Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Atlantic Media Co.

David Bradley, Chairman of Atlantic Media Company, welcomes attendees to the Aspen Ideas Festival 2007, an annual one-week conference hosted by The Atlantic and The Aspen Institute that draws scientists, artists, politicians, historians, and other great thinkers from around the world.

David Bradley, Chairman of Atlantic Media Company, welcomes attendees to the Aspen Ideas Festival 2007, an annual one-week conference hosted by The Atlantic and The Aspen Institute that draws scientists, artists, politicians, historians, and other great thinkers from around the world. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)

About Atlantic Media Co.

600 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20037
www.atlanticmediacompany.com | 202-266-7000 | Founded: 1997

Industry: Media | Category: Top Private Companies

In addition to Atlantic magazine (formerly Atlantic Monthly), which celebrated its 150th anniversary last year, Atlantic Media publishes National Journal, Government Executive and 02138 — an upscale magazine aimed at Harvard alumni that takes its title from the school's Zip code. The company launched NextGov.com this year, which focuses on the intersection of government and technology, reporting on news such as spectrum auctions and government information-technology contracting.

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 353 | Local employees: 336

Did You Know

WORDS TO REMEMBER: Atlantic Monthly published "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in February 1862 as well as engineer Vannevar Bush's July 1945 essay, "As We May Think," that predicted, among other things, the Internet.

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