The Atlantic - May 2017

The Atlantic has brought on former Slate deputy editor John Swansburg as senior editor. He spent 10 years at Slate, working as editorial director and culture editor before reaching his highest position in 2014. His writing has also appeared in The Boston Globe, The New York Times Book Review and New York.

The Atlantic will call on Swansburg to acquire and edit cover stories to longform features to the magazine’s “Dispatches” section that hits on anything from politics to sports.

Despite an overall downward trend for most magazines, The Atlantic is seeing new highs in subscriptions and newsstand sales. The January/February issue is its best-selling since 2008.

TheAtlantic.com had a record 33.7 million monthly unique visitors this past February.