17 Facts About Technology Review

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MIT Technology Review is a bimonthly magazine wholly owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and editorially independent of the university.

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Technology Review was founded in 1899 under the name The Technology Review and relaunched in 1998 without "The" in its original name.

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In 1926, Killian graduated from college and got his first job as assistant managing editor of Technology Review; he rose to editor-in-chief; became executive assistant to then-president Karl Taylor Compton in 1939; vice-president of MIT in 1945; and succeeded Compton as president in 1949.

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In 1984, Technology Review printed an article about a Russian scientist using ova from frozen mammoths to create a mammoth-elephant hybrid called a "mammontelephas".

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5.

Since Journey, Technology Review has been distributed as a regular mass-market magazine and appears on newsstands.

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6.

Additionally, in August 2003, a German edition of Technology Review was started in cooperation with the publishing house Heinz Heise .

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7.

In 2006, Technology Review was named a finalist in the "general excellence" category of the annual National Magazine Awards, sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors.

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8.

MIT Technology Review has become well known for its annual Innovators Under 35.

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MIT Technology Review editors invited Bill Gates to choose the 2019 list.

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10.

In 2006, Technology Review was a finalist in the National Magazine Awards in the category of General Excellence.

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11.

In 2010, Technology Review won the gold and silver prizes for best full issue of a technology magazine and the gold, silver, and bronze prizes for best single article in a technology magazine in the Folio Magazine Eddie Awards.

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12.

In 2007, Technology Review won the bronze prizes in the Folio Magazine Eddie Awards in the categories of best issue of a technology magazine and best single technology article.

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In 2008, Technology Review won the gold prize for the best issue of a technology magazine ; the gold, silver, and bronze prizes for best single articles in a technology magazine ; the gold prize for best online community; and the bronze prize for best online tool in the Folio Magazine Eddie Awards.

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That same year, Technology Review won third place in the Magazine Publishers of America Digital Awards for best online videos.

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In 2011, Technology Review won the silver prize for best full issue of a technology magazine and the gold and silver prizes for best single article in a technology magazine in the Folio Magazine Eddie Awards.

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That same year, Technology Review was recognized for the best science and technology coverage in the Utne Reader Independent Press Awards.

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That same year, MIT Technology Review won the gold prize for best feature design in the Folio Magazine Ozzie Awards.

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