Nate Lanxon

Nate Misneach Lanxon
Born William Charles Lanxon Fisher
(1984-12-15) 15 December 1984
Sheffield, England
Nationality British
Occupation Journalist
Relatives Andrew Lanxon Hoyle (brother)

Nate Misneach Lanxon (born 15 December 1984)[1] is a British technology journalist. He lives in London, England. He is the former editor of Wired.co.uk at Condé Nast, the online arm of Wired Magazine. Previously, he was a Senior Editor at CNET.

In October 2014 it was announced[2] Conde Nast would launch a British version of Ars Technica, led by Lanxon as editor-in-chief,[3] with a London-based team working under him to produce local editorial content. Ken Fisher, founder and editor-in-chief of Ars Technica in the United States, will oversee the publication from a brand perspective. Landon ended up accepting a position at Bloomberg instead.

Background

Lanxon has written for or spoken on media outlets including Ars Technica,[4] BBC television and radio,[5] Channel 4,[6] CNN,[7] The Sunday Times, The Metro,[8] Sky News and Wired magazine.

He appeared as an expert judge on one episode of the 2011 series of the BBC’s programme The Apprentice.[9]

Lanxon was shortlisted for the British Society of Magazine Editors' award for Editor Of The Year in 2010,[10] 2011,[11] and again in 2013.[12]

Podcasting

Lanxon is currently the host and producer of Wired UK's weekly technology podcast.[13][14] The show has peaked at number one in the UK iTunes Podcast charts.[15]

Previously, Lanxon was the host of CNET's weekly technology podcast in the UK. His younger brother, Andrew Lanxon Hoyle, now hosts this show in his capacity as senior editor,[16] a role Lanxon held prior to his joining Wired.

References

  1. ↑ Lanxon, Nate. "Official Website". http://www.natelanxon.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ Degun, Gurjit. "Condé Nast to launch Ars Technica in UK". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Sedgwick, Chris. "Ars Technica to launch in the UK". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Interview: Steve Wozniak on new iPhones, smart watches, Google Glass, and more".
  5. ↑ "The limitations of slender netbooks". BBC.co.uk. BBC.
  6. ↑ "Game over for high street computer store?". Channel4.
  7. ↑ "QUEST MEANS BUSINESS". CNN.
  8. ↑ "Vint Cerf: Let’s extend the internet across the solar system". Metro.
  9. ↑ "The Apprentice does mobile apps". BBC.
  10. ↑ "The Editorial Oscars". VOGUE.
  11. ↑ "2011 BSME Awards - full list of nominees". Press Gazette.
  12. ↑ "BSME 2013 nominations announced". Digital Spy.
  13. ↑ "Podcast homepage". Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Wired.co.uk Podcast". Wired. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Twitter". Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Andrew Hoyle's profile". CBS.

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