This morning, Tommy Craggs, executive editor at Gawker Media, and the website's editor in chief, Max Read, resigned from their posts over the decision to remove a controversial story about a high-ranking Condé Nast executive.
The resignations are the latest fallout in a tumultuous 72 hours for the company. Shortly after the website ran a story Thursday night claiming the married executive tried to solicit a male escort, the media company immediately was hit with backlash online.
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