By Peter Sterne 6/10 3:08pm

Fancy Titles

Andrew Golis

The Atlantic Hires Andrew Golis As ‘Entrepreneur-in-Residence’

Atlantic Media announced earlier today that Andrew Golis, currently the director of digital media and senior editor for PBS’s Frontline documentary series, will join The Atlantic as an “entrepreneur-in-residence” starting July 15th. Mr. Golis confirmed the news on his tumblr.

“Andrew’s new role at The Atlantic reflects his tremendous versatility and expertise: he’s a digital native, a journalist, an entrepreneur,” Atlantic Media publisher M. Scott Havens said in a press release. “I’ve followed his career for years, and I’m thrilled he’ll be joining the industry-leading team at The Atlantic, complementing our efforts to infuse innovation, creativity, and an entrepreneurial spirit into our journalism and our business.” Read More

By Peter Sterne 5/31 5:35pm

Gone Phishing

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Atlantic Media Fails Hacking Test

Earlier today, everyone at Atlantic Media received an email warning them to “reverify” their Google Apps account. But the email wasn’t actually from Google; it was from Atlantic Media’s Chief Technology Officer Tom Cochran, who wanted to test his staff to find out it they would click the fake link.

And within two hours, 58 percent of people at Atlantic Media did.

“Across our entire company, 58% of us clicked the email after opening it. Wow. Fifty-eight percent!” Mr. Cochran wrote in a follow up email chastising Atlantic Media employees. “With those odds, all a scammer needs to do is craft an intriguing enough subject line and they have a great chance at getting your account information. Then, you’re hacked and so is Atlantic Media.” Read More

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 1/31 2:10pm

Hirings

Print

Shake-Up at The Atlantic

The Atlantic announced new three new hires and two internal moves today in a memo to staff.

“Please join us in welcoming your new colleagues and congratulating your newly promoted ones,” said the memo, which was obtained by Capital New York. “And while you’re at it, take a bow yourselves, for a month in which we shipped an awesome issue and set a new record for our total audience across our three sites.” Read More

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 1/15 12:35pm

Who Sponsors The Content?

Screenshot via Eric Wemple.

The Atlantic Apologizes For Scientology Advertorial

The Atlantic has issued an apology for the pro-Scientology sponsored content that ran on their site yesterday. The advertorial, which has since been pulled from the Atlantic site, drew Internet criticism.

“David Miscavige Leads Scientology to Milestone Year,” the headline read. The promotional piece appeared to be an article on the site but for the unabashed pro-Scientology tone and the yellow slug alerting the reader that the post was, indeed, sponsored content.   Read More

By Foster Kamer 8/07/12 7:02pm

MEDIA BRIEFS

Media Briefs: Another Day, Another Buzzfeed Vertical

All verticals everything. Needs more verticals. All vertical, no filler. Vertical vertical vertical. Guess what’s new in Buzzfeed news today? Guess what’s new at The Atlantic today? Also, new hires at the Daily News gossip section that will single-handedly save the paper, Jay Carney makes a weird about Drudge Report, and more, in your Tuesday Evening Media Briefs. Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 7/03/12 4:45pm

Publishing

Mr. Bowden at Tribeca Film Festival in 2003.

Happy Birthday, America! Mark Bowden Got You a Book About Killing Osama Bin Laden

In a bit of holiday-appropriate news, The Atlantic national correspondent Mark Bowden has sold a book about the death of Osama Bin Laden to Morgan Entrekin at Grove/Atlantic, reports Publishers Marketplace. The book, to be published in October 2012, is “an account of the Bin Laden strike written in Bowden’s signature ‘you are there’ style, going inside the war room as decisions were made and onto the ground as directives were executed.” It’s titled The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden. Read More