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Slate started a daily feature ”Today's Pictures” on November 30, 2005, which featured 15-20 photographs from the archive at Magnum Photos that share a common theme. A similar subscription model was implemented in April 2001 by Slate 's independently owned competitor,. Slate introduced a paywall-based business model in 1998 that attracted up 20,000 subscribers but was later abandoned. 'The idea is that every writer and editor on staff has to spend a month or six weeks a year not doing their regular job, but instead working on a long, ambitious project of some sort,' Plotz said in an interview. Many of the longer stories are an outgrowth of the 'Fresca Fellowships', so-called because former editor Plotz liked the soft drink Fresca. Around 2010, the magazine also began running long-form journalism. Many of the articles are short (less than 2,000 words) and argument-driven. Slate features regular and semi-regular columns such as Explainer, Moneybox, Spectator, Transport, and Dear Prudence. 3 Notable contributors and their departments.1.1 Reputation for counterintuitive arguments ('Slate pitches').

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Slate is also known (and sometimes criticized) for adopting self-described ' left of center' and contrarian views, giving rise to the term 'Slate Pitches.' It is ad-supported and has been available to read free of charge since 1999, but restricted access for non-US readers via a metered paywall in 2015.

As of mid-2015, it publishes about 1,500 stories per month. According to Turner, the magazine is 'not fundamentally a breaking news source,' but rather aimed at helping readers to 'analyze and understand and interpret the world' with witty and entertaining writing. Slate, which is updated throughout the day, covers politics, arts and culture, sports, and news. The Washington Post Company's John Alderman is Slate 's publisher. Plotz had been editor of Slate since 2008 and deputy editor to Jacob Weisberg, Slate's editor from 2002 until his designation as the chairman and editor-in-chief of The Slate Group. Julia Turner replaced David Plotz in July 2014. In 2011, started a separate site covering African news, Slate Afrique, with a Paris-based editorial staff. Among them, the founders hold 50 percent in the publishing company, while The Slate Group holds 15 percent. Ī French version,, was launched in February 2009 by a group of four journalists, including Jean-Marie Colombani, Eric Leser, and economist Jacques Attali. Slate is based in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. Since June 4, 2008, Slate has been managed by The Slate Group, an online publishing entity created by the Graham Holdings Company to develop and manage web-only magazines. On December 21, 2004, it was purchased by The Washington Post Company, later renamed the Graham Holdings Company. It was created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States from a liberal perspective.

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