Culture
Deadspin meltdown continues as executive who wrote the stick to sports memo quits
Paul Maidment, editorial director at Deadspin’s parent company G/O Media has resigned after a week where all of the writers quit the site.
Some Google employees are pressuring bosses not to work with fossil fuel industry
Employees inside the company have previously complained about it working with ICE, CBP, and Breitbart News.
Adobe, Twitter, and The New York Times are developing a DRM-style attribution system for memes
Many popular memes are already being taken down by questionable copyright claims.
Elizabeth Warren’s “Meme Team” highlight how much Democrats struggle to understand the art of memes
The Democrats don’t appear to understand the rebellious nature, spontaneity, and creativity that make memes work.
A charity spokeswoman’s Facebook post said only women birth children, an offended online mob got her canceled
The cancel culture continues.
Twitter mob successfully pressures new Deadspin writer to quit on his first day
The writer quit less than an hour after his first Deadspin post was published and even thanked the Twitter mob for pointing him in the “right direction.”
Deadspin hit with mass resignations after staff clashes with parent company G/O Media
The future of Deadspin has been uncertain after recent staff clashes with management over editorial decisions and autoplay ads.
Barack Obama calls out woke online social media outrage
The former President made the comments at the Obama Foundation Summit on Tuesday.
Kotaku and Deadspin futures in doubt after staff rebel against parent company G/O Media
Tensions have been rising between staff and G/O Media after staff complained about a stick to sports memo and autoplay ads.