The Atlantic
Also known as The Atlantic Monthly
American magazine founded in Boston in 1857, now based in Washington, D.C.; politics, ideas and culture.
At a glance
Who owns it
Owned by Emerson Collective since 2017.
People
Jeffrey Goldberg (editor-in-chief), Annie Lowrey (staff writer on economic policy) and 3 others
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- The Atlantic is an American magazine and publisher based in Washington, D.C.
- It was founded in Boston in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly, a literary and cultural magazine whose founders included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- It now covers politics, foreign affairs, business, culture, technology and science.
- David G.
- Bradley bought it in 1999 and sold a majority interest to Laurene Powell Jobs's Emerson Collective in 2017.
- Jeffrey Goldberg has been editor-in-chief since 2016.
Why it matters
- One of the oldest American magazines of ideas, with more than a million subscribers.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1857, in Boston, as The Atlantic Monthly, by Moses Dresser Phillips with Francis H. Underwood, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Greenleaf Whittier; James Russell Lowell was its first editor1
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.1
- Owner
- Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs's organisation, bought a majority interest from David G. Bradley in 2017; Bradley had bought the magazine in 19991
- Name
- Dropped "Monthly" from the cover with the January/February 2004 issue and officially in 20071
- Issues
- Monthly until 2001, ten a year from 2003; in 2024 it announced a return to monthly issues in 20251
- Subscribers
- Passed one million in 2024, when it was reported to be profitable1
Who owns it
Owned by Emerson Collective since 2017.
Parent company
- Emerson Collective
majority interest bought from David G. Bradley · since 2017 1
People
Led by
- Jeffrey Goldberg
editor-in-chief · since 2016 1
Before
People until Aug 2008
Matthew Yglesias (staff writer)
People until Apr 2009
Ross Douthat (left as a senior editor)
Links
Sources
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