HotWired

HotWired was the first commercial web magazine, launching on October 27, 1994. The web site to Wired magazine, it covered technology culture.

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October 27 - 1994 - Wired magazine

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HotWired broke new ground when it started offering content sponsored by advertisers. The first advertiser, who used an ad banner, was AT&T, which was promoting future innovation under the "You will" ad campaign.

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The site launched shortly before PathFinder, Time magazine's commercial web content offering, and featured web-based threaded discussions. As the site aged, a number of projects and sites were published under the HotWired banner, including HotBot, Suck, and Webmonkey. A number of innovative web content models were incubated at HotWired; but the site never had its own traction.

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PathFinder - Time magazine's - HotBot - Suck - Webmonkey

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