technology blog registration none available in english owner wearable world editor owen thomas launched 2003 alexa rank 400 612 april 2014 update 1 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 edit ars technica techdirt mashable techcrunch references edit readwriteweb.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . bond georgina august 18 2008 . richard mcmanus the most influential kiwi online . the new zealand herald . top 100 blogs . technorati . techmeme leaderboard . techmeme . kiwi blog lord picked up by ny times . the new zealand herald . september 24 2008 . retrieved 2009 02 16 . about readwriteweb accessed april 7 2010 goel vindu september 23 2008 . tech news 2.0 at the times . the new york times . macmanus richard . new york times syndicates readwriteweb . readwriteweb . http www.readwriteweb.com archives readwriteweb acquired by say media.php . readwriteweb.com . retrieved 2013 09 26 . external link in title help readwriteweb relaunches as readwrite and nabs fake steve jobs as editor in chief . the next web . retrieved october 22 2012 . why i hired the fake steve jobs hubspot blog . interviewing readwrite s editor owen thomas . ranky . retrieved february 8 2014 . castillo michelle . say media unloads its websites to focus on tech . adweek . retrieved 2015 03 10 . http techcrunch.com 2015 06 06 tech blog preps crowdfunding campaign to bring readwrite back external links edit supplemental content on nytimes.com short description of readwriteweb readwriteweb brazil readwriteweb brazil readwriteweb china readwriteweb china readwriteweb france readwriteweb france readwriteweb spain readwriteweb spain this article about a blog vlog or other internet publication is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title readwrite & oldid 679620596 categories blogscompanies of new zealandtechnology websitesnews websitesinternet properties established in 2003internet publication stubshidden categories cs1 errors external linksarticles containing potentially dated statements from april 2014all articles containing potentially dated statementsall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 5 september 2015 at 18 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view