Deadspin and the zombification of news
b'Every member of the popular sports and culture website Deadspin\\u2019s editorial staff has resigned, after the firing of the site\\u2019s interim editor-in-chief. But tensions have been rising between Deadspin\\u2019s journalist and its executives since a private equity firm took over in April. Those executives issued an edict last week to \\u201cstick to sports.\\u201d Today on Front Burner, Slate\\u2019s Ben Mathis-Lilley discusses the mass exodus at Deadspin and what it says about the future of independent digital media.'