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The Atlantic Monthly published its first issue in November 1857 with James Russell Lowell serving as its editor-in-chief. Francis H. Underwood initiated the project while Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and John Greenleaf Whittier sponsored and organized the venture.
Laurene Powell Jobs acquired majority ownership through her Emerson Collective organization on the 28th of July 2017 while David G. Bradley retained a minority share position. Nicholas Thompson became CEO in December 2020 and the company moved its offices to The Wharf in Washington D.C.'s Southwest Waterfront neighborhood in 2022.
In November 1860 then-editor James Russell Lowell endorsed Republican Abraham Lincoln for his first presidential run. During the 2016 presidential campaign the editorial board urged readers to support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and later endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 election before endorsing Kamala Harris in October 2024.
Digital subscriptions cost $49.99 annually while print and digital packages reached $59.99 and Premium tier hit $100. A new hard paywall launched in September 2019 restricting unsubscribed readers to five free articles per month.
The magazine remained in Boston until April 2005 when publishers announced plans to move editorial offices from 77 North Washington Street to Washington D.C. David G. Bradley transferred ownership from Mortimer Zuckerman on the 27th of September 1999 promising the publication would stay in Boston for five-and-a-half years before relocating.