• March 4, 2008

The Atlantic has launched The Current, a new digital publication.

Sponsored by Credit Suisse for its launch, The Current (thecurrent.theatlantic.com) blends the long-form journalism of The Atlantic with TheAtlantic.com's blogs and online dispatches.

The Current features several daily digital essays on newsworthy topics, with commentary from The Atlantic's writers and editors supplemented by related links from around the Web.

The Current is the first of several new digital editorial products The Atlantic will introduce in the coming year, as part of a larger online strategy. TheAtlantic.com removed its paid firewall in January 2008 and site traffic has grown fourfold in the past year.

--Tanya Irwin