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Gawker Media's latest baby has kicked its way out of the incubator and escaped into the wild. This morning marks the launch of Sploid, a news site for people who feel dirty after reading Drudge, but wish to feel dirty in new, exciting ways during their news transmission. In the words of Evil Blog Overlord Nick Denton, the man who signs our paychecks while paddling us with a Louisville Slugger:

Sploid is a news site with a tabloid mentality — top stories up top, played big, as fast as they break. If there's a political line, it's anarcho-capitalist: sniffing out hypocrisy and absurdity, whether from salon left or religious right.

Sploid's run by former Gawker editor (and Defamer guest-host) Choire Sicha on the East Coast, and local blogging/alt-country legend Ken Layne on the West. And no, we have no idea what "Sploid" means, but we're sure it's filthy.

Read: Sploid

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