{{Short description|American magazine and publisher}} {{For-multi|the body of water|Atlantic Ocean|other uses|Atlantic (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=November 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox magazine | title = The Atlantic | publisher = [[Laurene Powell Jobs]] | logo = The-Atlantic-logo-vector.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert | image_file = The Atlantic September 2020 issue cover.jpg | image_caption = Cover of the September 2020 issue | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | editor = [[Jeffrey Goldberg]] | previous_editor = [[James Bennet (journalist)|James Bennet]] | category = {{hlist|Literature|political science|foreign affairs|lifestyle}} | frequency = {{Plainlist| * Monthly (1857–2000, 2025–) * Eleven issues a year (2001–2002) * Ten issues a year (2003–2024) }} | circulation_year = 2024 | total_circulation = 1,107,293<ref>{{Cite web |title=Total Circ for Magazine Media |url=https://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp |website=[[Alliance for Audited Media]] |date=June 30, 2024 |access-date=October 13, 2024}}</ref> | founder = {{unbulleted list|[[Moses Dresser Phillips]]|[[Francis H. Underwood]]|[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]|[[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]}} | founded = {{start date and age|1857}} | firstdate = {{start date and age|1857|11|01}} (as ''The Atlantic Monthly'') | company = [[Emerson Collective]] | country = United States | based = [[Boston]] until 2005; [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. since 2005<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Facts About The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/about/atlfaqf.htm |website=The Atlantic |access-date=July 21, 2016 |archive-date=April 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422163133/http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/about/atlfaqf.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> | language = English | website = {{URL|https://www.theatlantic.com/|theatlantic.com}} | issn = 1072-7825 | eissn = 2151-9463 | oclc = 936540106 <!-- lccn = 93642583 --> }}
'''''The Atlantic''''' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in [[Washington, D.C.]] It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in [[Boston]] as '''''The Atlantic Monthly''''', a literary and cultural magazine that published leading writers' commentary on education, the [[Antislavery Movement In America|abolition of slavery]], and other major political issues of that time. Its founders included [[Francis H. Underwood]]<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Chevalier |first=Tracy |title=The Atlantic Monthly American magazine, 1857 |date=2012 |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of the Essay |quote=The Atlantic Monthly was founded in Boston in 1857 by Francis Underwood (an assistant to the publisher...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sedgwick |first=Ellery |author-link=Ellery Sedgwick |date=2009 |orig-year=1994 |title=A History of the Atlantic Monthly, 1857–1909: Yankee Humanism at High Tide and Ebb |edition=Reprint |location=Amherst, Mass. |publisher=University of Massachusetts Press |page=3 |isbn=9781558497931 |oclc=368048027}}</ref> and prominent writers [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]], [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]], and [[John Greenleaf Whittier]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier |last=Whittier |first=John Greenleaf |volume=2 |date=1975 |page=318}} "... owever, was the founding of the Atlantic Monthly in 1857. Initiated by Francis Underwood and with Lowell as its first editor, the magazine had been sponsored and organized by Lowell, Emerson, Holmes, and Longfellow."</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Goodman |first=Susan |title=Republic of Words: The Atlantic Monthly and Its Writers |date=2011 |page=90}}</ref> [[James Russell Lowell]] was its first editor.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=The Atlantic {{!}} History, Ownership, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Atlantic-Monthly |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210030310/https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Atlantic-Monthly |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 19th and 20th centuries, the magazine also published the annual ''The Atlantic Monthly [[Almanac]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Atlantic Monthly Almanac |url=https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=atlanticalmanac |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924120538/https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=atlanticalmanac |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=September 24, 2021 |website=University of Pennsylvania libraries}}</ref> The magazine was purchased in 1999 by businessman [[David G. Bradley]], who fashioned it into a general editorial magazine primarily aimed at serious national readers and "[[thought leader]]s"; in 2017, he sold a majority interest in the publication to [[Laurene Powell Jobs]]'s [[Emerson Collective]].<ref name="White 2017">{{Cite news |last=White |first=Gillian B. |title=Emerson Collective Acquires Majority Stake in The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/emerson-collective-atlantic-coalition/535215/ |work=The Atlantic |date=July 28, 2017 |access-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208140321/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/emerson-collective-atlantic-coalition/535215/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Laurene Powell Jobs is buying the Atlantic magazine |first=Edmund |last=Lee |url=https://www.recode.net/2017/7/28/16055162/laurene-powell-jobs-acquired-atlantic-magazine-publisher-steve-widow-philanthropist-nonprofit |work=Recode |date=July 28, 2017 |access-date=September 17, 2018 |archive-date=April 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409121628/https://www.recode.net/2017/7/28/16055162/laurene-powell-jobs-acquired-atlantic-magazine-publisher-steve-widow-philanthropist-nonprofit |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Laurene Powell Jobs - Politico 50 2018 |url=https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/politico50/laurene-powell-jobs/ |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=September 17, 2018 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208140321/https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/politico50/laurene-powell-jobs/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
The magazine was published monthly until 2001, when 11 issues were produced; since 2003, it has published 10 per year. It dropped "Monthly" from the cover with the January/February 2004 issue, and officially changed the name in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kuczynski |first=Alex |date=May 7, 2001 |title=Media Talk: This Summer, It's the Atlantic Not-Monthly |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/business/07ATLA.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717062535/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/business/07ATLA.html?ex=1224129600&en=7a32bba6b6e6f7ff&ei=5070 |archive-date=July 17, 2016 |access-date=October 7, 2010 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> In 2024, it announced that it will resume publishing monthly issues in 2025.<ref name="cnn-20241011">{{Cite web |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=2024-10-11 |title=The Atlantic is expanding its print magazine as it surpasses 1 million subscribers {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/media/the-atlantic-magazine-print-monthly-subscription |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=November 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126015426/https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/media/the-atlantic-magazine-print-monthly-subscription/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=The Atlantic to Grow Newsroom and Return to Monthly Publication in 2025 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2024/10/atlantic-returns-monthly-publication/680223/ |magazine=The Atlantic |date=2024-10-11 |access-date=2024-10-13 |archive-date=October 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013141327/https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2024/10/atlantic-returns-monthly-publication/680223/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, the periodical was named Magazine of the Year by the [[American Society of Magazine Editors]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steigrad |first=Alexandra |date=February 2, 2016 |title=The American Society of Magazine Editors Crowns The Atlantic Magazine of the Year at Ellies |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/american-society-magazine-editors-asme-winners-2016-ellies-national-magazine-awards-atlantic10336083-10336083/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108141026/https://wwd.com/business-news/media/american-society-magazine-editors-asme-winners-2016-ellies-national-magazine-awards-atlantic10336083-10336083/ |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |work=WWD}}</ref> In 2022, its writers won [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing|Pulitzer Prizes for feature writing]] and, in 2022, 2023, and 2024 ''The Atlantic'' won the award for general excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors. In 2024, it was reported that the magazine had crossed one million subscribers<ref name="cnn-20241011" /> and become profitable, three years after losing $20 million in a single year and laying off 17% of its staff.
As of 2024, the website's executive editor is [[Adrienne LaFrance]], the editor-in-chief is [[Jeffrey Goldberg]], and the CEO is [[Nicholas Thompson (editor)|Nicholas Thompson]]. According to a 2025 [[Pew Research Center]] study on educational differences among audiences of 30 major U.S. [[News media|news outlets]], ''The Atlantic'' had the highest proportion of [[Undergraduate education|college-educated]] readers, with 62% of its audience holding at least a [[bachelor's degree]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lipka |first=Mary Randolph and Michael |date=2025-08-18 |title=How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ in their levels of education |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/18/how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-in-their-levels-of-education/ |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US |archive-date=October 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251017165539/https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/18/how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-in-their-levels-of-education/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Founding== ===19th century=== [[File:James Russell Lowell - 1855.jpg|thumb|[[James Russell Lowell]], the first editor of ''The Atlantic'']] In the autumn of 1857, [[Moses Dresser Phillips]], a publisher from [[Boston]], created ''The Atlantic Monthly''. The plan for the magazine was launched at a dinner party at the Parker House Hotel in Boston,<ref name="How The Atlantic Began">{{cite web| url = https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2017/05/how-the-atlantic-began/622431/ | title = How The Atlantic Began | last = Goldberg | first = Jeffrey | date = 5 May 2017 | website = The Atlantic | publisher = The Atlantic | access-date = 5 Dec 2025}}</ref> which was described in a letter by Phillips:
{{blockquote|I must tell you about a little dinner-party I gave about two weeks ago. It would be proper, perhaps, to state the origin of it was a desire to confer with my literary friends on a somewhat extensive literary project, the particulars of which I shall reserve till you come. But to the Party: My invitations included only [[Ralph Waldo Emerson|R. W. Emerson]], [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|H. W. Longfellow]], [[James Russell Lowell|J. R. Lowell]], [[John Lothrop Motley|Mr. Motley]] (the 'Dutch Republic' man), [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.|O. W. Holmes]], [[James Elliot Cabot|Mr. Cabot]], and [[Francis H. Underwood|Mr. Underwood]], our literary man. Imagine your uncle as the head of such a table, with such guests. The above named were the only ones invited, and they were all present. We sat down at three P.M., and rose at eight. The time occupied was longer by about four hours and thirty minutes than I am in the habit of consuming in that kind of occupation, but it was the richest time intellectually by all odds that I have ever had. Leaving myself and 'literary man' out of the group, I think you will agree with me that it would be difficult to duplicate that number of such conceded scholarship in the whole country besides... Each one is known alike on both sides of the Atlantic, and is read beyond the limits of the English language.<ref name="Hale 1898">{{cite book |last1=Hale |first1=Edward Everett |author1-link=Edward Everett Hale |title=James Russell Lowell and His Friends |date=1899 |oclc=5923947 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |location=Boston |pages=157–158 |url=https://archive.org/details/lowellandfriends00halerich/page/154/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater |via=Open Library}}</ref>}}
At that dinner he announced his idea for the magazine:
{{blockquote|Mr. Cabot is much wiser than I am. Dr. Holmes can write funnier verses than I can. Mr. Motley can write history better than I. Mr. Emerson is a philosopher and I am not. Mr. Lowell knows more of the old poets than I. But none of you knows the American people as well as I do.<ref name="Hale 1898" />}}
[[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] was invited to the dinner party but declined because it served alcohol.<ref name="How The Atlantic Began"></ref> She signed the manifesto that set out the goals of the paper along with [[Herman Melville]] and [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]],<ref name="How The Atlantic Began"></ref> and ''The Atlantic'' today credits her as one of its founders.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/author/harriet-beecher-stowe/ | title = Harriet Beecher Stowe | website = The Atlantic | access-date = 5 Dec 2025 | archive-date = December 15, 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20251215142635/https://www.theatlantic.com/author/harriet-beecher-stowe/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
''The Atlantic''{{'}}s first issue was published in November 1857, and quickly gained notability as one of the finest magazines in the English-speaking world.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}
In 1878, the magazine absorbed ''[[The Galaxy (magazine)|The Galaxy]]'', a competitor monthly magazine founded a dozen years previously by [[William Conant Church]] and his brother [[Francis P. Church]]; it had published works by [[Mark Twain]], [[Walt Whitman]], [[Ion Hanford Perdicaris]] and [[Henry James]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/tei/prc.00024.html |title=Walt Whitman to Francis P. Church and William C. Church, 15 November 1869 (Correspondence) |website=The Walt Whitman Archive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002103648/https://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/tei/prc.00024.html |archive-date=October 2, 2023 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1879, ''The Atlantic'' had offices in [[Winthrop Square (Boston)|Winthrop Square]] in Boston and at 21 [[Astor Place]] in [[New York City]].<ref>''The Atlantic Monthly'', Volume 43 (1879)</ref>
==Literary history== [[File:Battle Hymn of the Republic.jpg|thumb|In February 1862, ''The Atlantic'' was first to publish the "[[Battle Hymn of the Republic]]".]] [[File:1873 AtlanticMonthly TremontSt Boston.png|thumb|The magazine's office Ticknor & Fields at 124 Tremont Street in [[Boston]], {{Circa|1868}}<ref>''Boston Directory'', 1868.</ref>]] A leading literary magazine, ''The Atlantic'' has published many significant works and authors. It was the first to publish pieces by the abolitionists [[Julia Ward Howe]] ("[[Battle Hymn of the Republic]]" on February 1, 1862), and [[William Parker (abolitionist)|William Parker]], whose [[slave narrative]], "The Freedman's Story" was published in February and March 1866. It also published [[Charles W. Eliot]]'s "The New Education", a call for practical reform that led to his appointment to the presidency of [[Harvard University]] in 1869, works by [[Charles Chesnutt]] before he collected them in ''[[The Conjure Woman]]'' (1899), and poetry and short stories, and helped launch many national literary careers.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} In 2005, the magazine won a National Magazine Award for fiction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Esquire Wins 2005 National Magazine Award |url=http://www.hearst.com/newsroom/esquire-wins-2005-national-magazine-award |website=Hearst |date=April 13, 2005 |access-date=April 12, 2018 |archive-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043235/http://www.hearst.com/newsroom/esquire-wins-2005-national-magazine-award |url-status=live}}</ref>
Editors have recognized major cultural changes and movements. For example, of the emerging writers of the 1920s, [[Ernest Hemingway]] had his short story "[[Fifty Grand]]" published in the July 1927 edition. Harking back to its abolitionist roots, in its August 1963 edition, at the height of the [[civil rights movement]], the magazine published [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s defense of [[civil disobedience]], "[[Letter from Birmingham Jail]]",<ref>{{cite web |last=King |first=Martin Luther Jr. |title=Martin Luther King's 'Letter From Birmingham Jail' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail/552461/ |url-status=live |work=The Atlantic |volume=212 |number=2 |pages=78–88 |date=April 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120184141/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail/552461/ |archive-date=January 20, 2020 |url-access=limited}}</ref> under the headline "The Negro Is Your Brother".<ref>{{cite book |last=Rieder |first=Jonathan |year=2013 |title=Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'Letter From Birmingham Jail' |chapter='Free At Last?' |location=New York |publisher=Bloomsbury Press |isbn=978-1-62040-058-6}}</ref>
The magazine has published speculative articles that inspired the development of new technologies. The classic example is [[Vannevar Bush]]'s essay "[[As We May Think]]" (July 1945), which inspired [[Douglas Engelbart]] and later [[Ted Nelson]] to develop the modern [[workstation]] and [[hypertext]] technology.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reingold |first=Howard |title=Tools For Thought Chapter 9: The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Thinker |url=http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/09.html#Chap09 |website=Tools for Thought |access-date=January 29, 2018 |date=1985 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208140347/http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/09.html#Chap09 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dalakov |first=Georgi |title=The MEMEX of Vannevar Bush |url=http://history-computer.com/Internet/Dreamers/Bush.html |website=The History of Computers |access-date=January 29, 2018 |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107233415/https://history-computer.com/Internet/Dreamers/Bush.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
''The Atlantic Monthly'' founded the Atlantic Monthly Press in 1917; for many years, it was operated in partnership with [[Little, Brown and Company]]. Its published books included ''[[Drums Along the Mohawk (novel)|Drums Along the Mohawk]]'' (1936) and ''[[Blue Highways]]'' (1982). The press was sold in 1986; today it is an imprint of [[Grove Atlantic]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Roger |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Small House to Buy Atlantic Monthly Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/24/business/the-media-business-small-house-to-buy-atlantic-monthly-press.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 24, 1991 |access-date=May 13, 2018 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216130936/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/24/business/the-media-business-small-house-to-buy-atlantic-monthly-press.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
In addition to publishing notable fiction and poetry, ''The Atlantic'' has emerged in the 21st century as an influential platform for [[Long-form journalism|longform]] storytelling and newsmaker interviews. Influential cover stories have included [[Anne Marie Slaughter]]'s "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" (2012) and [[Ta-Nehisi Coates]]'s "A Case for Reparations" (2014).<ref>{{cite web |title='The Atlantic's' Ta-Nehisi Coates Builds 'A Case For Reparations' |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/05/23/315279271/the-atlantics-ta-nehisi-coates-builds-a-case-for-reparations |website=NPR.org |date=May 23, 2014 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216125656/https://www.npr.org/2014/05/23/315279271/the-atlantics-ta-nehisi-coates-builds-a-case-for-reparations |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, [[Jeffrey Goldberg]]'s "Obama Doctrine" was widely discussed by American media and prompted response by many world leaders.<ref>{{cite news |last=Landler |first=Mark |title=Obama Criticizes the 'Free Riders' Among America's Allies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/world/middleeast/obama-criticizes-the-free-riders-among-americas-allies.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 10, 2016 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216131025/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/world/middleeast/obama-criticizes-the-free-riders-among-americas-allies.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
As of 2022, writers and frequent contributors to the print magazine included [[James Fallows]], Jeffrey Goldberg, Ta-Nehisi Coates, [[Caitlin Flanagan]], [[Jonathan Rauch]], [[McKay Coppins]], Gillian White, [[Adrienne LaFrance]], [[Vann R. Newkirk II]], [[Derek Thompson (journalist)|Derek Thompson]], [[David Frum]], Jennifer Senior, [[George Packer]], [[Ed Yong]], and James Parker.
On August 2, 2023, it was announced that Jeffrey Goldberg, who had served as editor-in-chief of ''The Atlantic'' since 2016, had been named as the tenth moderator of the [[PBS]] news program, ''[[Washington Week]]'', and that the politics and culture publication would also enter into an editorial partnership with the television program – which was retitled accordingly as ''Washington Week with The Atlantic'' – similar to the earlier collaboration with the ''[[National Journal]]''.<ref name="PBS 2023">{{cite press release |title=Jeffrey Goldberg named new moderator of Washington Week |url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/article/2023/08/jeffrey-goldberg-named-new-moderator-of-washington-week |website=Washington Week |publisher=PBS |date=August 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302002221/https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/article/2023/08/jeffrey-goldberg-named-new-moderator-of-washington-week |archive-date=March 2, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='Washington Week' Gets New Moderator, New Name |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/washington-week-gets-new-moderator-new-name |last=Malone |first=Michael |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |publisher=Future US, Inc. |date=August 2, 2023 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803074616/https://www.nexttv.com/news/washington-week-gets-new-moderator-new-name |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2023-08-02 |title=Jeffrey Goldberg Named Moderator of PBS' 'Washington Week,' 'The Atlantic' Joins as Production Partner |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jeffrey-goldberg-moderator-pbs-washington-week-the-atlantic-production-partner-1235686064/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=April 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415191557/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jeffrey-goldberg-moderator-pbs-washington-week-the-atlantic-production-partner-1235686064/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The first episode under the longer title, and with Goldberg as moderator, was the one broadcast on August 11, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeffrey Goldberg moderates Washington Week with The Atlantic |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/jeff-opening-nty6iv/ |date=August 11, 2023 |publisher=PBS |website=YouTube |access-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303084318/https://www.pbs.org/video/jeff-opening-nty6iv/ |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Political viewpoint== {{Expand section|Political views between 1860 and 1960|date=May 2025}} In 1860, three years into publication, ''The Atlantic''{{'}}s then-editor [[James Russell Lowell]] endorsed [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] for his first run for president and also endorsed the [[abolition of slavery]].<ref>[[James Russell Lowell|Lowell, James Russell]], [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1860/10/the-election-in-november/306549/ "The Election in November"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923015221/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1860/10/the-election-in-november/306549/ |date=September 23, 2022 }}, ''The Atlantic'', November 1860.</ref>
In 1964, Edward Weeks wrote on behalf of the editorial board in endorsing [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and rebuking Republican [[Barry Goldwater]]'s candidacy.<ref>Weeks, Edward, [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1964/10/the-1964-election/303598/ "The 1964 Election"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225003913/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1964/10/the-1964-election/303598/ |date=February 25, 2021 }}, ''The Atlantic'', November 1964.</ref>
In 2016, during the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential campaign]], the editorial board endorsed a candidate for the third time in the magazine's history, urging readers to support Democratic nominee [[Hillary Clinton]] in a rebuke of Republican [[Donald Trump]]'s candidacy.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/the-case-for-hillary-clinton-and-against-donald-trump/501161/ "Against Donald Trump"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208051328/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/the-case-for-hillary-clinton-and-against-donald-trump/501161/ |date=February 8, 2021 }}, ''The Atlantic'', November 2016.</ref>
After Trump prevailed in the November 2016 election, the magazine became a strong critic of his. In March 2019, a cover article by editor [[Yoni Appelbaum]] called for the [[Efforts to impeach Donald Trump|impeachment of Donald Trump]]: "It's time for Congress to judge the president's fitness to serve."<ref name="Appelbaum 2019">{{cite news |last=Appelbaum |first=Yoni |title=Impeach Donald Trump |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/impeachment-trump/580468/ |website=The Atlantic |date=January 17, 2019 |access-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227204017/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/impeachment-trump/580468/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-atlantic-calls-for-impeachment-as-mainstream-media-continues-to-lead-charge-against-trump |title=The Atlantic calls for impeachment as mainstream media continues to lead charge against Trump |publisher=[[Fox News]] |first=Brian |last=Flood |date=January 17, 2019 |access-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216125937/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-atlantic-calls-for-impeachment-as-mainstream-media-continues-to-lead-charge-against-trump |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='Impeach': The Atlantic's March cover makes the case for Trump's impeachment |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-atlantics-march-cover-makes-the-case-for-trumps-impeachment-2019-1 |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=January 17, 2019 |access-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216130043/https://www.businessinsider.com/the-atlantics-march-cover-makes-the-case-for-trumps-impeachment-2019-1 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2020, it published a story, citing several anonymous sources, reporting that Trump referred to dead American soldiers as "losers".<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Jeffrey |title=Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ |work=The Atlantic |date=September 3, 2020 |access-date=September 4, 2020 |archive-date=September 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904012358/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Trump called it a "fake story", and suggested the magazine would soon be out of business.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=realDonaldTrump |number=1301893907295371266 |date=September 4, 2020 |title=The Atlantic Magazine is dying, like most magazines, so they make up a fake story in order to gain some relevance. Story already refuted, but this is what we are up against. Just like the Fake Dossier. You fight and fight, and then people realize it was a total fraud!}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |author-link2=Maggie Haberman |date=September 4, 2020 |title=Trump Faces Uproar Over Reported Remarks Disparaging Fallen Soldiers |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/us/politics/trump-veterans-losers.html |access-date=March 8, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904061002/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/us/politics/trump-veterans-losers.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2020, ''The Atlantic'' endorsed the Democratic presidential nominee [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], and urged its readers to oppose Trump's re-election bid.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-22 |title=The Case Against Donald Trump |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/10/atlantics-endorsement-against-donald-trump/616815/ |access-date= |website=The Atlantic |language=en |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213042308/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/10/atlantics-endorsement-against-donald-trump/616815/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2024, ''The Atlantic'' published a special 24-article issue titled "If Trump Wins," warning about a potential second term for Trump being worse than his first.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Matthews |first=Jessica T. |date=February 20, 2024 |authorlink=Jessica Matthews |journal=[[Foreign Affairs]] |issn=0015-7120 |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=192–193 |title=If Trump Wins |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/if-trump-wins |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718005113/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/if-trump-wins |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sforza |first=Lauren |date=December 4, 2023 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |title=The Atlantic's new issue sounds alarm over second Trump term |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4340883-atlantic-issue-second-trump-term/ |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |access-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726165020/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4340883-atlantic-issue-second-trump-term/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October, the publication endorsed Democratic nominee [[Kamala Harris]] in her presidential bid against Trump in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-10 |title=The Case for Kamala Harris |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/kamala-harris-atlantic-endorsement/679944/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |work=The Atlantic |language=en |issn=2151-9463 |archive-date=October 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013014529/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/kamala-harris-atlantic-endorsement/679944/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Format== ===''Atlantic'' website access=== The website is, as of 2025 a four tier [[freemium]] model. All paid subscribers get access to unlimited articles including the archives and narrated articles and various other features. The base paid model is "Digital" subscriber, the higher tier "Print & Digital" includes physical copies of the magazine, and the "Premium" subscription includes advertisement free access ($120 per year).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Atlantic |url=https://accounts.theatlantic.com/products/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=accounts.theatlantic.com |archive-date=October 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251021174224/https://accounts.theatlantic.com/products/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
''The Atlantic'' went on-line with AOL in 1993. They created an independent website ''The Atlantic Monthly on the Web'' in 1995, becoming "Atlantic Unbound" in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Mara |date=2018-06-23 |title=A History of The Atlantic’s Reader Correspondence |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/letters/archive/2018/06/a-history-of-the-atlantics-reader-correspondence/560570/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627125256/https://www.theatlantic.com/letters/archive/2018/06/a-history-of-the-atlantics-reader-correspondence/560570/ |archive-date=2018-06-27 |access-date=2025-10-17 |work=The Atlantic |language=en-US}}</ref>
''The Atlantic'' had a paywall, being only available to subscribers to the print edition, until January 2008, when they removed it, concomitant with a sponsorship from [[Goldman Sachs]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Only |first=Subscription |date=2008-01-22 |title=The Atlantic Tears Down Their Paywall |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/the-atlantic-tears-down-their-paywall/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415140518/https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/the-atlantic-tears-down-their-paywall/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BI">{{Cite web |title=Five Failed Paywalls And What We Can Learn From Them |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/failed-paywalls-2010-4 |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=May 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250512121646/https://www.businessinsider.com/failed-paywalls-2010-4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The website introduced "soft" limitations in October 2016, when free readers with adblockers were advised that they could turn off their adblocker, pay ($39.99 per year for advertising free access) or be blocked.<ref name="dd">{{Cite web |date=2017-04-10 |title=The Atlantic is now telling ad blockers to whitelist or pay up |url=https://digiday.com/media/atlantic-now-telling-ad-blockers-whitelist-pay/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Digiday |language=en-US |archive-date=November 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251118171259/https://digiday.com/media/atlantic-now-telling-ad-blockers-whitelist-pay/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wsj2016">{{Cite news |last=Perlberg |first=Steven |date=2016-10-17 |title=The Atlantic to Ad Blockers: Pay Up or Leave |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-atlantic-to-ad-blockers-pay-up-or-leave-1476702001 |access-date=2025-10-17 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525023351/http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-atlantic-to-ad-blockers-pay-up-or-leave-1476702001 |url-status=live }}</ref> Closing the warning window, however would allow reading the article, the block wasn't actually "hard" implemented until 10 April 2017.<ref name=dd />
A new paywall was expected to start trials in January 2018, but the project was delayed while platform improvements and staff recruitment were completed.<ref name=nl /><ref name=wsj2019 /> The relaunch of the paywall was finally announced in August 2019.<ref name="wsj2019">{{Cite news |last=Alpert |first=Lukas I. |date=2019-08-24 |title=The Atlantic, Propped Up by Laurene Powell Jobs, Charts New Course |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-atlantic-propped-up-by-steve-jobss-widow-charts-new-course-11566651600 |access-date=2025-10-17 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=October 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251017033648/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-atlantic-propped-up-by-steve-jobss-widow-charts-new-course-11566651600 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In September 2019 the new paywall was imposed, "Digital" subscriptions were $49.99 per year, print and digital $59.99 and "Premium" $100.<ref name=nl>https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/09/the-atlantic-rejoins-the-metered-paywall-club-with-digital-subscriptions-starting-at-49-99-yea</ref> Free users are no longer permitted five articles per month. They can only read the first two paragraphs or so and are then presented a link to subscribe.<ref name=nl />
===Aspen Ideas Festival=== {{Main|Aspen Ideas Festival}}
In 2005, ''The Atlantic'' and the [[Aspen Institute]] launched the [[Aspen Ideas Festival]], a ten-day event in and around the city of [[Aspen, Colorado|Aspen]], Colorado.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dealmakers/2012/09/05/the-manifest-destiny-of-the-atlantic/#57d8ded19573 |title=The Manifest Destiny of The Atlantic |last=DeVries |first=Tom Searcy and Henry |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=May 29, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=May 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530040055/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dealmakers/2012/09/05/the-manifest-destiny-of-the-atlantic/#57d8ded19573 |url-status=live}}</ref> The annual conference features 350 presenters, 200 sessions, and 3,000 attendees. The event has been called a "political [[Who's Who|who's who]]" as it often features policymakers, journalists, lobbyists, and [[think tank]] leaders.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/aspen-ideas-festival-speakers-091729 |title=Aspen Ideas a political who's who |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=May 29, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=May 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530035805/https://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/aspen-ideas-festival-speakers-091729 |url-status=live}}</ref>
On January 22, 2008, TheAtlantic.com dropped its [[Paywall|subscriber wall]] and allowed users to freely browse its site, including all past archives.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Editors' Note |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200801u/editors-note |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509191810/http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200801u/editors-note |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |journal=The Atlantic |access-date=October 7, 2010}}</ref> By 2011 ''The Atlantic''{{'}}s web properties included TheAtlanticWire.com, a news- and opinion-tracking site launched in 2009,<ref>{{cite news |last=Summers |first=Nick |url=https://observer.com/2011/01/exclusive-exgawker-guy-snyder-to-head-atlantic-wire-new-manhattan-staff/ |title=Exclusive: Ex-Gawker Guy Snyder to Head Atlantic Wire, New Manhattan Staff |date=January 31, 2011 |work=The New York Observer |access-date=March 26, 2012 |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731085733/https://observer.com/2011/01/exclusive-exgawker-guy-snyder-to-head-atlantic-wire-new-manhattan-staff/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and TheAtlanticCities.com, a stand-alone website started in 2011 that was devoted to global cities and trends.<ref name="Welton 2011">{{cite news |last=Welton |first=Caysey |title=The Atlantic Debuts TheAtlanticCities.com |url=http://www.foliomag.com/2011/atlantic-debuts-atlanticcities-com |work=FOLIO Magazine |date=September 15, 2011 |access-date=March 26, 2012 |archive-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405185923/http://www.foliomag.com/2011/atlantic-debuts-atlanticcities-com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> According to a ''[[Mashable]]'' profile in December 2011, "traffic to the three web properties recently surpassed 11 million uniques per month, up a staggering 2500% since ''The Atlantic'' brought down its paywall in early 2008."<ref>{{cite news |last=Indvik |first=Lauren |title=Inside The Atlantic: How One Magazine Got Profitable by Going 'Digital First' |url=http://mashable.com/2011/12/19/the-atlantic-digital-first/ |work=Mashable |date=December 19, 2011 |access-date=March 26, 2012 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208140631/https://mashable.com/2011/12/19/the-atlantic-digital-first/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
===''The Atlantic Wire''=== In 2009, the magazine launched ''The Atlantic Wire'' as a stand-alone [[news aggregator]] site. It was intended as a curated selection of news and opinions from online, print, radio, and television outlets.<ref name="Carr 2009">{{cite news |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/the-atlantic-wire/ |department=Media Decoder |work=The New York Times |title=Atlantic Hits the Wire With Lots of Opinions |date=September 16, 2009 |last=Carr |first=David |access-date=November 3, 2009 |archive-date=September 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924182556/http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/the-atlantic-wire/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://mashable.com/2012/02/02/atlantic-wire-gabriel-snyder-interview |work=Mashable |title=What's Next for The Atlantic Wire |author=Indvik, Lauren |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2012 |archive-date=April 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418153919/http://mashable.com/2012/02/02/atlantic-wire-gabriel-snyder-interview/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Garber 2009">{{cite news |url=http://archives.cjr.org/the_kicker/more_on_the_atlantic_wire_they.php |work=Columbia Journalism Review |date=September 16, 2009 |author=Garber, Megan |title=More on The Atlantic: Wire They Aggregating? |access-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-date=March 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318085322/http://archives.cjr.org/the_kicker/more_on_the_atlantic_wire_they.php |url-status=live}}</ref> At its launch, it published [[op-ed]]s from across the media spectrum and summarized significant positions in each debate.<ref name="Garber 2009"/> It later expanded to feature news and original reporting.
Regular features in the magazine included "What I Read", describing the [[media diet]]s of people from entertainment, journalism, and politics; and "Trimming the Times", the feature editor's summary of the best content in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="Garber 2011">{{cite journal |url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/04/trimming-the-times-the-atlantic-wire-has-a-new-way-for-you-to-make-the-most-of-your-20-clicks/ |author=Garber, Megan |title='Trimming the Times': The Atlantic Wire's new feature wants you to make the most of your 20 clicks |website=Nieman Journalism Lab |date=April 1, 2011 |access-date=March 26, 2012 |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530034857/http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/04/trimming-the-times-the-atlantic-wire-has-a-new-way-for-you-to-make-the-most-of-your-20-clicks/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Atlantic Wire'' rebranded itself as ''The Wire'' in November 2013,<ref name="Bazilian 2013">{{cite web |last=Bazilian |first=Emma |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/press/atlantic-wire-relaunches-wire-153959 |work=Adweek |title=The Atlantic Wire Relaunches as The Wire |date=November 19, 2013 |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206185253/http://www.adweek.com/news/press/atlantic-wire-relaunches-wire-153959 |url-status=live}}</ref> and was folded back into ''The Atlantic'' the following year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.poynter.org/2014/the-atlantic-shuts-down-the-wire/270891/ |title=The Atlantic shuts down The Wire |first=Andrew |last=Beaujon |date=September 22, 2014 |work=Poynter |access-date=April 26, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427103054/http://www.poynter.org/2014/the-atlantic-shuts-down-the-wire/270891/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In August 2011, it created its video channel.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kafka |first=Peter |title=The Atlantic Launches a Video Aggregator With a Twist |url=http://allthingsd.com/20110804/the-atlantic-launches-a-video-aggregator-with-a-twist/ |work=All Things D. |date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323130347/http://allthingsd.com/20110804/the-atlantic-launches-a-video-aggregator-with-a-twist/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Initially created as an aggregator, ''The Atlantic''{{'}}s video component, Atlantic Studios, has since evolved in an in-house production studio that creates custom video series and original documentaries.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dreier |first=Troy |title=The Atlantic Adapts: A Legendary Magazine Meets Online Video |url=http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/The-Atlantic-Adapts-A-Legendary-Magazine-Meets-Online-Video-105232.aspx |work=Streaming Media Magazine |date=July 16, 2015 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731085804/https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/The-Atlantic-Adapts-A-Legendary-Magazine-Meets-Online-Video-105232.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>
===''CityLab''=== In September 2011, ''The Atlantic'' launched ''CityLab'', a separate website. Its co-founders included [[Richard Florida]], urban theorist and professor. The stand-alone site has been described as exploring and explaining "the most innovative ideas and pressing issues facing today's global cities and neighborhoods."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theatlanticcities.com/ |title=The Atlantic Cities |publisher=TheAtlanticCities.com |access-date=March 26, 2012 |archive-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119052900/http://www.theatlanticcities.com/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2014, it was rebranded as ''CityLab.com'', and covers transportation, environment, equity, life, and design. Among its offerings are Navigator, "a guide to urban life"; and Solutions, which covers solutions to problems in a dozen topics.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Introducing CityLab.com: All Things Urban, from The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2014/05/introducing-citylabcom-all-things-urban-from-the-atlantic/371038/ |website=The Atlantic |date=May 16, 2014 |access-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152338/http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2014/05/introducing-citylabcom-all-things-urban-from-the-atlantic/371038/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2011, a new Health Channel launched on TheAtlantic.com, incorporating coverage of food, as well as topics related to the mind, body, sex, family, and public health. Its launch was overseen by Nicholas Jackson, who had previously been overseeing the Life channel and initially joined the website to cover technology.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moses |first=Lucia |title='The Atlantic' Continues Expansion With Health Channel |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/atlantic-continues-expansion-health-channel-137022 |work=AdWeek |access-date=March 26, 2012 |date=December 13, 2011 |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113232327/http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/atlantic-continues-expansion-health-channel-137022 |url-status=live}}</ref> TheAtlantic.com has also expanded to [[visual storytelling]], with the addition of the "In Focus" photo blog, curated by Alan Taylor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Rachel |title=Alan Taylor Jumps to The Atlantic |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/alan-taylor-jumps-to-the-atlantic/ |work=Media Bistro's Media Jobs Daily |date=January 19, 2011 |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303165429/http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/alan-taylor-jumps-to-the-atlantic_b5432 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2015, TheAtlantic.com launched a dedicated Science section<ref>{{cite news |last=Andersen |first=Ross |title=Science Has a New Home on TheAtlantic.com |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/09/introducing-the-atlantics-new-science-section/405088/ |work=The Atlantic |access-date=April 26, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208140628/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/09/introducing-the-atlantics-new-science-section/405088/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and in January 2016 it redesigned and expanded its politics section in conjunction with the 2016 U.S. presidential race.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Atlantic Launches Politics and Policy Expansion |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2016/01/the-atlantic-launches-politics-policy-expands-coverage-and-events-triples-reporting-team/423087/ |work=The Atlantic |date=January 7, 2016 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921123609/https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2016/01/the-atlantic-launches-politics-policy-expands-coverage-and-events-triples-reporting-team/423087/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2015, ''CityLab'' and [[Univision]] launched ''CityLab Latino'', which features original journalism in Spanish as well as translated reporting from the English language edition of ''CityLab.com''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/04/bienvenidos-a-miami-the-atlantic-and-univision-are-bringing-city-lab-to-spanish-language-audiences/ |title=Bienvenidos a Miami: The Atlantic and Univision are bringing CityLab to Spanish-language audiences |work=Nieman Lab |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427102558/http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/04/bienvenidos-a-miami-the-atlantic-and-univision-are-bringing-city-lab-to-spanish-language-audiences/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The site has not been updated since 2018.
In early December 2019, Atlantic Media sold ''CityLab'' to [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg Media]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/bloomberg-media-acquires-citylab-the-atlantic/ |title=Bloomberg Media Makes First Acquisition in 10 Years |last=Jerde |first=Sara |date=December 10, 2019 |website=adweek.com |language=en-US |access-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210230701/https://www.adweek.com/digital/bloomberg-media-acquires-citylab-the-atlantic/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/bloomberg-media-is-buying-citylab-from-the-atlantic-and-some-of-its-fans-are-nervous/ |title=Bloomberg Media is buying CityLab from The Atlantic (and some of its fans are nervous) |last=Benton |first=Joshua |date=December 10, 2019 |website=Nieman Lab |access-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211011726/https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/bloomberg-media-is-buying-citylab-from-the-atlantic-and-some-of-its-fans-are-nervous/ |url-status=live}}</ref> which promptly laid off half the staff.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2019/12/bloomberg-just-bought-citylab-and-put-half-its-reporters-out-of-a-job/ |title=Bloomberg just bought CityLab—and put half its reporters out of a job |last=Cohen |first=Matt |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US |access-date=January 5, 2020 |archive-date=January 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105182237/https://www.motherjones.com/media/2019/12/bloomberg-just-bought-citylab-and-put-half-its-reporters-out-of-a-job/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The site was relaunched on June 18, 2020, with few major changes other than new branding and linking the site with other Bloomberg verticals and its data terminal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CityLab has been relaunched under the Bloomberg umbrella |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/citylab-has-been-relaunched-under-the-bloomberg-umbrella/ |access-date=June 20, 2020 |website=Nieman Lab |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620120719/https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/citylab-has-been-relaunched-under-the-bloomberg-umbrella/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2019, TheAtlantic.com introduced a digital subscription model, restricting unsubscribed readers' access to five free articles per month.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Atlantic Launches New Subscription Plans and Introduces A Metered Model |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2019/09/atlantics-new-subscription-plans-and-meter/597418/ |website=The Atlantic |date=September 5, 2019 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208140650/https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2019/09/atlantics-new-subscription-plans-and-meter/597418/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Jeffrey |title=Introducing The Atlantic's New Subscription Model |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2019/09/introducing-the-atlantics-new-subscription-model/597304/ |website=The Atlantic |date=September 5, 2019 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208140731/https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2019/09/introducing-the-atlantics-new-subscription-model/597304/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In June 2020, ''The Atlantic'' released its first full-length documentary, ''[[White Noise (2020 film)|White Noise]]'', a film about three [[alt-right]] activists.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wissot |first=Lauren |title="This Whole Movement is about Performance": Daniel Lombroso on his Alt-Right Doc ''White Noise'' |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/109823-this-whole-movement-is-about-performance-daniel-lombroso-on-his-alt-right-doc-white-noise/ |work=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]] |date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208140700/https://filmmakermagazine.com/109823-this-whole-movement-is-about-performance-daniel-lombroso-on-his-alt-right-doc-white-noise/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Praise, retractions, legal issues, and controversies ==
In June 2006, the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' named ''The Atlantic'' one of the top ten English-language magazines, describing it as the "150-year-old granddaddy of periodicals" because "it keeps us smart and in the know" with cover stories on the then-forthcoming fight over ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. It also lauded regular features such as "Word Fugitives" and "Primary Sources" as "cultural barometers".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0606140373jun15-story.html |title=Fourth Annual |author= |date=June 15, 2006 |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808132921/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0606140373jun15-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
On January 14, 2013, ''The Atlantic''{{'}}s website published "[[Native advertising|sponsor content]]" promoting [[David Miscavige]], the leader of the [[Church of Scientology]]. While the magazine had previously published advertising looking like articles, this was widely criticized. The page comments were moderated by the marketing team, not by editorial staff, and comments [[Criticism of Scientology|critical of the church]] were being removed. Later that day, ''The Atlantic'' removed the piece from its website and issued an apology.<ref name="Raabe">Raabe, Natalie (n.d.). [https://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=699462885&message_id=2459857&user_id=NJG_Atlan&group_id=0&jobid=12656579 "Statement from ''The Atlantic''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422053139/https://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=699462885&message_id=2459857&user_id=NJG_Atlan&group_id=0&jobid=12656579 |date=April 22, 2015 }}.</ref><ref name="Wemple 2013">[[Erik Wemple|Wemple, Erik]], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/01/15/the-atlantics-scientology-problem-start-to-finish/ "The Atlantic's Scientology problem, start to finish"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927180829/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/01/15/the-atlantics-scientology-problem-start-to-finish/ |date=September 27, 2015 }}, ''The Washington Post'' blog, January 15, 2013.</ref><ref name="Stelter">[[Brian Stelter|Stelter, Brian]], and Christine Haughney, [http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/the-atlantic-apologizes-for-scientology-ad/?_r=0 "The Atlantic Apologizes for Scientology Ad"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518021212/http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/the-atlantic-apologizes-for-scientology-ad/?_r=0 |date=May 18, 2016 }}, January 15, 2013, ''The New York Times''.</ref>
In 2018 ''The Atlantic'' published a cover story by [[Jesse Singal]] titled "When Children Say They're Trans" which involved undisclosed consultation with a [[Transphobia|transphobic]] [[hate group]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=M. K. |date=2022-04-22 |title=Singal and the Noise • Protean Magazine |url=https://proteanmagstaging.wpcomstaging.com/2022/04/22/singal-and-the-noise/ |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Protean Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> The article was widely criticized by [[Transgender|transgender people]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chu |first=Andrea Long |date=2018-11-24 |title=Opinion {{!}} My New Vagina Won’t Make Me Happy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/opinion/sunday/vaginoplasty-transgender-medicine.html |access-date=2026-03-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 26, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251226123600/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/opinion/sunday/vaginoplasty-transgender-medicine.html |url-status=live }}</ref>, parents of [[Transgender youth|trans children]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Matt |last2=Kitchener |first2=Caroline |date=2018-06-22 |title=What Do the Parents of Trans Kids Have to Say? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/membership/archive/2018/06/what-do-the-parents-of-trans-kids-have-to-say/563507/ |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US |archive-date=February 4, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260204174126/https://www.theatlantic.com/membership/archive/2018/06/what-do-the-parents-of-trans-kids-have-to-say/563507/ |url-status=live }}</ref>, journalists<ref>{{Cite web |title=“Autogynephilia” critics – Transgender Map |url=https://www.transgendermap.com/issues/sexology/autogynephilia/critics/ |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=www.transgendermap.com |archive-date=March 31, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260331235227/https://www.transgendermap.com/issues/sexology/autogynephilia/critics/ |url-status=live }}</ref>, and scientists<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-02 |title=Jesse Singal Got More Wrong Than He Thinks · EmilyGorcenski.com |url=https://emilygorcenski.com/post/jesse-singal-got-more-wrong-than-he-thinks/ |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=The Personal Blog of Emily Gorcenski}}</ref>. ''The Atlantic'' went on to publish a series of critical responses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When Children Say They're Trans, Continued |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/category/when-children-say-theyre-trans-continued/ |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US |archive-date=January 6, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260106062914/https://www.theatlantic.com/category/when-children-say-theyre-trans-continued/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2019, the magazine published an expose on the allegations against movie director [[Bryan Singer]] that "sent Singer's career into a tailspin". It was originally contracted to ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine, but the writers moved it there due to what ''New York Times'' reporter [[Ben Smith (journalist)|Ben Smith]] described as [[Hearst Communications|Hearst magazines]]' "timid" nature. "There's not a lot of nuance here", [[Jeffrey Goldberg]] said. "They [[Spike (journalism)|spike]]d a story that should have been published in the [[public interest]] for reasons unknown."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/business/media/hearst-culture-magazines.html |title=Did Hearst's Culture Kill Hearst's Biggest Magazine Story? |last=Smith |first=Ben |work=The New York Times |date=July 26, 2020 |access-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413140714/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/business/media/hearst-culture-magazines.html?searchResultPosition=5 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In June 2020, ''The Atlantic'' faced legal action in Japan that claimed defamation and invasion of privacy in the article "When the Presses Stop" by [[Molly Ball]], published in the January/February 2018 edition, which led to numerous removals, corrections and clarifications after a settlement was reached in January 2024. The lawsuit highlighted [[fact-checking]] and ethical concerns, bringing attention to the magazine's editorial practices.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legacy battle {{!}} FCCJ |url=https://www.fccj.or.jp/number-1-shimbun-article/legacy-battle |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.fccj.or.jp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ball |first=Molly |date=2017-12-08 |title=When the Presses Stop |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/the-cambodia-daily-bernie-krisher/546563/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=The Atlantic |language=en |issn=2151-9463 |archive-date=February 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223163843/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/the-cambodia-daily-bernie-krisher/546563/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Wemple 2024">{{Cite news |last=Wemple |first=Erik |date=2024-03-01 |title=Opinion {{!}} Settlement in Japanese court ends embarrassing episode for the Atlantic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/29/atlantic-krisher-japan-cambodia-settlement/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=July 2, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702185433/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/29/atlantic-krisher-japan-cambodia-settlement/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On November 1, 2020, ''The Atlantic'' retracted an article, "The Mad, Mad World of Niche Sports Among [[Ivy League]]–Obsessed Parents", after an inquiry by ''[[The Washington Post]]''. An 800-word editor's note said, "We cannot attest to the trustworthiness and credibility of the author, and therefore we cannot attest to the veracity of the article." The note alleged that the article's author, freelancer [[Ruth Shalit Barrett]], had left the staff of ''[[The New Republic]]'' in 1999 amid allegations of [[plagiarism]].<ref name="Levenson 2020">{{cite web |last=Levenson |first=Michael |title=The Atlantic Retracts Ruth Shalit Barrett Article on Niche Sports |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/business/media/atlantic-ruth-shalit-barrett.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101234606/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/business/media/atlantic-ruth-shalit-barrett.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wemple 2020">{{cite news |last=Wemple |first=Erik |title=The Atlantic's troubled niche-sports story |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/30/atlantics-troubled-niche-sports-story |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101202629/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/30/atlantics-troubled-niche-sports-story/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On January 7, 2022, Barrett sued the magazine for defamation. The lawsuit claimed ''The Atlantic'' misrepresented Barrett's background and destroyed her journalistic career through what it publicly said about her.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Katie |date=January 9, 2022 |title=Freelance Writer Accuses The Atlantic of Defamation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/business/ruth-shalit-barrett-atlantic-lawsuit.html |access-date=January 9, 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110091501/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/business/ruth-shalit-barrett-atlantic-lawsuit.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pietsch |first=Brian |date=January 9, 2022 |title=Ruth Shalit Barrett sues Atlantic for $1 million over retraction of viral article, allegations of inaccuracies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/01/09/atlantic-ruth-shalit-barrett-lawsuit-article/ |access-date=January 28, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In legal filings, Barrett argued that ''The Atlantic''{{'}}s handling of allegations and errors in another article written by [[Molly Ball]] demonstrated inconsistency in the magazine's editorial standards and accountability measures. Barrett asserted that the factual inaccuracies and ethical violations in Ball's piece, as highlighted by a separate defamation lawsuit that resulted in a settlement and numerous retractions and corrections to Ball's story, were "transgressions far more numerous and incomparably worse" than any mistakes attributed to her own work.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Ruth Shalit Barrett v. The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC and Donald Christopher Peck, Case No.: 1:22-cv-00049-EGS |url=https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_temp.pl?file=8759128-0--103819.pdf&type=application/pdf |access-date=April 8, 2024 |website=pcl.uscourts.gov/ |archive-date=April 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409142039/https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_temp.pl?file=8759128-0--103819.pdf&type=application/pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Wemple 2024" /> In June 2025, after mediation, Barrett and ''The Atlantic'' reached a settlement and jointly moved to dismiss the case with prejudice. Court filings showed that on June 26 the magazine updated its online editor’s note to clarify that the pseudonymous source “Sloane” was anonymous, that Barrett says she elected to leave ''The New Republic'', and that she did not ask the magazine to use a novel byline. The revision also changed a statement that she had encouraged “at least one source” to lie to “a source.” The following day, the parties filed their stipulation of dismissal in federal court. Although the settlement terms were not publicly disclosed in court, ''The New York Times'' reported that ''The Atlantic'' agreed to pay Barrett more than $1 million. ''TheWrap'', citing the ''Times'', also reported the payment. The story remains retracted and, according to an ''Atlantic'' spokesperson, the editor’s note will not be updated further.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-12 |title=Atlantic Settles Writer’s Suit Over Article It Retracted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/business/media/atlantic-defamation-lawsuit-settlement.html |access-date=2025-09-19 |language=en |archive-date=September 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250912212837/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/business/media/atlantic-defamation-lawsuit-settlement.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bolies |first=Corbin |date=2025-09-12 |title=The Atlantic Settles Writer's Defamation Lawsuit for Over $1 Million, Story Stays Retracted |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-atlantic-settles-defamation-lawsuit-with-writer-1-million/ |access-date=2025-09-19 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}</ref>
On February 5, 2024, ''The Atlantic'' cut ties with contributor [[Yascha Mounk]] after he was accused of rape. He called the allegation "categorically untrue."<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=Laura |last2=Sommer |first2=Will |date=2024-02-06 |title=The Atlantic cuts ties with prominent contributor after rape allegation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/02/05/atlantic-yascha-mounk/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
In 2025, national-security leaders in the Donald Trump administration [[United States government group chat leak|accidentally included ''The Atlantic'' editor Jeffrey Goldberg in a group chat]] where they organized and strategized upcoming military strikes on the [[Houthis]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-03-24 |title=The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/ |website=The Atlantic |language=en |access-date=March 24, 2025 |archive-date=March 25, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325174744/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Ownership and editors== By its third year, it was published by [[Boston]] publishing house [[Ticknor and Fields]], which later became part of [[Houghton Mifflin]],{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} based in the city known for literary culture. The magazine was purchased in 1908 by editor at the time, [[Ellery Sedgwick]], and remained in Boston.
In 1980, the magazine was acquired by [[Mortimer Zuckerman]], property magnate and founder of [[Boston Properties]], who became its chairman. On September 27, 1999, Zuckerman transferred ownership of the magazine to [[David G. Bradley]], owner of the [[National Journal Group]], which focused on [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] news. Bradley had promised that the magazine would stay in Boston for the foreseeable future, as it did for the next five-and-a-half years.
In April 2005, however, the publishers announced that the editorial offices would be moved from their longtime home at 77 North Washington Street in Boston to join the company's advertising and circulation divisions in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Feeney 2005">{{cite news |last1=Feeney |first1=Mark |last2=Mehegan |first2=David |title=Atlantic, 148-year institution, leaving city |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/04/15/atlantic_148_year_institution_leaving_city/ |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=April 15, 2005 |access-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-date=January 9, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109125458/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/15/atlantic_148_year_institution_leaving_city?pg=full |url-status=live}}</ref> Later in August, Bradley told ''[[The New York Observer]]'' that the move was not made to save money—near-term savings would be $200,000–$300,000, a relatively small amount that would be swallowed by severance-related spending—but instead would serve to create a hub in Washington, D.C., where the top minds from all of Bradley's publications could collaborate under the [[Atlantic Media Company]] umbrella. Few of the Boston staff agreed to move, and Bradley then commenced an open search for a new editorial staff.<ref>{{cite news |title=Atlantic owner scours country for cinder-editor |newspaper=[[New York Observer]] |date=September 5, 2005}}</ref>
In 2006, Bradley hired [[James Bennet (journalist)|James Bennet]], the [[Jerusalem]] bureau chief for ''The New York Times'', as editor-in-chief. Bradley also hired Jeffrey Goldberg and [[Andrew Sullivan]] as writers for the magazine.<ref name="Kurtz 2007">{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |author-link=Howard Kurtz |title=The Atlantic's Owner Ponies Up |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080501576.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 6, 2007 |access-date=August 18, 2007 |archive-date=September 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909145321/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080501576.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2008, Jay Lauf joined the organization as publisher and vice-president; as of 2017, he was publisher and president of ''[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/a/masthead.mhtml |title=Atlantic masthead |journal=The Atlantic |access-date=October 7, 2010 |archive-date=August 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820121835/http://theatlantic.com/a/masthead.mhtml |url-status=live}}</ref>
In early 2014, Bennet and Bob Cohn became co-presidents of ''The Atlantic'', and Cohn became the publication's sole president in March 2016 when Bennet was tapped to lead ''The New York Times''{{'}}s editorial page.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Cohn Named Sole President of ''The Atlantic''; James Bennet to Leadership Post at ''New York Times'' |website=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2016/03/bob-cohn-named-sole-president-of-the-atlantic/473610/ |date=March 14, 2016 |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=May 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504025618/https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2016/03/bob-cohn-named-sole-president-of-the-atlantic/473610/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=James Bennet Will Lead Editorial Page at New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/business/media/james-bennet-will-lead-editorial-page-at-new-york-times.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 14, 2016 |access-date=May 29, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228063123/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/business/media/james-bennet-will-lead-editorial-page-at-new-york-times.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Jeffrey Goldberg was named editor-in-chief in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeffrey Goldberg Named Editor in Chief of The Atlantic |website=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2016/10/jeffrey-goldberg-named-editor-in-chief-of-the-atlantic/503576/ |date=October 11, 2016 |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923004016/https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2016/10/jeffrey-goldberg-named-editor-in-chief-of-the-atlantic/503576/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref>
On July 28, 2017, ''The Atlantic'' announced that [[Laurene Powell Jobs]] (the widow of former [[Apple Inc.]] chairman and CEO [[Steve Jobs]]) had acquired majority ownership through her [[Emerson Collective]] organization, with a staff member of Emerson Collective, Peter Lattman, being immediately named as vice chairman of ''The Atlantic''. David G. Bradley and Atlantic Media retained a minority share position in this sale.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ember |first=Sydney |title=Laurene Powell Jobs's Organization to Take Majority Stake in The Atlantic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/business/media/atlantic-media-emerson-collective-majority-stake.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 28, 2017 |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923004021/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/business/media/atlantic-media-emerson-collective-majority-stake.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
In the September 2017 issue of ''The Atlantic'', [[Jean Twenge]] argued that [[Smartphone|smartphones]] were the most likely cause behind the sudden increases in mental health issues among teens after 2012.
In May 2019, technology journalist Adrienne LaFrance became executive editor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adrienne LaFrance - the Atlantic |website=LinkedIn |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-lafrance-4656a910/}}</ref>
In December 2020, former ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' editor-in-chief [[Nicholas Thompson (editor)|Nicholas Thompson]] was named CEO of ''The Atlantic''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2020 |title=The Atlantic Appoints Nicholas Thompson as CEO and Expands Board of Directors |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2020/12/the-atlantic-appoints-nicholas-thompson-as-ceo/617290/ |access-date=July 28, 2024 |website=The Atlantic |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203203327/https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2020/12/the-atlantic-appoints-nicholas-thompson-as-ceo/617290/ |archive-date=December 3, 2020 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
In 2022, ''The Atlantic'' moved its offices to [[The Wharf (Washington, D.C.)|The Wharf]] in Washington, D.C.'s [[Southwest Waterfront]] neighborhood.
===List of editors=== {{cols|colwidth=20em}} * [[James Russell Lowell]], 1857–1861 * [[James T. Fields]], 1861–1871 * [[William Dean Howells]], 1871–1881 * [[Thomas Bailey Aldrich]], 1881–1890 * [[Horace Scudder]], 1890–1898 * [[Walter Hines Page]], 1898–1899 * [[Bliss Perry]], 1899–1909 * [[Ellery Sedgwick]], 1909–1938 * [[Edward A. Weeks]], 1938–1966 * [[Robert Manning (journalist)|Robert Manning]], 1966–1980 * [[William Whitworth (journalist)|William Whitworth]], 1980–1999 * [[Michael Kelly (editor)|Michael Kelly]], 1999–2003 * [[Cullen Murphy]], 2003–2006 (interim editor, never named editor-in-chief) * [[James Bennet (journalist)|James Bennet]], 2006–2016 * [[Jeffrey Goldberg]], 2016–present<ref>{{cite web |first=Krishnadev |last=Calamur |date=October 11, 2016 |title=''The Atlantic''{{'}}s New Editor in Chief |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/10/jeffrey-goldberg-atlantic-editor-in-chief/503573/ |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421080157/https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/10/jeffrey-goldberg-atlantic-editor-in-chief/503573/ |url-status=live |work=The Atlantic |access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref> {{colend}}
== See also == * ''[[The New Yorker]]''
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