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Goldberg, who writes primarily on foreign affairs and has served as an Atlantic correspondent for nearly a decade, has penned nearly a dozen cover stories for the magazine and was partially responsible for its recent Clinton endorsement, the third endorsement made by the D.C.-based print mainstay since it was founded in 1857. He was previously a contributing editor at New York magazine, a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, a Washington correspondent of The New Yorker and New York bureau chief of The Forward. He began his career as a police reporter for The Washington Post.
Goldberg succeeds James Bennet, who joined the Atlantic in 2006 and held the editor-in-chief title since 2012. Bennet left the magazine in May to become editorial page director of the New York Times, kicking off an extensive search for a top editor replacement headed by chairman David Bradley.
The Times reported that Bradley received nearly 500 recommendations for the position and considered “several dozen” candidates.
In a memo to staff, Atlantic Media Chairman David Bradley said "as with James Bennet and Michael Kelly before him, Jeff was first a great journalist. He is, in himself, the property we prize. Our confidence in Jeff is that, understanding talent, Jeff will lead a great-talent enterprise."
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. has replaced CEO and former California Congressman Devin Nunes with Kevin McGurn, a seasoned media sales executive.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is being bought by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit that is the parent organization of the Baltimore Banner... The British Broadcasting Corporation is axing approximately 2,000 jobs, about 10 percent of its work force... Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is also succumbing to layoff fever, announcing plans to lay off 16 percent of its employees, about 1,000 people.
CBS News Radio will go off the air on May 22, part of the axe-swinging managerial plan put into play by CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss... The Economist, which was first published in 1843, is changing hands. Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to acquire a 26.9 percent stake in the publication from Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, her family and family foundation... Nexstar Media Group says it has closed its acquisition of TEGNA, the broadcast, digital media and marketing services company that was formed in 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies.
USA TODAY brings on Jamie Stockwell as VP of news, effective March 30. Stockwell was most recently deputy managing editor of news for the Washington Post... YouTube expands its likeness detection capabilities to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates... The AP Fund for Journalism adds 50 news organizations to its local news program, bringing the total number of participating newsrooms to 100. 
Versant Media Group, the NBCUniversal cable TV spin-off, today reported its first financial results as 2025 revenues dipped 5.3 percent to $6.7B and standalone EBITDA dropped 9.1 percent to $2.2B.
