Leander Kahney
{{Short description|British technology writer and author}}
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Leander Kahney (born 25 November 1965) is a technology writer and author. He is a former managing editor, and previously a senior reporter, at Wired News, the online sister publication of Wired.{{cite web|title=Wired.com 'Gutted' in Conde Layoffs|url=http://gawker.com/5194485/wiredcom-gutted-in-conde-layoffs|author=Hamilton Nolan|publisher=Gawker.com|date=2009-01-01|accessdate=2009-09-15}}
Career
He is also the author of five books centered on the subculture surrounding Apple products, as well as the company itself: The Cult of Mac, Cult of iPod ({{ISBN|1-886411-83-2}}), Inside Steve's Brain, Jony Ive – The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products, and Tim Cook – The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level.
Kahney is currently best known for his role as editor and publisher of a popular Apple-centric blog, also titled Cult of Mac. As a prominent writer on Apple- and Mac-related topics, Kahney was once theorized (incorrectly) to be the identity of Fake Steve Jobs.{{cite web |url=http://valleywag.com/tech/exclusive/the-unmasking-of-fake-steve-jobs-259729.php |title=The unmasking of Fake Steve Jobs |author=Nick Denton |publisher=Valleywag |date=2007-05-11 |accessdate=2009-09-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010024923/http://valleywag.com/tech/exclusive/the-unmasking-of-fake-steve-jobs-259729.php |archivedate=10 October 2008 |author-link=Nick Denton }}
Leander has worked for many other publications, including: MacWeek as a senior reporter, Scientific American, The Observer and The Guardian in London. Working as a newspaper reporter in the UK, he covered amongst other things, the war in former Yugoslavia.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}
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Category:British male journalists
Category:Writers from San Francisco