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.

After the dot-com crash

After the crash of the dot-com boom, Wired lost much of its impact and had to compete with the multitude of technology reporting and sources available on the Internet. But having outlasted several other boom-time technology magazines, including The Industry Standard and the Red Herring, Wired is again growing under the direction of Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson.

Related Topics:
Dot-com - The Industry Standard - Red Herring - Chris Anderson

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In the past several years, Wired has produced some agenda-setting articles, including the April 2003 "Welcome to the Hydrogen Economy" story, the November 2003 "Open Source Everywhere" issue (which put Linus Torvalds on the cover and articulated the idea that the open-source method was taking off outside of software, including encyclopedias as evidenced by Wikipedia), the February 2004 "Kiss Your Cubicle Goodbye" issue (which presented the outsourcing issue from both American and Indian perspectives), and a October 2004 article by Chris Anderson, which coined the popular term Long Tail.

Related Topics:
Linus Torvalds - Encyclopedia - Wikipedia - Long Tail

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The November 2004 issue of Wired was published with The Wired CD. All of the songs on the CD were released under various Creative Commons licenses, an attempt to push alternative copyright into the spotlight. Most of the songs were contributed by major artists, including the Beastie Boys, My Morning Jacket, Paul Westerberg, David Byrne, and Le Tigre.

Related Topics:
The Wired CD - Creative Commons - Beastie Boys - My Morning Jacket - Paul Westerberg - David Byrne - Le Tigre

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The March 2005 issue contains a detailed article about Wikipedia and its history. The article follows Wikipedia's conception and rapid growth as well as the challenges it faces.

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Recently the magazine won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in the category of 500,000 to 1,000,000 subscribers.

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Over the years, Wireds writers have included, among many others, Paulina Borsook, Paul Boutin, Stewart Brand, Po Bronson, Chip Bayers, Denise Caruso, Douglas Coupland, Joshua Davis, J. Bradford DeLong, Patrick Di Justo, Cory Doctorow, Esther Dyson, Mark Frauenfelder, Simson Garfinkel, William Gibson, George Gilder, Katie Hafner, John Heilemann, Xeni Jardin, Steven Johnson, Bill Joy, Leander Kahney, Mitch Kapor, Jon Katz, Lawrence Lessig, Jaron Lanier, Steven Levy, Pamela McCorduck, Oliver Morton, Adam Penenberg, Randall Rothenberg, Phil Patton, Spencer Reiss, Rudy Rucker, Joshua Quittner, Paul Saffo, Sandy Sandfort, Peter Schwartz, R. U. Sirius, Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling, and Gary Wolf.

Related Topics:
Paulina Borsook - Paul Boutin - Stewart Brand - Po Bronson - Chip Bayers - Denise Caruso - Douglas Coupland - Joshua Davis - J. Bradford DeLong - Patrick Di Justo - Cory Doctorow - Esther Dyson - Mark Frauenfelder - Simson Garfinkel - William Gibson - George Gilder - Katie Hafner - John Heilemann - Xeni Jardin - Steven Johnson - Bill Joy - Leander Kahney - Mitch Kapor - Jon Katz - Lawrence Lessig - Jaron Lanier - Steven Levy - Pamela McCorduck - Oliver Morton - Adam Penenberg - Randall Rothenberg - Phil Patton - Spencer Reiss - Rudy Rucker - Joshua Quittner - Paul Saffo - Sandy Sandfort - Peter Schwartz - R. U. Sirius - Neal Stephenson - Bruce Sterling - Gary Wolf

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