''Atlantico'' is a French
news website
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Going online created more opportunities for newspa ...
. Founded on 28 February 2011 amid much media attention,
it quickly attracted notice for
scoops related to scandals involving the
Socialist
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politician and
International Monetary Fund
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head,
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn (; born 25 April 1949), also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist P ...
.
History
The website is inspired by the American websites ''
The Huffington Post
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'' and ''
The Daily Beast
''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008.
It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 20 ...
''.
It characterises its editorial position as "
liberal">lassicalliberal and independent",
while other French media have associated it with the
right wing
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of the French political spectrum,
a label rejected by ''Atlantico''.
51% of ''Atlanticos stock of one million euro
is held by its founders, the journalists , ,
Loïc Rouvin and
Igor Daguier; and the remaining 49% by "Free Minds", a group of investors that includes
Arnaud Dassier, a former campaign adviser to President
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012.
Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...
.
As of 2011, the site does not charge for access and is financed through advertisements.
Its staff of about ten journalists also includes
Gilles Klein,
Anita Hausser,
Christian de Villeneuve and
Yves Derai
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* Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France
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* ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 Fren ...
.
Among its regular contributors are the writers
Chantal Delsol
Chantal Delsol (also Chantal Millon-Delsol; born 16 April 1947) is a French philosopher, political historian and novelist. The founder of the Hannah Arendt research institute, founded in 1993, her work is inspired by Julien Freund and Pierre Bout ...
,
Paul-Marie Coûteaux
Paul-Marie Coûteaux (born 31 July 1956, in Paris) is a French politician and author. He served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009 for the Movement for France, and since 2022 has been a member of Reconquête.
Early life
P ...
,
Gérard de Villiers
Gérard de Villiers (; 8 December 1929 – 31 October 2013) was a French writer, journalist and publisher whose ''SAS'' series of spy novels have been major bestsellers.
Life
Born in Paris in 1929, Villiers was the son of playwright Jacques Ad ...
,
Guy Sorman
Guy Sorman (born March 10, 1944, Nérac) is a French-American professor, columnist, author, and public intellectual in economics and philosophy.
Biography
Guy Sorman has written twenty books that promote the ideals of creativity and modern c ...
and
Tristane Banon
Tristane Banon (born 13 June 1979) is a French journalist and writer. She is the daughter of Anne Mansouret and Gabriel Banon. She is a regular contributor on youth affairs at the French news website Atlantico.
Early life and education
Trista ...
.
References
External links
Atlantico.fr
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2011 establishments in France
French-language websites
Publications established in 2011
French news websites