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Here is the rare good news of 2020:

Now Deadspin’s former writers and editors — 18 of the roughly 20 who quit last year — have reunited to start a digital media company, Defector Media, that they will own and operate themselves.

Defector Media is scheduled to start a podcast next month and roll out its website in September, its founders said. Tom Ley, a former features editor at Deadspin, will be the editor in chief. The business side will be led by Jasper Wang, a former Bain & Company employee who said he had been an avid Deadspin reader since age 19.

Defector’s founders said the company had no outside investors, and each employee has taken a stake of roughly 5 percent in the venture. Unlike Deadspin, a free site that relies on ads, Defector will offer subscriptions at $8 a month, with an annual subscription available at a discount.

This looks great and will be worth the $8. Magary alone is worth $8 a month. Scab Deadspin remains unreadable, both in terms of content and principle. I hope they can make it work. If they can’t, I don’t see who can.

I hope they have a regular column making fun of Scab Deadspin.

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