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The Atlantic’s Nick Thompson on preparing for a post-web world

9/29/2026

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The Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson is preparing for a media business where the web plays a far smaller role. That could mean more print issues, stronger relationships between readers and individual writers, and new ways to get paid when AI agents become th...

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