Atlantico
Atlantico is a French news website. Founded in March 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 characterizes 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 French 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] and among its regular contributors are the writers Chantal Delsol, Paul-Marie Coûteaux, Gérard de Villiers, Guy Sorman and Tristane Banon.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Pour Atlantico, cliquez à droite". Libération. 1 March 2011. http://www.liberation.fr/medias/01092322852-pour-atlantico-cliquez-a-droite. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Atlantico : un nouveau site d'info mis en ligne... droite". France Soir. 1 March 2011. http://www.francesoir.fr/people-tv/television-media/atlantico-un-nouveau-site-d-info-mis-en-ligne-droite-77721.html. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "A la fois libéral et indépendant, Atlantico navigue entre deux eaux". 20 Minutes. 28 February 2011. http://www.20minutes.fr/article/678075/media-fois-liberal-independant-atlantico-navigue-entre-deux-eaux. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Atlantico, nouveau "pure player" de l'info". Le Figaro. 1 March 2011. http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2011/02/28/04002-20110228ARTFIG00620-atlantico-nouveau-pure-player-de-l-info.php. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Sur Atlantico,"libéralisme n'est pas un gros mot"". France 2. 1 March 2011. http://info.france2.fr/medias/sur-atlanticoliberalisme-n-est-pas-un-gros-mot--67580060.html. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Atlantico s'installe dans un paysage Internet plutôt marqué à gauche". Le Monde. 17 May 2011. http://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2011/05/17/atlantico-s-installe-dans-un-paysage-internet-plutot-marque-a-gauche_1523191_3236.html. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
