Liberal sports blog that smeared 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan lays off entire staff after being sold

'The Five' co-hosts discuss a Deadspin writer falsely claiming a young Kansas City Chiefs fan was wearing 'blackface' during a game.

The liberal sports blog that smeared a 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan last year has cut its entire staff after being sold by its parent company, Fox News Digital has confirmed. 

Deadspin went viral in November for an article accusing a child who wore red and black facepaint with a Native American headdress of wearing "blackface" and finding a way to "hate Black people and the Native Americans at the same time." The 9-year-old boy is of Native American heritage and his parents have filed a defamation lawsuit against Deadspin. 

Now, the entirety of Deadspin's workforce, including the writer who smeared the young football fan, have been forced out, according to a memo sent by Deadspin's former parent company G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller.

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Deadspin's entire staff was laid off after its parent company G/O Media sold the liberal sports blog to European film Lineup Publishing. (Screenshot/Deadspin)

"I have some news to share regarding one of our sites in the G/O Media portfolio. Recently we were approached by the European firm Lineup Publishing expressing interest in purchasing Deadspin to add to their growing media holdings," Spanfeller told staff in the memo obtained by Fox News Digital. "After careful consideration, the G/O Media board of directors has decided to accept their offer. I do want to make it clear that we were not actively shopping Deadspin."

The memo, which was first obtained by The Daily Beast, continued, "Deadspin’s new owners have made the decision to not carry over