Name

Dissent Magazine

Legal name

Dissent Magazine

Website

https://dissentmagazine.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political and Cultural Magazine

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Alternative/Independent Newsweeklies & Opinion Press (MPAJADAH)

Keywords

• Political magazine
• Left-wing journalism
• Intellectual commentary
• Cultural criticism
• Political analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

North Hollywood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Dissent generates revenue through print and digital subscriptions. Subscribers receive full access to the print magazine, online archives, and e-reader-friendly digital editions of recent issues. A Solidarity Subscriber program offers recurring contribution options.
2. Donations and Philanthropic Support: As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (the Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas), Dissent relies on tax-deductible donations from readers and supporters. The organization highlights commitments to fair writer pay, staff health insurance, and investing in emerging voices as rationale for donations.
3. Advertising: Dissent sells advertising space both in print and online, reaching an audience of avid book buyers and magazine readers including scholars, policymakers, journalists, labor organizers, students, and social justice activists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Dissent Magazine is a quarterly print and online publication of politics, culture, and ideas from the democratic left, founded in 1954. It publishes long-form political analysis, cultural criticism, book reviews, and interviews three times per year in print, complemented by continuously updated online articles, a podcast ("Know Your Enemy"), live events, and an email newsletter.

Product overview

Dissent Magazine is a print and digital publication offering a multi-platform editorial product centered on politics and ideas. The core offering consists of a print magazine published three times yearly, supplemented by continuously updated online articles, the 'Know Your Enemy' podcast, and a weekly email newsletter. Subscribers also gain access to e-reader-friendly digital editions of print issues. The magazine organizes live events including issue launches, live podcast recordings, and fundraising gatherings. All offerings support the magazine's editorial mission as a left-leaning intellectual journal and non-profit organization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Print Magazine A quarterly print publication released three times per year (Winter, Spring/Summer, Fall) featuring long-form political analysis, cultural criticism, book reviews, and investigative reporting on politics and ideas from the democratic left. Distributed to subscribers via Fulco Inc. fulfillment.
• Online Articles Web-published articles updated regularly covering current political events, book reviews, interviews, and commentary from contributors. Selected articles are freely accessible online to drive subscriber acquisition.
• Digital Editions (PDF and EPUB) E-reader-friendly PDF and EPUB editions of recent print issues available to subscribers through the online subscriber portal.
• Know Your Enemy Podcast A podcast about the American right co-hosted by Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell, featuring interviews and discussions on conservative thought, politics, and history.
• Dissent Newsletter Email newsletter providing weekly article roundups, issue previews, event invitations, and donation/subscription calls.
• Live Events In-person and online events including live podcast recordings, issue launches, panel discussions, and fundraising gatherings hosted by the magazine.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Boston ReviewminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 June 2026Dissent partnered with Boston Review for an online event titled 'America at 250: A Conversation with Adom Getachew, Aziz Rana, and David Waldstreicher' held on June 29, 2026. This collaboration brings together two prominent left-wing intellectual publications for a joint public event.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• The New Republic: A general-interest liberal magazine of politics and culture. Overlaps with Dissent's intellectual-left audience but spans a broader political spectrum and operates at significantly larger scale.
• Mother Jones: A progressive investigative magazine focused on politics, social justice, and accountability journalism. Overlaps with Dissent's left-leaning reader base but operates with a much larger staff, digital-first model, and broader political scope.
• Harper's Magazine: A general-interest monthly magazine of politics, literature, and culture with extensive essay coverage. Overlaps with Dissent's intellectual-reader segment though spanning a much broader ideological range.

Direct peers

• Boston Review: A magazine of ideas, politics, and culture based at Boston University Publishing, focused on political economy, race, and democracy. Closely comparable editorial mission to Dissent and an existing collaboration partner.
• The Nation: America's oldest continuously published weekly magazine of the democratic left, founded 1865. Direct competitor in the same political/intellectual niche — long-form left politics, culture, and labor coverage, with subscription funding and similar reader profile of scholars, activists, and journalists.
• Monthly Review: An independent socialist journal of Marxist analysis founded in 1949 — extremely close match on length of continuous publication, ideological positioning, and intellectual audience.
• In These Times: A monthly independent magazine dedicated to democratic-left politics, labor movements, and social justice since 1976. Closely comparable editorial scope and nonprofit-publication economics.
• n+1: An intellectual literary/cultural magazine publishing essays on politics, literature, and culture from a left-leaning perspective. Comparable in scale and audience to Dissent's intellectual readership.
• Jacobin: A socialist quarterly magazine (founded 2010) covering politics, labor, and culture from a democratic-socialist lens. Direct peer in left-wing opinion-publishing with multi-platform expansion (podcast, online, print).

Emerging players

• The Baffler: A magazine of culture and politics focused on art, literature, and left cultural criticism. Compares to Dissent on culture-meets-politics editorial mix and intellectual readership, but with a more populist framing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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