id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-224 The Atlantic - Wikipedia .html text/html 4663 589 72 It was founded in 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, as The Atlantic Monthly, a literary and cultural commentary magazine that published leading writers' commentary on the abolition of slavery, about education, and on the other major political issues of that time. Bradley, who refashioned it as a general editorial magazine primarily aimed at a target audience of serious national readers and "thought leaders".[8] In 2010, The Atlantic posted its first profit in a decade.[9] In 2016, the periodical was named Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Magazine Editors.[10] In July 2017, Bradley sold a majority interest in the publication to Laurene Powell Jobs's Emerson Collective.[11][12][13] Bennet and Bob Cohn became co-presidents of The Atlantic in early 2014, and Cohn became the publication's sole president in March 2016 when Bennet was tapped to lead The New York Times editorial page.[28][29] Jeffrey Goldberg was named editor in chief in October 2016.[30] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-224.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-224.txt