 Cover of the January/February 2024 issue | |
| Editor | Greg Williams, James Temperton (Wired.co.uk) |
|---|---|
| Categories | Technology,Business,lifestyle,thought leadership |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Circulation | 57,497 (Jul – Dec 2013)[1] Print and digital editions. |
| Publisher | Nick Sargent |
| First issue | May 2009; 16 years ago (2009-05) (present form) |
| Company | Condé Nast Britain |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | https://www.wired.co.uk/ |
Wired UK is a bimonthly magazine that reports on the effects of science and technology. It covers a broad range of topics including design, architecture, culture, the economy, politics and philosophy. Owned byCondé Nast Publications, it is published inLondon and is an offshoot of the original AmericanWired.
The magazine's current incarnation follows an earlier attempt at a British edition ofWired[2] which ran from April 1995[3] until March 1997.[3] It was initially created as ajoint venture with theGuardian Media Group[4] andWired US's then owners, Wired Ventures, but that incarnation lasted only three[5] or four[6] issues, due to a culture clash between the two parties[2][4] and low sales figures of 25,000 per month.[5] Wired Ventures then ran the UK edition alone, with an almost entirely new staff,[7] until the magazine was closed with the March 1997 issue, when sales were at 40,000 magazines per month.[5]
The current version of the magazine was launched in April 2009, and was the second international version ofWired, after the launch ofWired Italia in March 2009. In November 2009, the British Society of Magazine Editors awarded Launch of the Year to formerWired editor David Rowan.[8] During the same year,Albert Read was announced as publishing director of Wired UK.[9]Wired's former deputy editor, Greg Williams took over from Rowan as editor in January 2017.[10] Michael Rundle (formerly of Huffington Post UK) took over fromNate Lanxon as editor for WIRED.co.uk in March 2015. The current website editor is James Temperton.
In 2011, 2014, and 2015Wired UK was named as the magazine of the year by the Digital Magazine Awards.[11]
Wired UK published ten issues a year, before switching to a bi-monthly schedule in December 2017. The magazine announced the JAN-FEB 2025 edition would be its last, before changing to a quarterly format.
Wired UK, together withTelefonica, held a two-day event on 25–26 October 2012 atThe Brewery in London. The conference was designed to "explore the ideas, innovations and people that are reshaping our world".[12] Among its speakers wereDavid Karp, founder of microblogging platformTumblr, andMona Eltahawy, an Egyptian-American freelance journalist and commentator.
Wired 2011, hosted between 13–14 October at theSt. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, included guest speakersJoanna Shields, Managing Director and Vice President of Facebook EMEA, and Gil Hirsch, founder ofFace.com.[13]
Wired 2015, hosted atTobacco Dock between 15–16 October, includes MIT Media Lab'sAlex Pentland,René Redzepi, an owner and head chef at Noma restaurant, data-visualisation historianMax Roser, journalistGillian Tett, and North Korean defectorHyeonseo Lee.[14]