7/13/2023 0 Comments Jobs at gawkerv story in an email to jezebel's former editor-in-chief /NNHsIgZKwt- Keenan July 20, 2015 I just want to say that I'm completely heartbroken today.- Albert Burneko July 20, 2015Ĭraggs is the best editor and ally i’ve ever known or seen or heard of, and losing him when we need him most is the worst possible thing- Greg Howard July 20, 2015 More importantly, he wanted Emma Watson to succeed: /GF1shCzBIU- Caity Weaver July 20, 2015 Max Read's edits made me seem funnier and smarter than I am. Tommy Craggs and Max Read are both better than whoever is going to replace them.- Hamilton Nolan July 20, 2015 Now we're left with the Head of Kinja and Ad Guy steering the ship.- Sam Biddle July 20, 2015 Max and Craggs were the two best advocates I've ever had as a writer. Several members of Denton’s staff shared their thoughts on the situation, as well: He also called the decision a “a one-time intervention, I trust, which will prompt a debate about the editorial mission, and a restoration of editorial independence within more clearly defined bounds.” We believe we were within our legal right to publish, but it defied the 2015 editorial mandate to do stories that inspire pride, and made impossible the jobs of those most committed to defending such journalism. I was ashamed to have my name and Gawker’s associated with a story on the private life of a closeted gay man who some felt had done nothing to warrant the attention. This was a decision I made as Founder and Publisher - and guardian of the company mission - and the majority supported me in that decision. The Managing Partnership as a whole is responsible for the Company’s management and direction, but they do not and should not make editorial decisions. In a memo sent to Gawker Media’s editorial staff, Denton took responsibility for deleting the post: I find myself forced to resign, effective immediately. In the wake of Friday’s decision and Tommy’s resignation I can no longer sustain that belief. I am able to do this job to the extent that I can believe that the people in charge are able, when faced with difficult decisions, to back up their stated commitments to transparency, fearlessness, and editorial independence. Meanwhile, in a letter to the managing partners, Read wrote: That is to say, none of the partners in a company that prides itself on its frankness had the decency or intellectual wherewithal to make the case to the executive editor of Gawker Media for undermining (if not immolating) his job, forsaking Gawker’s too-often-stated, too-little-tested principles, and doing the most extreme and self-destructive thing a shop like ours could ever do.Ĭraggs wrote that he was on an airplane when the vote took place. He also revealed that “advertisers such as Discover and BFGoodrich” had responded to the “radioactive” story by “either putting holds on their campaigns or pulling out entirely.” ![]() The only reply to my pleading emails about yanking the story was a sneering note from. I’d learned of the vote via gchat with Heather Dietrick, who throughout the day was my only conduit to the partners, Nick Denton included. Until Friday, the partnership had operated according to a loose consensus,” wrote Craggs, who was the partnership group’s sole editorial employee. “That there would even be a vote on this was a surprise to me. Gawker Media executive editor Tommy Craggs and editor-in-chief Max Read announced their decisions on Monday morning, saying that they felt they could not remain at Gawker because the company’s managing partners - which include four business-side employees - had “ the notoriously strong firewall between Gawker’s business interests and the independence of its editorial staff” by voting to remove the story. Two top Gawker editors have resigned over the deletion of a controversial post on a married (to a woman) Condé Nast executive’s attempt to hire a male escort.
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