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Michael Arrington doesn't appreciate Wired's abuse of his ethics

Wired on TechCrunch's syndication deal with the Washington Post:
We've got nothing against TechCrunch, but it seems crazy-crazy to us that the Washington Post, a paper known for the sort of reporting that can take down U.S. presidents, is publishing content written by a dude who invests in the companies he writes about.
Which naturally prompted the characteristically vulgar response from Michael Arrington, TechCrunch editor and bastion of indecorous surliness. Portfolio.com quotes Arrington: "Journalism is evolving."

10:00 AM on Fri May 9 2008
By Jackson West
1,172 views, 15 comments

Latest by raincoaster: @FlakJack: I'm with you. I don't really give a rat's ass about Arrington, but I have to take five for a sob break while I ponder what the WaPo used to be. more »

reddit

Leaked screenshots of Wired's redesigned Reddit

Social news aggregator — that is to say, Digg clone — Reddit is working on a redesign. Online media consultant Brent Csutoras landed leaked screenshots. We've annotated them for your convenience. More »

8:00 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
930 views, 3 comments

great moments in pr

Press release like it's 1999

"The next big thing in consumer gadgets will be the 'Internet in your pocket,'" according to Intel's announcement reported in the New York Times today. Where did I read that line nine years ago? Oh, right.

7:00 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Paul Boutin
485 views, 6 comments

death of print

Newsweek paid Steven Levy six figures to jump to Wired

Such is the plight of the dying magazine business: Newsweek paid what's rumored to be a high-six-figures ransom not to keep Steven Levy, its star tech writer, but to unburden itself of him just so he could join Wired. The Washington Post-owned weekly is offering editorial staff generous buyouts, up to two years' salaries, to reduce its headcount. Levy smartly leapt at the offer, knowing he could easily get a job elsewhere. Something seems backwards in this labor market: Don't acquirers normally pay a premium for control?

1:40 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Owen Thomas
2,120 views, 8 comments

Latest by james2die4: Maybe he will find his MacBook Air over at Wired where he left it after his interview? more »

Levy joining Wired as staff writer An internal memo from Wired executive editor Bob Cohn says Steven Levy, Newsweek's tech reporter for 13 years, is joining the magazine as a staff writer. Cohn says Levy is reporting a book on Google. [Romenesko]

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nerdfight

Daring Fireball blogger's Wired takedown fizzles

The latest flaming bomb from Mac blogger John Gruber: "How Leander Kahney Got Everything Wrong by Being a Fucking Jackass." Kahney's sin? Writing Wired's latest cover story, ""How Apple Got Everything Right by Doing Everything Wrong." Kahney's thesis: Apple succeeds despite violating Google's "don't be evil" rules of business. Gruber's response? Name-calling, starting in the headline. Gruber attacks with stabbing frenzy:
The whole contrast-with-Google angle makes no sense, holds up to no scrutiny, and serves no purpose other than to reach the punchy conclusion that Apple is "irredeemably evil." By Kahney's logic, any company that is different from Google —- and clearly most companies are far more different from Google than Apple is —- is evil.
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3:00 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Jordan Golson
9,383 views, 15 comments

Latest by humorzo: I must be missing something. Why would Gruber want to demote himself to write for a kids mag ... when he has that fine column all by himself? more »

rumormonger

Steven Levy leaving Newsweek

What could dislodge Steven Levy from his perch at Newsweek, the ever-diminishing magazine where he's been the main tech writer for 13 years? An offer from Wired, we hear. Levy has been contributing to Wired since before he joined Newsweek, and he regularly writes features for it on the side. Also in the works: another book. Could it be on Facebook, the subject of a rushed Newsweek cover story last year? (Photo by Teresa Carpenter)

1:40 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Owen Thomas
1,179 views, 2 comments

great moments in journalism

Wired writer flacks for Google

Wired.com editor Leander Kahney writes up received Google fictions peddled by the search engine's PR division as fact in this month's Wired magazine. Google's employee perks are a common topic in the press, but our readers tell us the reality is far from the earthly paradise Google sells to gullible journalists. Leander makes working at Google seem like heaven:
And today, if Google hasn't made itself a Greenleaf-esque slave to its employees, it's at least a cruise director:
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12:40 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Jordan Golson
1,771 views, 6 comments

Latest by Dweezil: @cowsandmilk: What the fuck is an Adwords CSR in another complex going to do with 20% time off? They're a technology company, PR personnel don't need free time to develop new technology. I hate most engineers, but it doesn't make more »

nerdfight

Wired editor Leander Kahney vs. Fake Steve Jobs -- guess who wins?

Wired editor Leander Kahney went up against Forbes editor Dan Lyons's Fake Steve Jobs character in a three-round mano-a-mano debate about Apple. Lyons completely wipes the floor with Kahney. Did Wired ever think this would be a fair fight? This utterly unlevel playing field shows why we're glad we were wrong about Leander Kahney being Fake Steve. This short excerpt really sums it up: More »

1:20 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Jordan Golson
941 views, 3 comments

Megan McCarthy unhired by Wired Former Valleywag party girl Megan McCarthy's all-too-brief career at Wired: admired, hired, inspired, fired. (Photo by Scott Beale/Laughing Squid)

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bad ideas

"Free!" issue of Wired not actually free

We heard through the grapevine that copies of this month's Wired were being taken off newsstands without payment — because unsuspecting readers thought the giant "Free!" on the cover meant the magazine was available no charge. Wired editor-in-chief Greg Anderson tells Valleywag:
The mag was indeed free (but not at newsstands). There have been some scattered reports of people walking out with them without paying. After the alarms went off, we hope they were advised about the web offer ;-)

3:00 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Jordan Golson
599 views, 6 comments

Latest by old-and-in-the-way: My advanced vintage means that I was a teenager when Abbie Hoffman released "Steal This Book." Of course I shoplifted it, and anyone who paid for it was considered a fool. I say, send a message to Wired editor Chris Anderson more »

sex trade

Wired gets me all wet for nothing

"Real Sex Tantalizes as Processed Porn Gets Boring," promised the Wired headline a good friend sent me this weekend. I'm vain — I thought it might be about me and Valleywag's new coverage. Or at least about some other people who've put aside porn for in-person pussy. Of course not. The article was about less-processed porn.

There's a formula for this sort of safe writing about "sex" rather than sex. Can you spot it in the Wired piece? More »

12:00 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Melissa Gira Grant
4,721 views, 10 comments

Latest by WittyUsernameHere: That's some nice underboob. more »

advertising

Who paid for your free Wired

The February 2007 issue of Wired contained 67 pages of advertisements. The maker of this document — we hesitate to call it "art" — placed their logos in the exact same positions as they appear in the magazine. Get your signed copy for €50.

2:00 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
598 views, 3 comments

free!

Get Wired for free -- thanks, Mr. Anderson!

Being editor-in-chief of a major magazine must do wonders for your book sales. (Or not.) Wired head honcho Chris Anderson published a 4,703-word excerpt touting his new book and how "free" is the future. Want to read it for yourself? Grab Nick Douglas's 100-word version, read the full article on Wired.com, or get your very own dead-tree edition of Wired — free!

12:20 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Jordan Golson
886 views, 1 comment

bad ideas

We were kidding about the Julia Allison cover, Wired

We weren't actually serious about Julia Allison following up her Time Out New York cover with an appearance on the front of Wired. And yet, here's a photo from Julia Allison and Meghan Asha's brunch meeting with an unnamed Wired "marketing manager." Our hope is expired.

4:20 PM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
3,448 views, 12 comments

too insidery

Amazon.com failure exposes shadowy origins of Paul Boutin

Wired has resurrected an old tradition: Get the geeks in the server room to explain why computers fail. This time, it's CondeNet CTO Rajiv Pant, explaining why Wired uses Amazon's S3 storage service despite this morning's breakdown. But last time around? Breaking down walls between the engineering quad and the newsroom resulted in ... Paul Boutin. Don't say you weren't warned.

4:00 PM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Owen Thomas
1,028 views, 11 comments

wired

Upcoming Wired to feature Chris Anderson's new book

"My book will be previewed as the cover story in Wired this month. Out in about ten days. Link then. I think you'll like it ;-)" author Greg Chris Anderson writes on his blog, The Long Tail. Getting Wired to promote your new book with a cover story is pretty impressive. But don't be jealous. Rumor has it Anderson lets Wired's editor-in-chief have his way with him whenever. In the shower. In bed. Everything.

12:40 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
280 views, 2 comments

100-word version

Wired's first issue

Wired is 15 years old. Fimoculous blogger Rex Sorgatz celebrated the milestone with a retrospective look at the magazine's first issue. He calls it a summary, but who ever heard of a 1,600-word summary? Too long. Here's the 100-word version of Wired 1.1. More »

8:00 AM on Sat Feb 9 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,202 views, 3 comments