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ESPN cut ties with Grantland today -- effective immediately
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ESPN's Shuttering Of Sports And Culture Site Grantland Prompts Backlash
ESPN cut approximately 300 jobs earlier this month, a move aimed to account for less revenue coming in from cable subscriptions as more and more people turn to the Internet to watch sports. But Friday's statement about Grantland included none of the references to "emerging technology" and "relentless innovation" used in the statement explaining the mass job elimination.
The news was met with shock and sadness on social media. Within half an hour of the announcement, Grantland was a top trend on Twitter. Journalists like Nate Silver (whose website FiveThirtyEight is also owned by ESPN), comedian Seth Myers, and former Obama staffers Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer, as well as a number of other fans and readers, shared an outpouring of affection for the site.
The news was met with shock and sadness on social media. Within half an hour of the announcement, Grantland was a top trend on Twitter. Journalists like Nate Silver (whose website FiveThirtyEight is also owned by ESPN), comedian Seth Myers, and former Obama staffers Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer, as well as a number of other fans and readers, shared an outpouring of affection for the site.
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