Press Releases

CityLab DC Rallies Global Mayors, Musicians, Artists, and Business Leaders October 27-29 To Explore Cities’ Influence, Footprint, and Potential

Featuring: Foo Fighters Frontman Dave Grohl on how music shapes a city; San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz Soto on protests as civic engagement; and living through gentrification with Last Black Man in San Francisco actor Jimmie Fails

Sep 18, 2019

New Interviews Added to The Atlantic Festival: Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Laurene Powell Jobs Interviewing Bob Iger; and Kirstjen Nielsen

Previously announced interviews during Festival, running September 24-26, include: Gen. Jim Mattis; Yo-Yo Ma; Susan Rice; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Questlove; Sec. Alex M. Azar II; and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.

Sep 17, 2019

Luise Stauss Joins The Atlantic as Director of Photography

Sep 11, 2019

The Atlantic Acquires Faire Design, Integrating Into its Creative and Consulting Division Atlantic 57

Faire Design founder Kate Watts named president of Atlantic 57, under publisher and CRO Hayley Romer

Sep 10, 2019

“Succession”: Inside The Atlantic’s October 2019 Cover Story

McKay Coppins reports on Ivanka and Don Jr.’s fight to succeed their father … and rule the MAGA empire.

Sep 9, 2019

The Atlantic Launches New Subscription Plans and Introduces A Metered Model

Sep 5, 2019

The Atlantic Hires Alisa Leonard as Head of Global Marketing

Leonard will oversee marketing for global partnerships, working in close collaboration with The Atlantic’s award-winning creative studio, Atlantic Re:think

Aug 19, 2019

The Atlantic Hires Kaitlyn Tiffany as Staff Writer

Tiffany to cover internet culture on The Atlantic’s tech team

Aug 19, 2019

Ian Urbina Joins The Atlantic as Contributing Writer

Ian Urbina, a longtime reporter for The New York Times and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is becoming a contributing writer for The Atlantic

Aug 15, 2019

The Atlantic Grows Newsroom Leadership Team

Ross Andersen named deputy editor; Caitlin Frazier promoted to senior audience editor; and Yoni Appelbaum to lead major expansion of Ideas section.

Aug 13, 2019

“This Land Was Our Land”

In The Atlantic’s September Issue, Vann R. Newkirk II reports the shameful story of how nearly 1 million black farmers were robbed of their livelihood.

Aug 12, 2019

The Atlantic Festival Set to Convene Leading Innovators, Entertainers, and Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. September 24-26

Yo-Yo Ma; General Jim Mattis (Ret.); Susan Rice; Arnold Schwarzenegger; and Susan Wojcicki among mainstage speakers

Aug 5, 2019

“An Epidemic of Disbelief”

In The Atlantic’s August cover story, an investigation into why the police fail to catch serial rapists

Jul 15, 2019

The Atlantic Hires Linzee Troubh as Development Director for Film and TV

Troubh to assist development of projects through first-look deal between The Atlantic and Anonymous Content.

Jul 2, 2019

CityLab 2019 Summit to be Held in Washington, D.C.: Press Registration Now Open

Summit gathering global mayors and city innovators to be held October 27-29 at The Wharf.

Jun 24, 2019

Memo: The Atlantic’s President Bob Cohn to Leave in September

Full memo from Atlantic Media chairman David G. Bradley announcing Cohn’s departure, and his appointment as a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School.