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nick thompson

T2 · manager / operator

CEO of The Atlantic (subscription media); previously at Wired and The New Yorker; navigating Google Zero, print retention, and AI's impact on journalism business models.

2 calls·1 name·100% bull·last heard 5 days ago·TBPN
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$THE-ATLANTICThe Atlanticposition

The Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson: Subscription model resilient to Google Zero; print retention anchor; hiring Substack writers for institutional support; AI writing banned

Subscriptions from Google traffic up YoY despite traffic decline (low-loyalty users lost); print provides algorithm-free retention (half of 1.5-1.6M subs); AEO fastest-growing channel; firm policy against AI-generated writing; raising print frequency to 12/year as hedge against web degradation.

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$THE-ATLANTIC
The Atlantic
MEDnick thompson·TBPN·5 days ago
The Atlantic prepares for Google Zero with subscription loyalty model and print retention moat
Subscription business model resilient to Google traffic decline because loyal subscribers have personal relationship with brand; print provides algorithm-free retention channel; cautious on video economics despite demographic pressure.
"the number of subscriptions that we get from people coming from Google is up year over year... those people don't subscribe who subscribe because they have a personal relationship…"
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$THE-ATLANTIC
The Atlantic
MEDnick thompson·TBPN·5 days ago· position
The Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson: Subscription model resilient to Google Zero; print retention anchor; hiring Substack writers for institutional support; AI writing banned
Subscriptions from Google traffic up YoY despite traffic decline (low-loyalty users lost); print provides algorithm-free retention (half of 1.5-1.6M subs); AEO fastest-growing channel; firm policy against AI-generated writing; raising print frequency to 12/year as hedge against web degradation.
"The number of subscriptions that we get from people coming from Google is up year over year... but the people we are losing are not the most loyal people... Print is a good remind…"
101:00