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WIRED company history timeline

1993

In March 1993 the first issue of a magazine of cyberculture, Wired 1.01, was published in San Francisco under the editorship of co-founder of the magazine, Louis Rossetto.

1994

Numerous associated ventures followed, including the 1994 debut of HotWired, the first major online publication to feature original, Web-only content.

1998

In 1998 the magazine was sold to the conglomerate Advance Publications for its Condé Nast magazine publishing group, with the founders no longer attached.

2001

Anderson, who took over in 2001, expanded Wired’s coverage from fringe technology to daily-life technology.

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Jane Metcalfe,John Battelle,Louis Rossetto
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