Wired sees success under Drummond

Mark Stenberg of Adweek looks at the success of Wired. Stenberg writes, “The technology publisher Wired has seen its revenues rise and readership swell under the leadership of editor in chief Katie Drummond, who joined the title last August from Vice Media. “Global revenue at the Condé Nast property has risen 6%, while commerce revenue has grown […]

Matsakis returns to Wired as a senior editor

Wired executive editor Brian Barrett sent out the following to the staff on Thursday: Hi all, I’m extraordinarily happy to share that we’ve hired a senior editor for the business desk, who will work closely with Natasha and our US-based reporters. Louise Matsakis is returning to WIRED, and she’ll be starting November 11. Many of you […]

Business Insider hires Hoover to cover tech

Business Insider has hired Amanda Hoover as a senior correspondent covering technology. She previously was at Wired covering tech and was also at Morning Brew covering the some beat. Before, Hoover was a reporter at NJ Advance Media. She has also covered breaking crime news for the Boston Globe metro section and has also worked as a weekend […]

Temperton joins Logic as deputy ME

The Logic managing editor Jordan Timm sent out the following: I’m excited to announce that James Temperton is joining The Logic as deputy managing editor. James has spent more than a decade writing and editing stories about business and technology. He was previously news editor at WIRED and held various other roles at the publication, including […]

Wired hires four new editorial staffers

Wired global editorial director Katie Drummond sent out the following on Thursday: Hi All – It’s been a blockbuster year for WIRED so far, and the hits keep coming: I’m very excited to welcome several new, talented colleagues to the team! Verity Burns is joining the WIRED Gear team as an Associate Editor, based in the UK office […]

Katwala now features editor at Wired

Amit Katwala is now a features editor at Wired. He has been with Wired since October 2018 as an editor and writer, based in London. He works across the UK print magazine and on features, science, and culture. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in experimental psychology. His latest book is “Tremors […]

PCMag hires Wired’s Henry as managing editor

PCMag has hired Alan Henry as its managing editor. He will start on Aug. 19. Henry is currently the director of special projects at Wired in New York City. He was previously Smarter Living editor at The New York Times and editor in chief of Lifehacker. He is also the author of the book “Seen, Heard, and Paid: […]

Wired announces editorial promotions

Wired editorial director Kate Drummond sent out the following on Thursday: Hi All – Please join me in congratulating several of your colleagues on their well-earned promotions. Andrew Couts is now WIRED’s senior editor for security & investigations: In this newly created role, Andrew will still run our world-class security coverage and report to Tim Marchman. […]

Wired reporter Grey departs

Jaina Rodriguez Grey, who writes for the Gear section at Wired, is leaving the publication after five years. During her time at Wired, she developed and established new coverage areas including sex tech. She built out a contact network in a sex tech industry that was understandably skeptical of a mainstream outlet suddenly showing so much […]

Wired adds travel coverage

Alan Henry, director of special projects at Wired, wrote the following: Hello, and welcome to WIRED Travel, WIRED’s new destination for coverage of all things transportation, aviation, vacation, and more. Of course, innovations in travel technology, from next-generation electric vehicles to fuel-sipping, climate-friendly aircraft, are all mainstays of WIRED’s coverage already. But we’re excited to pull […]