Well, we guess it was inevitable. How Jim Romenesko and Mediabistro had the news before we did may be a sign that we are among the reasons Sploid wasn't sold off. We, like most people, didn't really read the site, though we did sort of take comfort in knowing it was there. And when Nick Denton and Lockhart Steele announced last month that Sploid was on the buy or bust block, we sort of had a feeling the era would quickly be ending.

Just like YouTube, Lebanon, Joe Lieberman, newspaper circulation and airline travel, Sploid is being demolished.

It is a great victory for bullshit peddlers everywhere … if they had any idea Sploid existed.

And though we weren't the greatest fans, the death of a blog is always a bit more heart wrenching than the death of a mag. Even when it's Denton's. Do yourself a favor and read the re-cap of Sploid, the blog without a blog, just so you don't look like a moron when you're at a party and the family is all gathered around spewing weird words like Sicha and Chicago.

It's a very educational essay. For instance, we just learned that their demise stemmed from week one, when they were compared to the the Drudge Report.

Goodbye Forever [Sploid via Mediabistro]

Oh, Sploid. You were only a day late for New Jersey's state slogan competition!

STRIPPERS FOR BUTTS [Sploid]

Jessica Coen isn't the only one who Matt Drudge ignores.

On Sploid:

While Coen's sister site Sploid reports on Halliburton's clean up contract stemming from Hurricane Katrina, Drudge Report hasn't paid mind to the everything-to-everyone company in nearly a year.

On Drudge:

And you can only guess what Fox News has to say about it. Check it, after the jump.

(All screen grabs as the morning of Sunday, September 4.)

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