"New subscribers get their first three months for five bucks. This has been the most successful sales push we've ever had, and it's not because we bought airtime on NFL games. It's because there's something always good to read on Defector, and five bucks ain't shit. So tell your friends, your co-workers, your dog, everybody. Get them on the Defector train now to show them what they've been missing for the past five years."
"For those of you who have been blissfully unaware, Fox Sports recently announced a most unholy union with Barstool's founder and his dogshit company. All four feet, six inches of Dave Portnoy will appear regularly on the network's college football pregame show, as will his personal assistant Dan Katz. Barstool also gets its own morning show on FS1 in the deal. Comedy really IS back."
"Don't expect this arrangement to fall apart anytime soon. I know that ESPN's creative partnership with Barstool lasted all of one episode before the wokes got it banished from the airwaves, but Fox is a different animal from ESPN. Clay Travis has already been lingering around the Big Noon Kickoff set for years now and no one has raised a fuss, mostly because Clay Travis's existence is remarkably easy to forget about."
Defector's fifth anniversary sale offers new subscribers three months for five dollars, producing the outlet's most successful sales push. The Funbag collects reader emails on topics including mice in restaurants, Tulsa incidents, and Cracker BarrelGate. Fox Sports formed a partnership with Barstool that places Dave Portnoy and Dan Katz on college football pregame programming and grants Barstool a morning show on FS1. ESPN previously ended a creative partnership with Barstool after one episode. The persistence of Barstool on Fox is attributed to differing network cultures and a broader post-reelection political climate that reduced incentives for media gatekeeping. Clay Travis's regular appearances illustrate how controversial personalities can be normalized on sports platforms.
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