The Atlantic

The Atlantic Launches a Video Aggregator With a Twist

Peter Kafka in Media on August 4, 2011 at 7:13 am PT

Like everyone else on the Web, the brainy site will feature video clips it finds elsewhere. Unlike many others, it will ask for permission to use them.

Verizon's "Can You Hear Me Now?" Guy Gives an Exit Interview

Peter Kafka in Media on April 13, 2011 at 1:19 pm PT

You’ve been watching Paul Marcarelli work for nine years, but you’ve never known his name. Time to change that before Verizon pulls his campaign off the air.

The Atlantic Pretties Up With Photos

Peter Kafka in Media on January 18, 2011 at 6:02 am PT

Hard to believe it took this long to become a trend, but there you go: Another Web publisher embraces beautiful, screen-hogging photos. Sort of like TV….

Google’s Secret Plan to Save Newspapers: Sell More Expensive Ads

Peter Kafka in Media on May 11, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Google isn’t killing newspapers, says The Atlantic’s James Fallows. It’s trying to save them.

Secret Newspaper Cabal Agenda (Sort Of) Revealed!

Peter Kafka in Media on May 29, 2009 at 7:55 am PT

So what exactly were the 24 newspaper publishers who gathered in suburban Chicago yesterday talking about? We don’t know, because the meeting was held off the record and participants like the New York Times, Gannett and Hearst aren’t talking about it. Except we do know, sort of.

Atlantic Writer Hirschorn to New York Times: You Probably Won’t Fold This Spring

Peter Kafka in Media on January 14, 2009 at 1:36 pm PT

The back and forth between the paper of record and an august monthly continues. But the real story is that a previously unimaginable question–will the Times fold in 2009?–is now being taken seriously.