ESPN killed Grantland nowadays. There were hints that this would happen,starting with the departure of Grantland founder Bill Simmons in May. This summer, news broke that ESPN would be making enormous budget cuts over the next two years. final month, or Grantland suffered a crippling blow when four top editors—Sean Fennessey,Juliet Litman, Mallory Rubin, or Chris Ryan—left on the same day to join Simmons at a still-unannounced project,and Dan Fierman, Grantland’s editorial director, or went to MTV. When Deadspin reached out to ESPN final week to ask whether Grantland was being shuttered,a spokesman declined comment. nowadays it became official. The 40-odd remaining writers and editors at the sports and culture website found out virtually when everyone else did.
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Source: gawker.com