Wired’s coverage of politics is paying off

David Bauder of the Associated Press writes about Wired’s decision to focus on the intersection between technology and politics.

Bauder writes, “Wired gained 62,500 new subscribers in the United States during the first two weeks of February alone. Last year it reported a total of 19.5 million subscribers, either digital or for the monthly printed magazine, or both. Its eight global editions reach 57 million total.

“When Wired set up a Zoom call for subscribers to talk with its journalists about their stories earlier this month, more than 1,000 people signed up, Drummond said.

“‘This is what adversarial journalism looks like,’ media critic Parker Molloy wrote on her blog, ‘The Present Age.’ ‘Instead of just transcribing what powerful people say, Wired’s reporters dig into what they’re actually doing. They tracked down documents, spoke with sources inside agencies, and pieced together how Musk’s takeover is actually working in practice.’

“Drummond stressed that Wired isn’t part of any resistance. It’s just reporting. ‘This is all newsworthy, highly-consequential information,’ she said. ‘This is not information that is being disseminated in a transparent way.'”

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