Quartz is the business news publication of Atlantic Media and was launched in 2012.[1] In a 2012 news story, The Guardian reported, "Quartz is a fairly light operation based in New York and headed by Kevin Delaney, a former managing editor at WSJ.com. Its team of 25 staff members was pulled together from prominent brands in business journalism: Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and The New York Times.[2]
Quartz is a web-native news outlet and differs from most other news sites by offering visitors a scrolling stream of news. According to Quartz, the website is designed primarily for tablets and mobile devices.[3]