Longtime Atlantic correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg has been named that magazine's newest editor-in-chief.

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The appointment is effective immediately. The New York Times reported on Goldberg’s move today.

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."