Wired’s New Editor Doesn’t Care if the Tech Bros Are Mad
Katie Drummond has transformed the publication into a bright spot for Condé Nast with aggressive political reporting.
Katie Drummond is sick of being told what Wired magazine should not cover.
Ms. Drummond, Wired’s top editor, hears all the time from outside critics who say the publication, which started in 1993 covering the nascent digital revolution, has strayed too far from its techno-optimism roots with its hard-hitting coverage of the Trump administration and skeptical eye on billionaire tech bros.
And she could not disagree more.
“If you still don’t understand why Wired covers politics,” she said in an interview, “you are either willfully ignorant or a complete idiot.”
In less than three years, Ms. Drummond, 40, has transformed Wired from a fading magazine and website into a buzzy brand that has become a bright spot for Condé Nast, the publishing giant better known as the home of Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
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