Is Defector Good at Sports? A Hell Gate Investigation - Hell Gate

Two giants in worker-owned media met for a fated clash with nonexistent stakes.

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Christopher Robbins · Jun 30, 2023 · 4:51 PM UTC

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Christopher Robbins@ChristRobbins30 Jun 2023

The scrappy underdogs @HellGateNY took on the Powerful Media Death Star @DefectorMedia and all some people want to talk about is the "score" teapaw.org/MicahLoewinger/status/…

Micah Loewinger@MicahLoewinger30 Jun 2023

I was the only media reporter covering the @HellGateNY vs @DefectorMedia softball game in Brooklyn yesterday (story coming soonish)

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Aron Pilhofer (now here @pilhofer.bsky.social) · Oct 13, 2021 · 7:30 PM UTC

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Aron Pilhofer (now here @pilhofer.bsky.social)@pilhofer13 Oct 2021

Some day, US publishers will realize the singular value of single sign-on. But not just any SSO, managed for the benefit of some startup or another… but SSO managed by a trusted third party (like the @LocalMediaAssoc or @LMConsortium). Magic will happen. niemanlab.org/2021/10/these-…

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Peter Kafka · Sep 2, 2021 · 11:53 AM UTC

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The former staff of Deadspin launched @DefectorMedia a year ago. Now it has 40,000 subscribers, no ads, a >$3 million run rate, and 23 employee/owners. “This rules”, says editor in chief @ToLey88. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

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