Atavist Magazine
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| Editor | Seyward Darby |
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| Categories | Longform |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 2011 (13 years) |
| Company | Automattic |
| Based in | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | https://magazine.atavist.com/ |
The Atavist Magazine is an American publication based in Brooklyn, New York. It features longform and investigative journalism. It was founded in 2011, through Silicon Valley funding by Jefferson Rabb, Evan Ratliff, and Nicholas Thompson. In 2018 the paper was bought by Automattic, who currently owns it.
The Atavist Magazine is unique as instead of publishing multiple articles, every edition of The Atavist only has one longform story. The nominal source of the magazine's title is derived from the concept of an atavism, a biological reversion of an ancestral trait. For despite being a magazine, The Atavist Magazine does not have a physical form and instead sends each edition through email, which is sent monthly.