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The Atlantic's Nick Thompson: Inside Signalgate, Trump’s tariffs, and AI’s future | Rapid Response

About Nicholas

  • CEO of The Atlantic since 2021, leading record subscriber growth and profitability
  • Guided The Atlantic to 3 Pulitzer Prizes, 3 National Magazine Awards (2021–2026)
  • Former WIRED editor-in-chief; built successful digital revenue streams and new business models
  • Co-founder of The Atavist (sold to WordPress) and Speakeasy.ai (sold to Amplica Labs)
  • Author of acclaimed memoir 'The Running Ground' and 'The Hawk and the Dove'
  • Life member, Council on Foreign Relations; board, Nat’l Committee on American Foreign Policy
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From Signalgate to wild tariff swings
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