I really think the company will suffer greatly during the transition. They are no longer a unique product and frankly the quality of writing is negligible. They

I really think the company will suffer greatly during the transition. They are no longer a unique product and frankly the quality of writing is negligible. They are still a brand name, and that will help for a while, but in this flattened world of competition that won't cut it. Hopefully, for whomever is in charge, they can make the type of transition the Atlantic started making years and years ago. But to be totally honest I doubt it. They don't really have much to offer. In my own personal news consumption, there is a stratification going on: For every-day information, I'm 90% in the social media (mostly Twitter) camp. For insightful analysis, I'm going to specialized publications such as the Atlantic or the Economist. Not that I'm an expert on media, but I wonder if that type of polarization will continue, with the guys and gals in-between becoming dinosaurs.