RaiNews: Wired Italia chiude, Caffo: «L'IA divora la testata nata per raccontarla»

Il 16 aprile 2026, nel giorno dello sciopero nazionale dei giornalisti italiani indetto dalla FNSI per il mancato rinnovo del contratto, Condé Nast ha annunciato la cessazione delle attività editoriali di Wired Italia

Wired Italia closes, Caffo: “AI is devouring the publication born to tell it.”

On April 16, 2026, on the day of the national strike of Italian journalists called by the FNSI for the failure to renew the contract, Condé Nast announced the cessation of Wired Italia’s editorial activities.

#WiredItalia #Caffo #Italian #CondéNast #WiredItalia’s

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2026/04/wired-italia-chiude-caffo-intelligenza-artificiale-divora-la-testata-nata-per-raccontarla-57ef6f59-b367-4311-9d69-3d464fc1a905.html

This is a brillant piece by a former #NewYorker #FactChecker who was fired by #CondeNast , because of his involvment with #LaborUnions to improve work conditions in such #journalism institutions. One key point in his rendering of his firing is that the fight for rights and liberties can only succeed if it is collective, because otherwise, it's just individuals surviving.

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/new-yorker-fact-checkers-anonymous/

just got a phishing email to the unique email address I used for #WIRED – checked with #HIBP & yup, they were popped in December (or before)

it really would have been nice to get an email from WIRED or #CondeNast to let me know, hey?

so now I have to trudge through the absolute shitfuckery that is the Conde Nast / WIRED account management system to roll my password… 😩😡🤬

#DataBreach
#PSA  

Stopping visiting #CondéNast sites has not been easy. #Slashdot and #ArsTechnica have been two of my most visited sites forever!

But after learning of their treatment of their union workers, I can't in good conscience give them my attention.

Ars Fires Reporter For Accidentally Using Fake AI Quotes

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/11/ars-fires-reporter-for-accidentally-using-fake-ai-quotes/

Condé Nast’s LGBTQ Media Brand Them Acquired by Equalpride, Publisher of Out and The Advocate
#GeneralNews #CondeNast #VanityFair #Vogue

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/conde-nast-them-lgbtq-brand-equalpride-acquisition-out-mag-1236517192/

#CondéNast also laid off 6 unionized Teen Vogue employees, including its politics editor. Most were #BIPOC women or #trans. After staffers questioned the head of HR about it, the company fired 4 of them.

An exec said 'The company is trying to avoid the attention of trump & the right.'

Allegra Kirkland, TV’s former politics director, wrote that #AnnaWintour (global chief content & artistic director) didn’t want to hear the word “politics” at TV’s annual strategy meeting.
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/nov/22/teen-vogue-closure-feminist-media