The Atlantic is giving new that means to the phrase sponsorship.

The 168-year-old journal introduced a first-of-its-kind, three-year partnership with the luxurious cruise line Seabourn on Monday, which is able to convey its writers, editorial programming, and subscription entry aboard Seabourn voyages beginning this fall. The corporate declined to supply additional monetary specifics of the deal.

The partnership spans promoting, sponsorship, and subscription enablement, in accordance with Alice McKown, writer and chief income officer of The Atlantic. It can culminate in fall 2028 with a full 12-day route takeover from Montreal to Boston, the town the place The Atlantic was based in 1857.

“We realized we may do extra than simply an promoting relationship,” McKown mentioned. “We considered it as a joint enterprise alternative for each of us. The passengers win as a result of they get new experiences, a subscription, entry to our writers. And it’s new for our writers too—it permits them to convey their tales to life otherwise.”

The partnership is rooted in a thesis McKown has been creating since becoming a member of the corporate 4 years in the past, which is that the affluence—not simply affect—of its readers may open up budgets from luxurious advertisers. 

The Seabourn deal provides a global and travel-focused dimension to that playbook, one that matches squarely into this evolving business identification. Journey and luxurious have emerged as two of its strongest promoting classes heading into Q2, which is on tempo to be the corporate’s greatest second quarter in at the very least 4 years, up 30% 12 months over 12 months, per McKown.

As a part of the deal, passengers aboard routes that function Atlantic programming will obtain complimentary digital entry whereas onboard, plus a three-month subscription after disembarking. The Atlantic can be curating the libraries aboard every ship, stocking them with latest points and books by its writers, each present and historic.