The Atlantic

Hearst's Kimberly Lau Joins The Atlantic in New Digital Role - Posted May 11, 2012
Kimberly Lau, a veteran of Hearst, is joining The Atlantic as Vice President and General Manager of Atlantic Digital, a new role at the company. Lau had been with Hearst Magazines ... [FishbowlNY]

Atlantic Media Names New Business Site 'Quartz' - Posted May 8, 2012
That new business vertical that the Atlantic Media Company has been hyping for the last several months finally has a name: Quartz. Why Quartz? According to ... [FishbowlLA]

Atlantic Media Names New Business Site 'Quartz' - Posted May 8, 2012
That new business vertical that the Atlantic Media Company has been hyping for the last several months finally has a name: Quartz. Why Quartz? According to ... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Promotes Three Top Editors - Posted May 7, 2012
The Atlantic Media Company has promoted three of its top editors. James Bennet has been named Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic, Scott Stossel has been tappe... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic's Christopher Orr Expands Role - Posted May 4, 2012
Christopher Orr, a Senior Editor for The Atlantic, is expanding his role to include TheAtlantic.com. He has been named the si... [FishbowlNY]

Wikidata, and a clash of world views - Posted April 24, 2012
Remember the days before Wikipedia had all the answers? We looked things up in libraries, referring to shelf-filling encyclopaedias. We bought CD-ROMs (remember them?) full of fa... [semanticweb.com]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories of the Week - Posted February 24, 2012
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. Anonymous Floods WSJ's Facebook Page with Comments, February 21 ... [FishbowlLA]

MATTER: Returning to Long-Form Journalism - Posted February 23, 2012
Earlier this month, I talked about three enterprising Kickstarter campaigns -- Outer Voices Podcast, Radio Ambulante, and The Independent Voice Project. Recently, another great journalism-focused project has started making news, and it's called ... [TVSpy]

How Kate Bolick Ended Up on the Cover of The Atlantic - Posted February 21, 2012
Kate Bolick set the blogosphere on fire with her popular Atlantic article, "All The Single Ladies." But it wasn't just the behemoth nine-page, 12,000-plus-word piece that made headline... [FishbowlNY]

Kate Bolick Brings 'All the Single Ladies' to TV - Posted February 21, 2012
Kate Bolick's nine-page, 12,000-plus-word Atlantic article on the economics of dating, "All The Single Ladies," became the talk of the town last November -- but the buzz didn't end there. When the issue came out, Bolick sent Drop Dead Diva's ... [FishbowlLA]

Publishing Your News Content to Google Currents - Posted December 15, 2011
Here on 10,000 Words, we've shown you a few tips on how to define your newsroom's mobile presence, as well as some ... [TVSpy]

Marc Ambinder Departs Atlantic Media - Posted December 15, 2011
Marc Ambinder, a White House Correspondent for the National Journal and Contributing Editor for The Atlantic, is taking "a pause from daily journalism" and departing Atlantic Media to work on other projects. Ambinder ... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: Ryan Seacrest, Publishing App Expo, NewsBasis, and More - Posted December 8, 2011
Ryan Seacrest may take over for Matt Lauer should the veteran Today... [PRNewser]

The Atlantic Publishes Commemorative Civil War Issue - Posted December 6, 2011
This is for all the history buffs out there: To honor the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, The Atlantic has released a special commerative issue, available today. There's really no magazine more suited for this endeavor, since i... [FishbowlNY]

Robert Wright Joins The Atlantic's Website as Senior Editor - Posted November 29, 2011
Robert Wright, a contributor to The Atlantic for more than 20 years and an award-winning author, has been named Senior Editor of TheAtlantic.com. Wright will write for the website's Voices section, and cover a variety of subjec... [FishbowlNY]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted October 14, 2011
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. Occupy Wall Street Protestors are Not Geraldo or Fox News Fans, October 10... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal To Contribute On Quarterly.co, New Site For Gifts In Mail - Posted September 16, 2011
[caption id="attachment_6942" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Alexis Madrigal's contributor page on Quarterly.co"][/caption] I took a double-take when I first read Quarterly Co.'s site description. The new... [10,000 Words]

The Atlantic Partners with iPad Reader - Posted July 22, 2011
The Atlantic is getting in on the Pulse party. The magazine is now offering their content via Pulse, an iPad app that pulls ne... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: More News Corp., Casey Anthony News - Posted July 14, 2011
[caption id="attachment_24278" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Casey Anthony at her sentencing hearing. Photo: Joe Burbank/Pool"][/caption] Developments about the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal seem to roll in by the minute. Besides this morning's news that they've ... [PRNewser]

Steve Clemons Named Editor-in-Chief of AtlanticLIVE - Posted June 2, 2011
Atlantic Media Company president Justin Smith announced today that Steve Clemons has joined The Atla... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Continues Online Surge - Posted June 1, 2011
The Atlantic's digital network continues to reach new heights, this time setting a record in May with 10 million unique visitors. This is the third time in the past five months the sites have posted record high traffic: January's mark was eclipsed by March's, which was then topped by May. As we... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Starts Book Club on Website, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr - Posted May 27, 2011
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood will be the first selection for 1book140, a book club established by ... [SocialTimes.com]

Jeff Howe Relaunches One Book, One Twitter as 1book140 - Posted May 25, 2011
Jeff Howe has partnered with The Atlantic to relaunch the online book club, One Book, One Twitter. Howe explained in ... [GalleyCat]

Detained Journalist Clare Gillis 'In Good Health' - Posted April 21, 2011
Over two weeks ago, Libyan government forces arrested and detained Clare Gillis, a reporter for The Atlantic, along with ... [FishbowlNY]

Four More Journalists Detained in Libya - Posted April 8, 2011
Pro-Qaddafi forces have taken four more foreign correspondents prisoner. They include James Foley, a freelance reporter for online news publication GlobalPost, Spanish photographer ... [FishbowlNY]

Update on Pulled Jay-Z Article in The Atlantic - Posted March 24, 2011
Yesterday FishbowlNY broke the news that The Atlantic pulled an article that detailed an alleged connection between Jay-Z and a sparkling wine that may have ... [FishbowlNY]

Update on Pulled Jay-Z Article in The Atlantic - Posted March 24, 2011
Yesterday FishbowlNY broke the news that The Atlantic pulled an article that detailed an alleged connection between Jay-Z and a sparkling wine that may have ... [FishbowlLA]

The Atlantic Pulls Unflattering Jay-Z Article - Posted March 23, 2011
[Updates after the jump] Yesterday The Atlantic ran an excerpt from a book on Jay-Z that s... [FishbowlNY]

Sorting out the Top Newsweekly Magazines of 2010 - Posted March 14, 2011
The Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism released its annual State of The News Media report today, and because FishbowlNY loves you, we sifted through the data on magazines. Among the six magazines considered in the newsweekly category - Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic, The New Yorker... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Expands Online with The Atlantic LIFE - Posted March 8, 2011
The Atlantic has expanded its online presence, this time in the form of The Atlantic LIFE. The new channel offers views on five categories - Food, Health, Green, Travel, and Design, and is edited by ... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Continues Its Online Surge - Posted February 1, 2011
Yesterday The Atlantic added Gabriel Snyder to run The Atlantic Wire, a move that garnered a lot of prai... [FishbowlNY]

Gabriel Snyder to Take the Helm at The Atlantic Wire - Posted January 31, 2011
The Atlantic Wire, the news-aggregation digital arm of The Atlantic... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Atlantic Premium for iPad: Hold That Thought - Posted January 11, 2011
The Atlantic will start from scratch on its yet-to-be-released Atlantic Premium iPad app, vice president and publisher ... [AppNewser]

The Atlantic Posts First Profit in Decades - Posted January 6, 2011
The Atlantic has been around for 153 years, and today they've announced that 2010 was one of the better ones. For the first time in many years, the magazine posted a profit, with advertising revenue jumping 27 percent for print and 70 percent ... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Probes Julian Assange - Posted January 6, 2011
Sarah Ellison, former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has a sprawling, in-depth look at Julian Assange and his relationship with The Guardian... [FishbowlNY]

Ad Age Talks Best Media Writing of 2010 - Posted December 22, 2010
Matthew Creamer of Ad Age (see Colby Hall, it's really pretty easy!) has collected the best med... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Wire Boasts Strong Growth in First Year - Posted September 27, 2010
The Atlantic Wire reported strong growth in its first year, reaching 1 million unique monthly users and seeing monthly advertising revenues for September up 248 percent versus Septembe... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

TheAtlantic.com Launches Technology Channel - Posted September 14, 2010
Alexis Madrigal, who joined TheAtlantic.com from Wired in July to ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Hate Your New Job? You're Not Alone - Posted February 9, 2010
With the recession and layoffs dominating media conversations, it's easy to forget about the people who are unhappily employed. You know who you are. Your co-worker just got canned, but instead of consoling, you want to scream, "Take me with you!" Don't worry, young grasshopper. Even Jay Lauf... [FishbowlNY]

Atlantic Editor On Pay Walls: "Can't Afford To Be Ideological" - Posted January 29, 2010
Last night The Atlantic hosted a discussion titled "Money, Media, and the Future of HBO" with network co-president ... [FishbowlNY]

Critics Respond To Times' Pay Wall Plans - Posted January 20, 2010
How long have we been living under the looming shadow that is the threat of a New York Times' pay wall? The answer most likely is since TimesSelect's fall ... [FishbowlNY]

WSJ Adds Puzzles On Saturday - Posted January 15, 2010
In its quest to become more of a general interest newspaper, The Wall Street Journal is adding a puzzle section to its Saturday Weekend Edition paper, starting tomorrow. The section will include cryptic crosswords from ... [FishbowlNY]

Changes At Atlantic Media: Research Co. Sold, Justin Smith Named President - Posted January 13, 2010
David Bradley, the chairman of Atlantic Media Co., announced some big changes to his Washington, D.C.-based company today. Emphasizing his focus on media, Bradley announced that he i... [FishbowlNY]

FishbowlNY's 2009 Lists: The Biggest Launches Of The Year - Posted December 23, 2009
News of magazine closures was, sadly, pretty prevalent throughout 2009. But, although 428 magazines folded during the year, according to MediaFinder.com, 275 launched. Launching a magazine or Web site in the midst of a recessio... [FishbowlNY]

Media Beat: Jay Lauf: "Now Is the Time to Maintain The Morale of Your Team" - Posted December 21, 2009
Before becoming vice president and publisher of The Atlantic, Jay Lauf helped Wired survive the dot-com bubble burst and grow into one of the most successful magazine brands. So, what's his advice for others managing in tough times? Keep innov... [FishbowlNY]

Partytime With The Atlantic - Posted December 10, 2009
Last night, members of the New York media gathered to toast The Atlantic and the incredible year the publication -- and its parent company -- have had. There was plenty to celebrate. This year, the title reported a 16 percent increase in advertising revenue, thanks to a 115 percent increase in digital... [FishbowlNY]

Despite Naysayers, The New York Times Lives On - Posted December 8, 2009
Though it might be limping from staff cuts, proposed pay walls and taking papers like The Boston Globe off the market, somehow The New York Times Co. has managed to surviv... [FishbowlNY]

The Business Insider Continues Its Content Sharing Conquest - Posted December 7, 2009
Don't be alarmed if you start to see articles from The Atlantic's Megan McArdle reprinted in full on another Web site. It's just ... [FishbowlNY]

How The The Atlantic Ended Up With The Same Cover As The Economist - Posted November 20, 2009
The Columbia Journalism Review just happened to catch some similarities between an October 2008 cover for The Economist... [FishbowlNY]

Atlantic Media Scoops Up Reuters.com Editor For Digital Project - Posted November 18, 2009
Earlier this year, we learned of Atlantic Media's plans to launch a new digital property when it brought on ... [FishbowlNY]

HuffPost Introduces Nominees For Game Changers In Media - Posted October 30, 2009
The Huffington Post has asked its readers to help pick the top 100 "game changers": people who are "using new media to reshape their fields and change the world." But as the site has reveale... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Becomes Latest Publication To Trumpet Digital Ad Sales Program - Posted October 26, 2009
It's a baffling recent development to receive daily press announcements from publishers that are "proudly introducing" a new digital ad structure or employee. We've seen the Meredith Corporation promote ... [FishbowlNY]

Feminist Press Honors Huffington|Mother Jones Focuses On Climate Change|More On The Vanity Fair Layoffs|Latina's Special Mexico Issue Brings In Ads - Posted October 23, 2009
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The Atlantic Publisher Jay Lauf Talks Digital Content And "Airport Cred" On The Menu - Posted October 16, 2009
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Jon Stewart Mocks CNN|LAT Mag Names New Editor|Star-Ledger Faces More Cuts|The Atlantic Names Brave Thinkers - Posted October 13, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspa... [FishbowlNY]

Atlantic Wire Launches With (Media) Star-Studded Fete - Posted September 23, 2009
All of the (op-ed) stars were out last night to celebrate the launch of Atlantic Wire, the opinion aggregating sister site to ... [FishbowlNY]

HuffPost Technology|CNBC Cancels Kneale|A Newspaper Bailout Bill?|Atlantic.com Blogger's Plea Could Save Magazine|Times Co. Corrects SEC Filing - Posted September 21, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Econ... [FishbowlNY]

Opinion Aggregator Atlantic Wire Launches - Posted September 16, 2009
Atlantic Consumer Media has launched a new stand alone site The Atlantic Wire, to aggregate some of the best opinions and debates on the Web. ... [FishbowlNY]

Slate Founder Michael Kinsley To Lead New Digital Launch For Atlantic - Posted September 11, 2009
Atlantic Consumer Media, which publishes The Atlantic, has brought on Slate founder Michael Kinsley as a media columnist and the editor of an upcomi... [FishbowlNY]

Runner's World Credits Web Site For Sub Increase|LA Weekly Writer Responds To Criticism|Ivanka To Wed Jared|Brill & Crovitz Discuss Journalism Online|Praise For Andrew Sullivan - Posted July 17, 2009
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Arthur & Janet Explain NYT's $1B Debt In Memo To Staffers - Posted July 15, 2009
Yesterday, New York Times staffers received a memo in their e-mail inboxes from publisher ... [FishbowlNY]

Before The Scandal, WaPo Publisher Weymouth Talked New Revenue Streams At Aspen Ideas Fest - Posted July 6, 2009
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NYT Reminds World That Hirschorn Said It'd Be Dead By May - Posted June 25, 2009
New York Times Co. chairman Arthur Sulzberger and CEO Janet Robinson have ... [FishbowlNY]

Economist Group Has A Good Year - Posted June 22, 2009
As other media companies struggle to survive, at least one seems to be doing very well: the Economist Group. Last week, The Atlantic compared The Economist to ... [FishbowlNY]

Matt Cooper Joins The Atlantic|Fox News' Father-Son Team|Jazz Times In Trouble|Glenn O'Brien Leaves Interview|Bonnier's Rapid Growth Surprising In Tough Times - Posted June 9, 2009
FishbowlDC: Former ... [FishbowlNY]

Web Voters Award Sklar Two Mirror Award People's Choice Prizes - Posted May 21, 2009
Former Huffington Post contributor Rachel Sklar nabbed two People's Choice awards following online voting for Mirror Award nominees. 2009 marks the third year that Syracuse University's S.I. Newho... [FishbowlNY]

Journalists, Celebs Swarm DC For WHCD Weekend - Posted May 11, 2009
Nothing gets New Yorkers to jump on a bus faster than a party, especially a party where the guest of honor is the Barack Obama. For the second time this year, journalists and celebrities flocked to the Beltway to party it up with the prez--this time for the White House Correspondents'... [FishbowlNY]

Dylan Ratigan Stays On NBC|ABC News Launches YouTube Channel|Amazon PItches Kindle To Students|Portfolio's Havens Finds A Home At The Atlantic|Gawker Advertises - Posted May 6, 2009
TVNewser: ... [FishbowlNY]

TheAtlantic.com Expands With Host of Correspondents - Posted May 5, 2009
The Atlantic's Web site -- faithfully ... [FishbowlNY]

Why I Followed Andrew Sullivan to the Financial District - Posted April 21, 2009
It's sort of fitting that my last FBNY post should be about ... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Talks to Rich People About the Economy - Posted March 4, 2009
And we mean that quite literally. The Atlantic threw some sort of Not State of the Union Address party last week and asked attendees their thoughts on the economy. Just to give you a sense we're told guests included: Andre Balazs, Marc Ecko, Frederik Fek... [FishbowlNY]

Newsweek to Overhaul Appearance, Focus Less on News - Posted February 9, 2009
The future is now! After years of speculation and talk about 'The Future of Magazines' it would seem we are living it, and it's not pleasant. Six months ago word that Newsweek was essentially going to give up chasing the news would have been shocking, now it mer... [FishbowlNY]

TheAtlantic.com Launches Business Channel - Posted January 22, 2009
TheAtlantic.com appears to be continuing its march to online dominance with the announcement that it has launched a business channel. Business.TheAtlantic.com, which went live today (Bank of America is the launch sponsor) will... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Responds to The New York Times - Posted January 14, 2009
The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn responds to The New York Times ... [FishbowlNY]

Let's Talk More About the End of The New York Times - Posted January 8, 2009
The likelihood that the New York Times is suddenly going to cease printing by May, even in this accelerated bad economy, are none, ... [FishbowlNY]

All the News That's Fit to Imitate?* - Posted November 18, 2008
Apparently there is not enough news to go around. Twice already this week someone has brought to our attention similar articles being published in different papers by different writers. The first example comes to us from former fishbowlNY'er Neal Ungerleider... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Redesigns Both Online and in Print - Posted October 8, 2008
The Atlantic, the 150 year old magazine that has managed to make itself relevant online, has a new look! The Atlantic's online relevance is, in our opinion, largely due to its line-up of stellar bloggers (our affinity for ... [FishbowlNY]

New York Times' Mike Nizza Moves to The Atlantic - Posted October 3, 2008
One of the major forces behind the New York Times' impressive reinvention of itself online is decamping to The Atlantic. Mike Nizza, who currently writes the blog ... [FishbowlNY]

Thinking Ahead: The Atlantic Teams Up With Charlie Rose - Posted September 8, 2008
The Atlantic, home to some of our favorite political bloggers, is teaming up with Charlie Rose for a "Think Ahead" session that will highligh... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic:October Issue - Posted September 7, 2007
The Atlantic celebrates October with a Values issue, complete with Bill Clinton on the cover. Inside, Jonathan Rauch finds out how Clinton is reinventing charity--and himself. Rauch writes: To Clinton, profit is necessary and entirely legitimate, a point he makes to anyone who will listen. "I think it's wron... [FishbowlLA]

The Atlantic: July/August Issue - Posted June 6, 2007
The Atlantic crosses the Pacific, for a China-themed issue. National correspondent James Fallows, who moved to Shanghai in 2006, has a cover story on China's riseas a manufacturing is good. Fallows writes: Here is an uncomfortable truth I'm waiting for some Chin... [FishbowlLA]