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Rick Chandler Wishes To Approach The Microphone...
I've never been one for tearful goodbyes. When I leave Deadspin, I want to go out the same way I came in; crawling through the ductwork. I was going to rob the place, and ended up staying for three years. Anyway, how do you say goodbye to a guy who took you in and gave you the only other key to the site besides his, even though you were a practicing Branch Davidian? That took courage.
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Daulerio At The Microphone
In early 2001, I was middling through a job at Thomson Financial Media as managing editor of “Health Care Finance” magazine. It was a quarterly publication, which meant plenty of downtime. It was during these extended lulls, reading MediaBistro, that I stumbled upon the ongoing unemployment saga of one William F. Leitch and his “Life As A Loser” series. MB did an item about one of Will’s columns, “He Hate Me”, where young William spoke of his time as a media news aggregator for Brill’s All-Star Newspaper, a mindless, Romenesko rip-off site-job that had absurdly garnered him an anonymous email stalker named Grady Olivier, who would pepper Will’s email box with brilliant daily reminders of Will’s consistent awfulness:
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Will’s always loved THE DUGOUT. Because hey, who doesn’t like dick jokes in a chat interface most people don’t use or understand? Take it away, gentlemen.
Will Leitch All-Star Blogebrity Roast!
Here’s a fun tale from Will’s former roommate, the fabulous AMY BLAIR
I met Will Leitch when he responded to my Roommate Wanted ad on craigslist. He showed up carrying a briefcase, curtsied, and called me ma’am. When considering all the possible candidates, my roommate and I decided to go with Will for one reason. He wasn’t hot like the other dude who wanted the room, so we knew we wouldn’t fight over him. We asked him to move in with us a few days before September 11, 2001.
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The Will Leitch All-Star Blogebrity Roast!
The All-Star Blogebrity Roast Of William F. Leitch!
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