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Last November, Jasper Wang emailed a handful of former Deadspin writers who quit at the end of October 2019 after clashing with new management. As an avid reader of the sports and culture website, he was sorry to see its downfall. As “a business guy around New York,” he offered to take the writers out for a beer and talk about next steps.

Ten months and a few beers later, Wang is a co-founder of Defector Media, an online publication with an editorial team made up of 18 former Deadspin writers and editors.

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