Wired has made two changes today. Stefanie Rapp has been named executive director, integrated sales; and Andrew Maiorana has been named general manager, advertising, for Wired.com.

Rapp comes to Wired from Town & Country, where she most recently served as associate publisher, since 2009. Maiorana has been Wired’s integrated advertising director since 2011.

“With Digital Revenue quickly approaching nearly 50 percent of Wired’s revenue, it is important that we continue to evolve our organization to meet the needs of our brand and that of our clients,” said Wired’s vice president and publisher, Howard Mittman, in a statement. “Both of these announcements are significant as we close out Wired’s highest-revenue-producing year in the brand’s history and continue to build on that momentum for 2013.”

Wired began all the way back in January of 1993. For fans of the magazine, tomorrow is a chance to go back in time. According to WWD, Wired will publish its premiere issue for free on the iPad as part of a 20th anniversary celebration.

The articles have been revamped for the tablet and it also comes packed with a 12,000 word story on the team who started it all.

“The only thing more exciting than looking back at that issue and seeing how relevant it is today is being able to share it with the Wired community,” Howard Mittman, Wired’s Publisher, told WWD.

Starting with the June issues, Wired and GQ are now offering subscriptions via the Apple system for $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year.

Howard Mittman, Publisher and Vice President for Wired, applauded the move, explaining, “When the app launched last year it was the first to show how interactive and innovative the medium could be. Now, by offering our readers a subscription on iPad, Wired is poised to lead the digital publishing conversation and reach a wider audience.”

Wired and GQ were expected to get subscriptions ever since Conde Nast announced that the New Yorker would be the first title to add the service earlier this month.

Now fans of the magazines can mess with gadgets and gaze upon fantastic clothes without having to worry about downloading a new issue, which is always a good thing.

Maya Draisin has been with technology magazine Wired for seven years. Draisin has been promoted to associate publisher, marketing, and with it comes a move from San Francisco to New York.

Draisin previously served as the promotions director, special projects director, and most recently the brand & strategy director.

She founded tent pole extensions like Wired’s Business Conference “Disruptive by Design,” which will kick off its third year with a keynote from Bill Gates. In her new role, Maya will pursue and oversee new business and revenue opportunities for Wired while ensuring that all extensions reflect the publication’s ethos and aesthetic.

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Last evening at Florida’s Ocean Reef Club Condé Nast CEO Charles Townsend hosted an award ceremony to honor the company’s outstanding performers.  Townsend handed out a lot of hardware Condé’s magazine’s had reason to celebrate.

Wired’s Howard Mittman was named Publisher of the Year and the magazine’s entire business staff was lauded for 24 percent ad page growth.

Vogue publisher Susan Plagemann and her sales team won the Peak Performance Award for a 16 percent rise in ad pages.

Rick Levine, Condé Nast’s SVP of editorial operations, took home the Corporate Executive of the Year Award for his work in the digital arena.

Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter and publisher Edward Menicheschi were recognized for spearheading the company’s largest profit gain by any magazine last year

— DIANE CLEHANE

We missed Michael Douglas by a day. Oh well, there was enough going on with the usual suspects in the Michael’s dining room that we barely had time to eat. After making the rounds to check in with the regulars, I saw that Sopranos creator David Chase had slipped in practically unnoticed. What really caught my eye was the downright miserable expression on Chase’s face. Does this guy ever smile? Apparently not. One insider told me, “Chase is a guy that has a pretty dark view of life. How else could he have come up with Tony Soprano?” We’ve heard of method acting, but method living? Whatever works, I guess.

Here’s the rundown on today’s crowd:

1. The ‘Gang’ is all here: Dr. Gerald Imber, Jerry Della Femina, Jeff Greenfield, Andy Bergman and Michael Kramer.

2. Kris Fuchs and Joan Tisch

3. Gerry Byrne (who treated me to the latest pics of his new granddaughter on his iPhone) with The Ito Partnership’s president and CEO David Melancon and partner Joseph Sutherland.

4. Kathy Lacey — making the scene two days in a row!

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Just over three months after a massive restructuring, Condé Nast seems to be well on the way to recovery — if the announcement of three executive promotions and publishers’ awards doled out last night at an annual Florida meeting are any indication.

Today, we learned of three promotions within the company. Lou Cona (pictured at right), senior VP of the Condé Nast Media Group, has been promoted to executive vice president of the group, while publishers Laura McEwan of Teen Vogue and Howard Mittman of Wired (at right) have been given the additional titles of vice president.

What’s more CEO Charles Townsend also presented awards at an event last night during the company’s annual publishers’ trip to Key Largo, Fla. (The trip itself is proof of more optimistic times; last year’s publishers’ meeting took place in NYC.) Reports WWD:

“And in perhaps an indication, if not a wholehearted endorsement, of where the publishing world’s future lies, Townsend looked beyond the usual suspects for Publisher of the Year, giving the honor to Drew Schutte, chief revenue officer of Condé Nast Digital, who oversees such digital properties as newyorker.com, luckymag.com and glamour.com, which saw significant revenue growth over 2008. The Corporate Executive of the Year prize went to Robert Sauerberg, president of Condé Nast Consumer Marketing.”

Sauerberg has been working on the digital publishing consortium between several magazine publishers, including Condé, Hearst, Time Inc., Meredith and News Corp., and has been seeking other forms of revenue for the company, including licensing agreements.

After the jump, the official announcement from Condé Nast about the three promotions.

Conde Awards Return –WWD

Previously: Condé Nast’s Dead Titles May See New Life In Licensing Deals, New Publisher Consortium Gets A Name

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