Gwaker is a quick and dirty plugin for Google Chrome. It removes a lot of the junk on the Gawker Media sites allowing you to read more easily.

Grab the Code on GitHub.

The Manifest

{
  "manifest_version": 2,

  "name": "Gwaker Media Cleanup",
  "short_name": "Gwaker",
  "author": "Brian Rollins (BrianRollins.com)",
  "description": "This extension cleans the extrainous junk from Gawker Media sites, allowing you faster loads and easier reading.",
  "version": "1.0",
  "icons": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png", "512": "icons/icon512.png"},
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches":[
        "http://*.deadspin.com/*",
        "http://*.gawker.com/*",
        "http://*.gizmodo.com/*",
        "http://*.jalopnik.com/*",
        "http://*.jezebel.com/*",
        "http://*.kotaku.com/*",
        "http://*.lifehacker.com/*"
      ],
      "css": ["style.css"],
      "js": ["jquery-2.2.3.min.js", "core.js"]
    }
  ]
}

The Code

var removeTheseItems = [".js_newsletter-btn--subscribe", ".footer__items", ".mezzanine", ".contained-ad-container",
    ".basement", ".js_contained-ad-container", ".js_ad-promotion", ".ad-unit", ".sidebar"
];
$(document).ready(function() {
    for (var i = 0; i <= removeTheseItems.length; i++) {
        $(removeTheseItems[i]).remove();
    }
});