Tech magazine Wired India edition may hit stands next year

New Delhi: Iconic technology magazine Wired may launch an Indian edition by next year, according to Nicholas Coleridge, managing director of Conde Nast, UK, and vice president of Conde Nast International.

“We’re looking at Wired, which is one of our brands which I think will work very well here,” said Coleridge, who was in India to attend the World Magazine Congress earlier this week. “We haven’t fully decided whether to do it but Alex (Kuruvilla, managing director, Conde Nast India) is looking at it, we’re all looking at it... should happen next year sometime. We think there’s lots more opportunities in India.”

Conde Nast International has 128 magazine titles, including Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Vogue, GQ and Conde Nast Traveler have Indian editions.

There were reports that an Indian edition of Wired would be launched in 2009. Apart from the main US edition, the magazine has four international editions in the UK, Italy, Japan and Germany, the last of which was launched last month.