ReadWrite

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{{short description|Technology news website}}

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|logo = Read Write Web Logo.svg

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|url = {{URL|https://readwrite.com/}}

|type = Web technology blog

|language = English

|registration = None

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|launch_date = {{start date and age|2003}}

|current_status = Active

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ReadWrite (originally ReadWriteWeb or RWW) is a Web technology blog launched in 2003, covering Web 2.0 and Web technology in general, and providing industry news, reviews, and analysis. Founded by Richard MacManus,{{cite news |title=Richard MacManus – the most influential Kiwi online |first=Georgina |last=Bond |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=August 18, 2008 |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10527665 }} Technorati ranked ReadWriteWeb at number 12 in its list of top 100 blogs worldwide, as of October 9, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://technorati.com/blogs/top100 |title=top 100 blogs |work=Technorati |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008005508/http://technorati.com/blogs/top100 |archive-date=2010-10-08 }} MacManus is based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand,{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/startup/news/article.cfm?c_id=1502269&objectid=10533944 |title=Kiwi blog lord picked up by NY Times |access-date=2009-02-16 |publisher= The New Zealand Herald |date=September 24, 2008 }} but the officers and writers of RW work from diverse locations, including Portland, Oregon.[http://readwrite.com/page/about About ReadWriteWeb] Accessed April 7, 2010 Around September or October 2008, The New York Times technology section began syndicating RW content online.{{cite news |url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/tech-news-20-at-the-times/ |title=Tech News 2.0 at The Times |last=Goel |first=Vindu |work=The New York Times |date=September 23, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_york_times_syndicates_readwriteweb.php |title=New York Times Syndicates ReadWriteWeb |work=ReadWriteWeb |last=MacManus |first=Richard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222183822/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_york_times_syndicates_readwriteweb.php |archive-date=2009-02-22 }}

RW also has many international channels such as France, Spain, Brazil and China.

RW was acquired by SAY Media in 2011.{{cite news|title=SAY Media Acquires Prominent Tech Blog Read Write Web|date=14 December 2011 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS157024398720111214|work=Reuters|access-date=2013-09-26}} On October 22, 2012, RWW redesigned its website, rebranded as ReadWrite and hired Daniel Lyons as the new editor-in-chief.{{cite news | url=https://thenextweb.com/media/2012/10/22/readwriteweb-relaunches-as-readwrite-and-nabs-the-fake-steve-jobs-as-editor-in-chief/ | title=ReadWriteWeb relaunches as ReadWrite, and nabs Fake Steve Jobs as Editor-in-Chief | work=The Next Web | access-date=October 22, 2012}} Dan Lyons left ReadWrite on March 20, 2013,{{cite news | url=http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/34288/Why-I-Hired-the-Fake-Steve-Jobs.aspx | title=Why I hired the Fake Steve Jobs: HubSpot Blog}} replaced by Owen Thomas.{{cite news | url=http://www.ranky.co/interviewing-readwritewebs-editor-owen-thomas/ | title=Interviewing ReadWrite's Editor Owen Thomas | work=Ranky | access-date=February 8, 2014}}

SAY Media sold ReadWrite to Wearable World in February 2015.{{Cite web| last = Castillo| first = Michelle| title = SAY Media Unloads Its Websites to Focus on Tech| work = AdWeek| access-date = 2015-03-10| url = http://www.adweek.com/news/press/say-media-unloads-its-websites-focus-tech-162806}} In June 2015, the company announced a crowd funding campaign.{{cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/06/tech-blog-preps-crowdfunding-campaign-to-bring-readwrite-back/ | title=Tech Blog Preps Crowdfunding Campaign to "Bring ReadWrite Back" }}