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Laura Wagner

Crime

'He Knew Everything'

Fear, control, and manipulation at Yoga to the People.

Laura Wagner, Shannon Wagner Vice Jul 2020 30min Permalink

Sports Media

Inside TheMaven's Plan To Turn Sports Illustrated Into A Rickety Content Mill

This presentation was shown to potential recruits for the new Maven SI venture, and it details exactly how the people now in charge of Sports Illustrated plan on turning it into the sort of volume-driven content farm that ruled the web a dozen or so tweaks of the Google algorithm ago.

Laura Wagner, Kelsey McKinney, David Roth Deadspin Oct 2019 30min Permalink

Media

Univision Is A Fucking Mess

A deep dive into what ails the media company.

Kate Conger, David Uberti, Laura Wagner Gizmodo Media Group Special Projects Desk May 2018 30min Permalink

Media

How SB Nation Profits Off an Army of Exploited Workers

The underbelly of Vox Media’s success.

Laura Wagner Deadspin Aug 2017 30min Permalink