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'''Max Read''' is an American journalist. Read is currently the [[editor-in-chief]] for ''[[Gawker]]''.

== Writer ==
Read joined Gawker as a [[staff writer]].<ref name="Max Read Takes Reins at Gawker">{{cite news|first1=Cision|last1=Staff |url=http://www.cision.com/us/2014/03/max-read-takes-reins-at-gawker/|title=Max Read Takes Reins at Gawker|work=[[Cision]]|date=20 March 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref> Previously, Read has written for ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'', and ''Anthem Magazine''.<ref name="Max Read Takes Reins at Gawker"/>

== Editorship ==
In March 2014, Max Read took over the role of editor-in-chief after John Cook left Gawker to work for [[First Look Media]]'s online publication ''[[The Intercept]]''.<ref name="Max Read Takes Reins at Gawker"/><ref name="Gawker’s John Cook Joins First Look Media">{{cite news|first1=Peter |last1=Kafka |url=http://recode.net/2014/03/10/gawkers-john-cook-joins-first-look-media/|title=Gawker’s John Cook Joins First Look Media|work=Re/code|date=3 March 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gawker Editor John Cook Joining Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi at First Look Media">{{cite news|first1=Joe|last1=Coscarelli |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/gawker-editor-john-cook-joins-first-look-media.html|title=Gawker Editor John Cook Joining Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi at First Look Media|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=10 March 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref><!-- 

HIDING BECAUSE INCLUDED IN GAWKER ARTICLE??? In April 2014, [[internet slang]] became banned per new writing style guidelines.<ref name="Gawker bans 'Internet slang'">{{cite news|first1=Andrew |last1=Beaujon |url=http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/246113/gawker-bans-internet-slang/|title=Gawker bans ‘Internet slang’|work=[[Poynter Institute]]|date=3 April 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gawker Rips Buzzfeed in Ban on ‘WTF,’ ‘Epic’ and Other Internet Slang From Its Website">{{cite news|first1=James |last1=Crugnale |url=http://www.thewrap.com/gawker-rips-buzzfeed-ban-internet-slang/|title=Gawker Rips Buzzfeed in Ban on ‘WTF,’ ‘Epic’ and Other Internet Slang From Its Website|work=[[TheWrap]]|date=3 April 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="‘Massive’ Attack: Gawker Goes After Whopping Word">{{cite news|first1=Matthew |last1=Kassel |url=http://observer.com/2014/04/massive-attack-gawker-goes-after-whopping-word/|title=‘Massive’ Attack: Gawker Goes After Whopping Word|work=[[The New York Observer]]|date=3 April 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gawker Editor Bans 'Internet Slang,' Challenges Staff to 'Sound Like Regular Human Beings'">{{cite news|first1=Alex |last1=Weaver |url=http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/04/03/gawker-editor-bans-internet-slang/|title=Gawker Editor Bans 'Internet Slang,' Challenges Staff to 'Sound Like Regular Human Beings'|work=[[BostInno]]|date=3 April 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="A ban on internet slang? That's derp">{{cite news|first1=Steven |last1=Poole |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/10/ban-internet-slang-steven-poole-derp-amazeballs-lulz-wtf|title=A ban on internet slang? That's derp|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=10 April 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gawker is Trying to Use 'Adult' Language. Good Luck to Them.">{{cite news|first1=John |last1=McWhorter |url=http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117289/gawker-language-memo-encourages-use-adult-language|title=Gawker is Trying to Use 'Adult' Language. Good Luck to Them.|work=[[The New Republic]]|date=7 April 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref>-->

== Recognition ==

In May 2014, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named his [[Twitter]] account one of "The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014".<ref name="The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014">{{cite news|first1=Denver |last1=Nicks|url=http://time.com/83508/max-read-twitter-feeds-follow-2014/|title=Max Read Takes Reins at Gawker|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=5 May 2014|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://maxread.info/ Official site]
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