‘We Were Wrong’: An Oral History of WIRED’s Original Website
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HotWired, one of the first media websites, launched in 1994 as an extension of WIRED magazine, pioneering online content and advertising. The site introduced innovations like banner ads and web building tutorials, while navigating tensions between community-focused and profit-driven visions for the early internet.
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