All of the (op-ed) stars were out last night to celebrate the launch of Atlantic Wire, the opinion aggregating sister site to TheAtlantic.com.

Writers for The Atlantic and TheAtlantic.com like Corby Kummer, Marc Ambinder, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Megan McArdle sipped champagne or checked out the incredible view from the balcony at The Glass Houses on the top floor of the Chelsea Arts Tower, as slides of the Atlantic 50 streamed above the bar.

Atlantic Consumer Media chair David Bradley, president Justin Smith and editor James Bennet later said a few words for the crowd, which included The New York Times's Frank Rich and David Carr, Rachel Sklar and Glynnis MacNicol from Mediaite.com and AOL DailyFinance's Jeff Bercovici.

"We like to fight with each other," Bennet said of the impetus behind launching Atlantic Wire, which gathers some of the best opinions on the biggest topics of the day in one place.

Bradley, who leads arguably one of the few media companies that is growing despite the recession, offered some advice to would-be media moguls. "Before you own a media company, you should own a company that does well," he said, noting how his previous experience in business allowed him to effectively operate Atlantic Consumer Media.

Well he certainly knows how to put on a party.

More photos after the jump

Ann Compton, National Correspondent, ABC News; The Atlantic's Corby Kummer, Marc Ambinder and Megan McArdle

Meredith Levien, Group Publisher, ForbesLife; Jay Lauf, Publisher, The Atlantic; Liz Paley, Vice President of Advertising and Wholesale Marketing, Polo Ralph Lauren; Corby Kummer, Senior Editor, The Atlantic

David Bradley and Frank Rich

A view of the Atlantic 50

(Photos by Patrick McMullan Company)