ReadWrite

ReadWrite
Type of site
 Web technology blog
Available in English
Owner Wearable World
Editor Owen Thomas
Website readwrite.com
Alexa rank 400,612 (April 2014)[1]
Registration None
Launched 2003
Current status Active

ReadWrite (originally ReadWriteWeb or RWW) is a Web technology blog launched in 2003. RW covers Web 2.0 and Web technology in general, and provides industry news, reviews, and analysis. Founded by Richard MacManus,[2] Technorati ranked ReadWriteWeb at number 12 in its list of top 100 blogs worldwide, as of October 9, 2010.[3] RW was ranked #10 in the Techmeme leaderboards as of October 9, 2010.[4] MacManus is based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand,[5] but the officers and writers of RW work from diverse locations, including Portland, Oregon.[6] Around September or October 2008, the New York Times technology section began syndicating RW content online.[7][8] RW also has many international channels such as France, Spain, Brazil, and China.

RW was acquired by SAY Media in 2011.[9]

On October 22, 2012, RWW redesigned their website, rebranded as ReadWrite & hired Daniel Lyons as the new editor-in-chief.[10] Dan Lyons has since left ReadWrite on March 20, 2013.[11] Owen Thomas is the present Editor-In-Chief of ReadWrite.[12]

SAY Media sold ReadWrite to Wearable World in February 2015.[13]

In June 2015, the company announced a crowd funding campaign.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Readwriteweb.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. ↑ Bond, Georgina (August 18, 2008). "Richard McManus – the most influential Kiwi online". The New Zealand Herald.
  3. ↑ "top 100 blogs". Technorati.
  4. ↑ "Techmeme Leaderboard". Techmeme.
  5. ↑ "Kiwi blog lord picked up by NY Times". The New Zealand Herald. September 24, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  6. ↑ About ReadWriteWeb Accessed April 7, 2010
  7. ↑ Goel, Vindu (September 23, 2008). "Tech News 2.0 at The Times". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ MacManus, Richard. "New York Times Syndicates ReadWriteWeb". ReadWriteWeb.
  9. ↑ "http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/readwriteweb_acquired_by_say_media.php". Readwriteweb.com. Retrieved 2013-09-26. External link in |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "ReadWriteWeb relaunches as ReadWrite, and nabs Fake Steve Jobs as Editor-in-Chief". The Next Web. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Why I hired the Fake Steve Jobs: HubSpot Blog".
  12. ↑ "Interviewing ReadWrite's Editor Owen Thomas". Ranky. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  13. ↑ Castillo, Michelle. "SAY Media Unloads Its Websites to Focus on Tech". AdWeek. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  14. ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/06/tech-blog-preps-crowdfunding-campaign-to-bring-readwrite-back/


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