I've gotten the feeling the Atlantic has made a major change in publishing policy in the last two or three months. They now seem to have a lot of what the print

I've gotten the feeling the Atlantic has made a major change in publishing policy in the last two or three months. They now seem to have a lot of what the print world calls blogs, which is to say: linkbait by notables that is conspicuously below their long-established reputation for quality. I hope they're not in trouble, this is one of those metrics-driven last ditch moves that media companies having trouble moving to the web pull.