The Atlantic will re-absorb The Wire

After five years as a semi-independent website and a year under the name The Wire, the site is going back under the banner of The Atlantic magazine. "We are very proud of what The Wire has accomplished editorially, and we think that joining its aggressive, deft news coverage with The Atlantic’s ideas-driven journalism will provide a richer experience for The Atlantic’s readers, a firmer foundation for our ambitions to cover the news, and greater opportunities for growth for The Wire’s team," the editors say in a note to the staff today. "The business strategy behind separating The Wire from The Atlantic simply hasn’t proven out." The Wire's home page will remain; The Atlantic's will get some new content. Apparently CityLab remains as a separate Atlantic Media brand.