Atlantico is a French news website. Founded on 28 February 2011 amid much media attention, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] it quickly attracted notice for scoops related to scandals involving the Socialist politician and International Monetary Fund head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. [6]
The website is inspired by the American websites The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast. [1] [2] It characterises its editorial position as " [classical] liberal and independent", [2] [3] while other French media have associated it with the right wing of the French political spectrum, [1] [3] [6] a label rejected by Atlantico. [2] [5]
51% of Atlantico's stock of one million euro [5] is held by its founders, the journalists Jean-Sébastien Ferjou , Pierre Guyot , 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. [6] As of 2011, the site does not charge for access and is financed through advertisements. [1] Its staff of about ten journalists also includes Gilles Klein, Anita Hausser, Christian de Villeneuve and Yves Derai. [5] Among its regular contributors are the writers Chantal Delsol, Paul-Marie Coûteaux, Gérard de Villiers, Guy Sorman and Tristane Banon. [6]
Atlantico is a French news website. Founded on 28 February 2011 amid much media attention, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] it quickly attracted notice for scoops related to scandals involving the Socialist politician and International Monetary Fund head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. [6]
The website is inspired by the American websites The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast. [1] [2] It characterises its editorial position as " [classical] liberal and independent", [2] [3] while other French media have associated it with the right wing of the French political spectrum, [1] [3] [6] a label rejected by Atlantico. [2] [5]
51% of Atlantico's stock of one million euro [5] is held by its founders, the journalists Jean-Sébastien Ferjou , Pierre Guyot , 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. [6] As of 2011, the site does not charge for access and is financed through advertisements. [1] Its staff of about ten journalists also includes Gilles Klein, Anita Hausser, Christian de Villeneuve and Yves Derai. [5] Among its regular contributors are the writers Chantal Delsol, Paul-Marie Coûteaux, Gérard de Villiers, Guy Sorman and Tristane Banon. [6]