Wired Digital Inc owns
hotbot,
wired,
hotwired,
webmonkey and
suck sites. It came into being when the
Wired Digital Inc is separated from the
Wired Magazine that was acquired by
Advance Magazine Publishers in 1998.
Lycos Inc later acquired
Wired Digital Inc in 1999.
after
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