staff, they were locked…
