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[quote name="The Immortal Hulk Hogan's Durag"][quote name="IPB"][quote] (Deadspin, in its original form, did not survive the aftermath of Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against its former parent company, Gawker Media; the lawsuit was underwritten by Peter Thiel, which complicates the issue of who, exactly, needs protection from whom.) [/quote] Journos hate Thiel with the power of a thousand burning suns. Years later and they are still seething [/quote]This drunken, attention starved media still feels itself indemnified. Nevermind the revelations, made under oath, in that case. Media insinuates they need protection from losing legal challenges. Pot/Kettle/Black with Gawker calling any other business 'awful nightmare trash parasites’. I'm not quite as charitable as the SSC take on Silicon Valley, though agree with ruin by rent-seeking and empty suits. [quote name="Legacy magazine names its enemy in the headline"]<b>Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media</b>[/quote]Unfortunately for them: Silicon Valley runs their show now. Post-DoubleClick buyout Google <i>is</i> online advertising. Eyes catch headlines filtered through Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, instead of publishers. Media has been working with these services to put themselves out of business. Just another brand to be purchased for pennies on the dollar at the end of the day. Copy writers are buried at the ass end trying to pimp their importance in a sub-contract market: [quote name="Journalistic Integrity & Honest Self-Appraisal in the New York area"]Like the Hebrews departed Egypt, so too did Deadspin editorial staff embark in a mass exodus after the sports site’s parent company decreed a “sports stories only” rule, leading to the firing of one editor and then the resignation of as many as eight staffers.[/quote]As many as eight staffers in exodus still trekking the Williamsburgh Desert. We remain deprived of hard hitting sports reportage to this day: <blockquote><i><b>NFL</b> | The Combine > 11 Reasons Why Our Articles are Just Like Shepherding the Chosen <b>NHL</b> | Stanley Cup Qualifiers > What My Covenants of Polyamory did for Discourse at the Dinner Table <b>MLB</b> | Box Scores > How COVID-19 is a Divine Plague against Pharaoh Trump</i></blockquote> [/quote]