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Type of site | Blog |
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Owner | Condé Nast |
Editor | Steven Levy |
URL |
backchannel |
Launched | 2014 |
Backchannel is an online magazine that publishes in-depth stories on technology-related news. Numerous prominent journalists have been recruited to write for the site, including Steven Levy, [1] Andrew Leonard, [2] Susan P. Crawford, [3] Virginia Heffernan, [4] Doug Menuez, [5] Peter Diamandis, [6] Jessi Hempel, and many others. In addition, Backchannel has interviewed many notable figures, such as Demis Hassabis [7] [8] of Google DeepMind and Orrin Hatch [9] of the Republican Party.
Backchannel began as an in-house publication on the Medium website. In 2016, Backchannel was purchased by Condé Nast. [10] In 2017, it was announced [11] that Backchannel would be moving off Medium and be hosted by Wired, while remaining editorially independent.[ citation needed]