New York Times: Gawker has named Alex Pareene its editor in chief, ending a search of several months. Pareene, 30, a longtime Gawker writer and editor who has also had stints at Salon and First Look Media, replaces Max Read, who resigned in July after the website was criticized for an article it published about a married male media exec seeking to set up a liaison with a male escort. Facing the prospect of losing advertisers, Gawker withdrew the article, which prompted Read and Tommy Craggs, the executive editor of Gawker Media, to resign in protest.