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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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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October 27: October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining....

1994: 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family....

Wired magazine: Wired magazine is a full-color monthly magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993. It reports on how technology and the Internet affect culture, the economy, and politics....