Episode 1617: Stick To Sports, Deadspin’s Downward Spiral, US Media Mess, Frances Murphy On The Passing Of Gaybo
As the week comes to a close, we reflect on the passing of Gay Byrne with Murph’s mammy, who also gives us her views on modern-day celebrity, the Civil Service in the 1970s and who’ll win the City/Liverpool game.
But our main piece today is on the death spiral of Deadspin, a liberal-leaning sports website in the US that saw it’s entire editorial and writing staff walk out and quit their jobs last week.
I wrote about SI, Deadspin, and sticking to sports https://t.co/jWfwzIuW4n
— Louisa Thomas (@louisahthomas) November 4, 2019
I stand with the former @Deadspin workers who decided not to bow to the greed of private equity vultures like @JimSpanfeller. This is the kind of greed that is destroying journalism across the country, and together we are going to take them on.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 1, 2019
Former Deadspin writer Laura Wagner, who we’ve spoken to before on the show, played a lead role in highlighting the corrosive impact of private equity in the company, and she joins us on the show today to talk about the future of sports journalism and media in general in America.
BREAKING: G/O Media editorial director who told Deadspin to “stick to sports” resigns https://t.co/lfJHlGgqf6
— VICE News (@vicenews) November 5, 2019
Plus there’s calling out your boss in public, Ken quotes CLR James, Mark’s top secret project of forbidden mystery, and “Report On Sport!”
this is the story our bosses don’t want you to read https://t.co/kuXyLqqhya
— Laura Wagner (@laurawags) August 2, 2019
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.@PaddyHolohanMMA discusses his troubled childhood, being in a coma, his absent dad, controlling the inner chimp and why fighting in a cage for a living was the least risky option available.https://t.co/BalPAC1LyT pic.twitter.com/QbI7xKisC6
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Katie is Ireland’s 3rd multi-weight world champ. @GavanCasey tells us why she’s becoming as loved in the UK as she is here. And she was more forthright than usual when talking about drugs in boxing – Gavan explains why that’s so relevant to her careerhttps://t.co/kpw6R0q1ft pic.twitter.com/3SYBMnaSvr
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Go to PatreonThe Klopp-Pep war of words has got completely out of hand – who will stop the madness?
And Eoin speaks openly of his love for our listenershttps://t.co/4Ivz9Wv3tS pic.twitter.com/cRe9JJkoCA
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