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# The Atlantic’s CEO moonlights as a tech podcast host, straining newsroom ties
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/the-atlantics-ceo-moonlights-as-a-tech-podcast-host-straining-newsroom-ties/
- Published: 2026-10-07T18:16:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T18:16:38.000Z
- Description: Simon Owens’s Media Newsletter reports that Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson has built a personal podcast, Most Interesting Thing, booking guests like OpenAI’s Sam Altman entirely outside the newsroom he oversees.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Creators, Simon Owens, Atlantic CEO's influencer era / business news paywall

**Why it matters.** Newsroom leaders at media companies now have a template to point to when a non-editorial executive’s personal brand competes for the same marquee guests and attention as the newsroom itself.

*Signal from* [*Simon Owens's Media Newsletter*](https://simonowens.substack.com/) *·* [*Simon Owens*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-simon-owens/) *·* [*read the original*](https://simonowens.substack.com/p/the-atlantics-ceo-enters-his-influencer)*.*