ReadWrite: Is Anybody Home?
ReadWrite turns 15 years old this year. You may view it in the same category as TechCrunch and VentureBeat, as one of those go-to tech titles when Tier 1 turns you down.
Today’s RW reads like nobody’s home.
ReadWrite turns 15 years old this year. You may view it in the same category as TechCrunch and VentureBeat, as one of those go-to tech titles when Tier 1 turns you down.
Today’s RW reads like nobody’s home.
By David Strom, SWMS contributor ---
We have come to the end of an era. It is time to retire a professional title that played a significant role in my own life, that of the Editor-in-Chief, or EIC. It now has little significance for those in online publishing, perhaps because the entire editorial department has collapsed into a single individual.
Taylor Hatmaker isn't just The Daily Dot's tech editor, or just another ReadWrite alumnus that landed somewhere else. She's emblematic of so many post-PR player-coaches we see today in the "millennial" publications (and before we know it, everywhere else). She can report, write and edit, with a refined sense of audience and keen differentiation from competitors.
"My client wants a profile in the business press."
How many times have you heard that one?
Which well-known tech titles are on the rise? Which are falling? What are the hot new sites? A great way to find out is to analyze the Techmeme Leaderboard, a list of 100 tech web sites compiled by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Gabe Rivera and his team.
The New Yorker this week launched a new science and tech section edited by former BuzzFeed tech editor Matt Buchanan.
Less than six months after hiring Dan Lyons as editor-in-chief, ReadWrite has a new edit boss.
UPDATE: Jon left ReadWrite in February to build The Daily Portal.