Wired

also referred to as: wired magazine

4 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 10, 2022 by Brian Lam · said 16 times in 9 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Oct 10, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Wired and Engadget hesitated and passed on the iPhone 4 scoop
“I know he contacted Wired, and he contacted another publication, maybe Engadget, and they all started just kind of like, not sure what to do. They didn't have a plan, and they were slow.”
Brian Lam Oct 10, 2022 ▶ 31:02 Wirecutter: Brian Lam
Oct 10, 2022 negative
Opinion
Brian Lam: Advancing at Wired required fitting a specific corporate mold
“I kind of feel like it's just like most of America, where you have to look and be from a certain background or way to advance. So for me, like, I didn't smell like an editor there. And you know, like, frankly, I'm not that smart. I'm not that intellectual. I'm…”
Brian Lam Oct 10, 2022 ▶ 22:01 Wirecutter: Brian Lam
Oct 10, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wired and multiple other media companies rejected the Wirecutter concept
“I pitched it for Wired, I pitched it to a lot of places, and nobody wanted to do it. And like so many good ideas, you can't get people to take it for free.”
Brian Lam Oct 10, 2022 ▶ 39:27 Wirecutter: Brian Lam
Oct 10, 2022 negative
Opinion
Brian Lam describes Wired editors as inexperienced and hostile managers
“I would say that I learned how I don't want to manage people there, to be honest. People were not experienced managers. I remember asking one editor a question about, like, how the magazine was made, and I got thrown out of the office for asking that question.”
Brian Lam Oct 10, 2022 ▶ 22:36 Wirecutter: Brian Lam
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