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.

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San Francisco - California - 1993 - The Internet

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It is no longer related to Wired News, which publishes at Wired.com. However, Wired News is responsible for reprinting Wired magazine's content online due to a business agreement made when Condé Nast Publications purchased the magazine, but not the website.

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Wired News - Condé Nast Publications

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Its editorial stance was partly inspired by the ideas of Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan, credited as the magazine's "patron saint" in early colophons.

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Marshall McLuhan - Patron saint - Colophons

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Wired has both been admired and disliked for its strong libertarian principles, its enthusiastic embrace of techno-utopianism, and its sometimes experimental layout with its bold use of fluorescent and metallic inks.

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Libertarian - Techno-utopianism

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