This magazine life: Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic
Nicholas Thompson discusses how major magazines navigate polarization, press freedom threats, and AI disruption at the New York Society Library.
Why we picked this
Thompson has led The Atlantic through one of the most turbulent stretches in magazine history — this is a rare chance to hear the person steering the ship talk candidly about what comes next for serious journalism.
Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, discusses how major magazines navigate the overlapping crises of polarization, threats to press freedom, and the disruption of artificial intelligence. He draws on his experience across three major publications to examine what serious journalism looks like when the economic and political ground keeps shifting.
The conversation takes place at the New York Society Library, one of the city’s oldest and most intimate cultural venues. Thompson’s perspective is particularly timely given The Atlantic’s recent growth and its position at the intersection of politics, technology, and culture, exactly the terrain where these pressures collide.
In-person tickets are $15; livestream access is $10.