katherine, you should hit me up privately, i can try and help you out
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:28 (four years ago) link
(not thru my ilx email)
to clarify for anyone who is wondering: roughly half of spin's remaining staff (like 4 of 8 people) were laid off in september, including myself. the parent owner sold spin to a PE firm a month or so ago (at the same time stereogum bought itself out) and as part of that deal, the remaining staff was told they would not be offered full time employment at the new company. spin was officially transferred between companies this week which is why daniel kohn popped up as the "managing editor of spin" today.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:33 (four years ago) link
my understanding is that the PE firm has no intention to staff spin back up in any real way and will mostly be relying on freelancers
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:37 (four years ago) link
Man
― Ainsley James Gryffyd Lowbeer Holdsworth (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
That explains the responses to Kohn’s tweet
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 01:17 (four years ago) link
I never emailed someone back in my attempt to resolve back invoices
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
Yeah trying to get paid for work you did before a company went to shit is noble! I hope it works out—I've been in your position before and it's incredibly frustrating.
― maura, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 23:19 (four years ago) link
thanks, headway seems to be happening at least
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 6 February 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
New editor Kohn hasn’t tweeted in 3 days ( was called a scab in 1 comment)
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 February 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
hang tight
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Friday, 7 February 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
Longtime former Spin writer Charles Aaron has cancer . There’s a Go Fund Me to help him
https://www.gofundme.com/f/tuawbp-charles-aaron-cancer-treatment-fund?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&fs=e&s=cl
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 August 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
🫡 https://www.spin.com/2024/03/spin-u-s-army-team-for-week-long-austin-takeover/
― Frozen CD, Friday, 22 March 2024 17:48 (one month ago) link
no one wanted their name on that
― President Keyes, Friday, 22 March 2024 18:03 (one month ago) link
Lol yeah "Written by Spin Contributor" is sure something. I wonder if they were just hoping a bunch of people would clown them online for this to drive traffic to the site? Basically never see anyone share anything from it minus some local musicians in my town who got very excited someone (also local) got a piece published there. The piece was very bad.
― grandavis, Friday, 22 March 2024 18:08 (one month ago) link
Ah it is a "PARTNER" right at the top with a link to an Army site or something. Looks like it is just a paid promo spot made to look like a piece from Spin.
― grandavis, Friday, 22 March 2024 18:10 (one month ago) link
SPIN still has a couple big names on bylines.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 March 2024 18:58 (one month ago) link