Speaking with I Want Media, Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson defends his print medium in a field (technology) where new inventions like computers and the Internet and infringing on his format.

You see, print stays relevant because when it comes to digesting news online, readers have to click links! Sometimes multiple times!

IWM: Given the subject matter of Wired — does a print magazine format make sense anymore?

Anderson: A monthly magazine like ours — which combines long-form journalism, lavish design and high-end photography — really shows paper at its finest. Online, the design is lost, the photos become thumbnails, and you have to click through as many as 16 screens [to read the longer articles].

Chris Anderson: 'Peer Production Complements Traditional Media' [IWM]