Grantland—ESPN's long-form and pop-culture platform perhaps most famous for outing a golf-club inventor who ended up committing suicide as a result—is ceasing publication, it was announced today.

Effective immediately we are suspending the publication of Grantland. After careful consideration, we have decided to direct our time and energy going forward to projects that we believe will have a broader and more significant impact across our enterprise.

CNN reports:

The surprising announcement came five months after ESPN split up with Grantland's founding editor Bill Simmons. There has been an exodus of talent from the site since then.

About 40 writers, producers and editors will be affected by the decision. Writers who have contracts will be honored. Some will continue to write for ESPN's website and produce videos for the ESPN Films unit.