Wired starts $4,000/year membership program
Lucia Moses of Digiday writes about Wired magazine’s new $4,000-a-year membership program. Moses writes, “Condé Nast’s Wired Media Group, consisting of Wired, Ars Technica and Backchannel, is going a step further. It’s launching a membership program for executives who want to stay on the cutting edge of technology. For $4,000 a year, members of the […]
How Wired was guest edited by President Obama
Wired editor Scott Dadich writes about how the November issue was guest edited by President Barack Obama. Dadich writes, “So last spring, when one of the president’s advisers reached out to me about working with WIRED, I pitched hard. Forget a Q&A. I wanted something more ambitious. That’s why I went to Washington to invite the President […]
Wired’s articles editor joining NY Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine announced Tuesday that it had hired Caitlin Roper, currently the articles editor of Wired magazine, as its special projects editor. This is a new position, created to handle the increasing number of projects that the magazine is tackling outside of its weekly print and digital product. “Our portfolio has grown a lot […]
Obama to guest edit November issue of Wired
President Barack Obama will be the guest editor of the November issue of Wired. Editorial director Robert Capps writes, “The theme of the issue: Frontiers. Like WIRED, our 44th president is a relentless optimist. For this completely bespoke issue, he wants to focus on the future—on the next hurdles that humanity will need to overcome […]
Wired’s McClusky leaving for Sports Illustrated
Wired’s Mark McClusky is leaving to run digital for Sports Illustrated, reports Peter Kafka of Recode. Kafka writes, “If that news sounds familiar, there’s a reason: Last week, Joe Brown, who ran Wired’s website, left to run Popular Science. In McClusky’s case, he’s leaving after an 11-year run up Wired’s masthead; by the end of it he […]
Wired executive editor Brown leaving for Popular Science
Joe Brown, the executive editor of Wired magazine, is leaving to run Popular Science, reports Peter Kafka of Recode. Kafka writes, “Brown started his tech journalism career at PopSci, where he was an assistant editor in 2002. Since then, his resume includes two stops at Wired and one at Gizmodo, where he ran Gawker […]
Dear tech pubs, calm yourself down about this gadget
Tech journalist Stephen Beale is critical of how some business media have covered a hand-held font-scanning gadget developed by a grad student in England. Beale writes, “This past week, several media outlets told us about a miraculous gizmo that promises salvation for graphic designers. ‘Handheld Tool Is Like Shazam for Fonts and OMG We Need […]
Wired hires contributing style director
Lauren Goodman has joined Wired in the new role of contributing style director. “At Wired, we are always looking at how innovation and design are changing our lives,” said editor in chief Scott Dadich. “From the rise of wearables and the future of retail, to the migration of street style to social platforms, the convergence of […]
Wired hires features editor, senior editor
Wired editor in chief Scott Dadich announced the following editorial hires in a memo to staff: Maria Streshinsky joins as features editor at Wired. She was most recently deputy editor at Mother Jones. Previously, Streshinsky was editor in chief at Pacific Standard from 2011 to 2015, where she assigned and edited the 2015 National Magazine […]
Why Wired is switching to HTTPS
Ricardo Bilton of Nieman Lab writes about Wired magazine’s switch to HTTPS for its website. Bilton writes, “While some smaller publishers have switched over to HTTPS in recent years, the job is far more difficult for a bigger site like Wired, which has content going back for over 20 years, most of which was initially […]
