This was great writing.

[some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org]

This was great writing. I’m gonna keep this site in mind.

[exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Defector is fucking great. It's the team that made Deadspin magical, who all revolted when Deadspin got bought by private equity and run into the ground, and banded together to form an employee-owned outlet whose authors are just all great writers.

The editor in chief of Deadspin, who fought the dumb decisions when private equity took over, ended up resigning in a blaze of glory by posting this article on the site as she left.

She also has a great new book out on how private equity breaks things.

[akasazh@feddit.nl]

It's only a shame that when I click through to explore other articles in instantly hit with the paywall.

[some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org]

Thanks for the heads up. 404 Media is also journalist-owned. They are a four person operation churning out great work.

[exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

404 is great, too, for coverage of those topics.

Defector is worth a special mention in large part because it's one of the few places on the internet that still makes me laugh out loud. It's ostensibly a sports site, but when they stray off topic it's some of the best stupid shit on the internet.

[quincypeck@lemmy.world]

As a paid subscriber, it’s worth it. Great stuff is posted every day.