🇺🇸 United States
credibility 4/5
lean center-left
The Atlantic
The Atlantic is a U.S.-based magazine and digital news outlet known for long-form journalism, essays, and analysis. It covers politics, culture, society, technology, science, business, and international affairs.
Profile
Founded
1857
Headquarters
Washington, D.C., United States
Ownership
Owned by Emerson Collective, the organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs.
Funding
subscriptions, advertising, and events
Coverage focus
The Atlantic focuses on U.S. politics, culture, ideas, technology, science, business, and global affairs, often through reported features and analytical essays.
Reputation
It is generally regarded as an influential, high-quality outlet for long-form journalism and commentary, while critics sometimes note its establishment-oriented perspective and the prominence of opinion-driven analysis.
In our corpus
7,840 articles · 16 Feb → 7 Jul
Domain
Reader notes. Much of its digital content is behind a subscription paywall. · It publishes both reported journalism and opinion or essay-style analysis.
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