re: kotakuhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/04/16/jason-schreier-is-leaving-kotaku-citing-go-media-reason/
“I’ve been through a lot with this company,” Schreier told the Post. “It always felt like, through it all, we were guided by people who always cared about journalism, and unfortunately, I’m not sure that’s the case a
It’s one of the hardest, saddest decisions I’ve ever had to make. But after over three years as its editor in chief, I’ll be leaving @gizmodo this month.— kelly bourdet (@kellybourdet) April 15, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 18 April 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-deadspin-writers-reunite-once-again-this-time-sponsored-by-a-weed-company
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 19 April 2020 23:13 (four years ago) link
Nice
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 19 April 2020 23:16 (four years ago) link
That Emily Gould piece from February is fantastic.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 19 April 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link
yeah, wow
― i am a horse girl (map), Sunday, 19 April 2020 23:43 (four years ago) link
coming soon to a screen near you, apparently co-penned by ex-ilxorhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/gawker-is-undead-once-more-as-a-planned-apple-tv-series
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 22 May 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
Who will they get to play Drew Magary?
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Saturday, 23 May 2020 00:13 (three years ago) link
wow
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, 23 May 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
Just sayin' pic.twitter.com/Mvon3J4NDA— John M. Cunningham (@jmcunning) April 13, 2018
― jaymc, Saturday, 23 May 2020 02:44 (three years ago) link
lol. can't wait till my screenplay for "ilx the musical" gets picked up.
― treeship., Saturday, 23 May 2020 03:14 (three years ago) link
Is this why Max deleted his Twitter account?
― jaymc, Saturday, 23 May 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
we should all delete our twitter accounts, don't need a reason really
― silby, Sunday, 24 May 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
Over/under on the box office of a Gawker movie: $275
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 24 May 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
max deleted his twitter??
― k3vin k., Sunday, 24 May 2020 11:47 (three years ago) link
He deleted his FB recently too (I use FBPurity and it tells you when ppl close out account and you defriend as a result)
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 25 May 2020 03:36 (three years ago) link
that means all that's left of max's digital life...is here
*loud sound*
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Monday, 25 May 2020 03:38 (three years ago) link
damn are we srsly gonna have to get Apple+ to watch this?
― flopson, Monday, 25 May 2020 03:41 (three years ago) link
do it for the Posts
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Monday, 25 May 2020 04:05 (three years ago) link
Max helping line zucks pockets smh
― flopson, Monday, 25 May 2020 04:50 (three years ago) link
ilplex imo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 25 May 2020 05:39 (three years ago) link
Noticed that The Outline also got bought by Bustle and then immediately fired everyone.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 25 May 2020 05:57 (three years ago) link
A thing:
https://defector.com/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:27 (three years ago) link
More on same:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/business/media/deadspin-staffers-start-defector.html
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
I never would have guessed in a million years that Defector was the name of a sports blog
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:31 (three years ago) link
good motto
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
lol I can't keep track of all of the "new-Gawker" spinoffs
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
so Splinter was the "new Gawker" but that's gone now and then has anything taken its place?
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
Not really. And unlike Splinter, which was just a lot of the Gawker folks in a new guise but under the old setup, this is wholly independent.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:51 (three years ago) link
commenting being a premium feature is innovative stuff, kudos
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
It’s only a slight change from old school Gawker commenting, you had to work to be a starred commenter!
― let them microwave their rice (gyac), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
more independent media = good. I wish them luck.
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
we should make new ilx posts cost 25 cents each
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
I’d pay it
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
I should have to pay for all my old posts
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
shocked the 69$/yr tier isn't called "nice"
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
if I were in their shoes I might consider one lower tier for just pod content or something. 6 bucks a month may not seem like a lot but they're not the only patron funded game in town
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
a $1.50 tier that gives you access to a page with nothing on it but a link to deadspin.com
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
the premium commenting feature is a good way to weed out trolls (from barstool)
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
I listened to the Magary/Roth pod quite a lot but honestly it was only OK. then again, I'm not sure I would pay for even the pods I like better, almost all of them are just a few people bullshitting for an hour about subjects I just happen to find interesting.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
looking forward to the eventual retrospective book, Gawker Dudes: What the Fuck Was Wrong With You?
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
they should charge extra to hide the comments
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
sure I'm going to be called a humorless neoliberal feminist or whatever for this but at some point they could consider changing the name of the "funbag" thing because it's fucking gross
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
nah i think that's a perfectly good idea, it's a holdover from cruder days that Magary has otherwise largely renounced and I doubt he has any real deep attachment to the name, so hopefully they will drop it with Defector.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
it's in their site copy so doesn't look like it
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
what is the funbag thing? like a mailbag segment? and now we'll dive into the....funbag? that doesn't even make sense
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
that's what it is
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
one cool thing about the funbag is that no one knows exactly what's in there, it could be anything
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
heading to the post office. anyone need boobs?
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
hold on, let me check the funbag just in case
nope, no boobs in the funbag, go ahead and pick up some please!
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link
Just one giant funbag, centered
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 18:22 (three years ago) link