Wired UK#Wired Conference
{{Short description|British magazine}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Wired UK
| image_file = Wired UK magazine January-February 2024 cover.webp
| image_alt = Cover of Wired UK magazine titled Europe's 100 Hottest Startups
| image_caption = Cover of the January/February 2024 issue
| editor = Greg Williams, James Temperton (Wired.co.uk)
| editor_title = Editor
| publisher = Nick Sargent
| frequency = Quarterly
| circulation = 57,497 (Jul – Dec 2013){{cite news | title = ABC Results: Publisher Reaction | url = http://www.inpublishing.co.uk/news/articles/abc_results_publisher_reaction_7118.aspx | access-date = 24 February 2014 | newspaper = Press Gazette | date = 13 February 2014}}
Print and digital editions.
| category = Technology, Business, lifestyle, thought leadership
| company = Condé Nast Britain
| firstdate = {{start date and age|2009|5}} (present form)
| country = United Kingdom
| based =
| language = English
| website = [https://www.wired.co.uk/ 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 by Condé Nast Publications, it is published in London and is an offshoot of the original American Wired.
History
= Earlier version (mid–1990s) =
Image:Wired-uk-first-edition-april-1995.jpg
The magazine's current incarnation follows an earlier attempt at a British edition of Wired{{cite web|date=1997-02-07|title=Wired UK : A Limey Whinges|url=http://www.spesh.com/danny/wireduk/|access-date=2012-11-14|publisher=Spesh.com}} which ran from April 1995{{cite news|date=2009-03-23|title=Gallery of covers from the 1990s version of Wired UK | Technology | guardian.co.uk|publisher=Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gallery/2009/mar/23/wired-uk-cover-gallery?picture=344923283|access-date=2012-11-14}} until March 1997. It was initially created as a joint venture with the Guardian Media Group{{cite news |author=Johnson |first=Bobbie |date=2009-03-23 |title=The UK gets reWired: Wired magazine relaunches | Media |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/23/wired-magazine-media-technology |access-date=2012-11-14 |work=The Guardian |location=London}} and Wired US{{'}}s then owners, Wired Ventures, but that incarnation lasted only three{{cite news|last=Arthur|first=Charles|date=1997-02-09|title=Magazine of the US digerati fails to hack it here|work=The Independent|location=London|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/magazine-of-the-us-digerati-fails-to-hack-it-here-us-bible-of-the-digerati-fails-to-hack-it-over-here-1277702.html|access-date=13 April 2013}} or four{{cite news|last=Kunzru|first=Hari|date=1997-02-11|title=Too little too late for 'Wired UK'|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}} issues, due to a culture clash between the two parties and low sales figures of 25,000 per month. Wired Ventures then ran the UK edition alone, with an almost entirely new staff,{{cite web|last=Gyford|first=Phil|title=Wired UK employees|url=http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2003/09/09/wired_uk_employe.php|access-date=13 April 2013|work=Phil Gyford's website}} until the magazine was closed with the March 1997 issue, when sales were at 40,000 magazines per month.
= Current version (2009–present) =
The current version of the magazine was launched in April 2009, and was the second international version of Wired, after the launch of Wired Italia in March 2009. In November 2009, the British Society of Magazine Editors awarded Launch of the Year to former Wired editor David Rowan.{{cite web |url=http://www.personallyspeakingbureau.com/speaker/david-rowan/ |title=David Rowan - Personally Speaking Bureau |access-date=27 April 2016}} During the same year, Albert Read was announced as publishing director of Wired UK.{{cite web |last1=Barber |first1=Lynsey |title=Albert Read promoted to deputy managing director at Condé Nast |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/albert-read-promoted-deputy-managing-director-conde-nast/1111660 |publisher=Campaign |date=January 11, 2012}} Wired's former deputy editor, Greg Williams took over from Rowan as editor in January 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/wired-magazine-appoints-greg-williams-as-new-editor/|title=Wired UK magazine appoints Greg Williams as new editor – Press Gazette|website=www.pressgazette.co.uk|date=5 January 2017 }} Michael Rundle (formerly of Huffington Post UK) took over from Nate Lanxon as editor for WIRED.co.uk in March 2015. The current website editor is James Temperton.
In 2011, 2014, and 2015 Wired UK was named as the magazine of the year by the Digital Magazine Awards.{{cite web|title=DMA 2015 - Winners|url=http://digitalmagazineawards.com/winners|work=Digital Magazine Awards|access-date=4 August 2015}}
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 conference
Wired UK, together with Telefonica, held a two-day event on 25–26 October 2012 at The Brewery in London. The conference was designed to "explore the ideas, innovations and people that are reshaping our world".{{cite web|url=http://www.wiredevent.co.uk/wired/agenda |title=AGENDA |publisher=Wiredevent.co.uk |date=2012-10-15 |access-date=2012-11-14}} Among its speakers were David Karp, founder of microblogging platform Tumblr, and Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian-American freelance journalist and commentator.
Wired 2011, hosted between 13–14 October at the St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, included guest speakers Joanna Shields, Managing Director and Vice President of Facebook EMEA, and Gil Hirsch, founder of Face.com.{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-05/3/wired-2011-event |title=Wired 2011 conference comes to life this October (Wired UK) |publisher=Wired.co.uk |access-date=2012-11-14}} {{-}}
Wired 2015, hosted at Tobacco Dock between 15–16 October, includes MIT Media Lab's Alex Pentland, René Redzepi, an owner and head chef at Noma restaurant, data-visualisation historian Max Roser, journalist Gillian Tett, and North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee.{{cite web|url=http://www.wiredevent.co.uk/wired-2015-speakers |title=Wired 2015 speakers |publisher=Wired.co.uk}}
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