Americas Quarterly

What Americas Quarterly does

Americas Quarterly is an editorially independent, not-for-profit media publication founded in 2007 and operated under the Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) nonprofit, headquartered at 680 Park Avenue in New York. It covers politics, business, and culture across Latin America and the Caribbean, producing a quarterly themed print magazine, a continuously updated website, and the AQ Podcast distributed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The publication also produces the annual Capacity to Combat Corruption Index in partnership with Control Risks, launched in 2021, and runs an events program including conversations, author talks, book launches, and webcasts.

Its core technology is a digital-first, multi-format content platform combining a WordPress-based website, email newsletters distributed via Mailchimp, and audio podcast distribution on third-party platforms. The publication has no public API, mobile app, SDK, or disclosed AI/ML capabilities, and integrates only with Mailchimp, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify at the technology layer.

Americas Quarterly's revenue model combines recurring print and digital subscriptions (managed via sfsdata.com), advertising, programmatic event income, and donations routed through its parent AS/COA foundation. It serves a horizontal audience segmented into senior government officials, CEOs and corporate executives, and think tank/academic thought leaders, reaching over 1 million people annually. The publication operates with a small editorial team of 11-50 employees, including veterans from Reuters, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal Americas, NPR, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Name

Americas Quarterly

Legal name

Americas Quarterly

Website

https://americasquarterly.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Americas Quarterly is a nonprofit media publication under the Americas Society/Council of the Americas, producing a quarterly print magazine, website, podcast, and annual Corruption Index covering politics, business, and culture across Latin America and the Caribbean for CEOs, government officials, and policy thought leaders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Policy and Regional Affairs Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM), Newsletter Publishing Platforms (MPACAIAA)

Keywords

• Latin American politics coverage
• Regional policy journalism
• Hemispheric affairs publishing
• Political economy reporting
• Western Hemisphere analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Americas Quarterly generates revenue primarily through subscriptions to its print magazine and digital content. The publication offers subscription options through sfsdata.com and accepts donations through AS/COA.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Americas Quarterly is a quarterly print and digital publication that provides in-depth political, business, and cultural coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean. It distributes content through a print magazine, a website, a podcast, and an email newsletter, and produces research products such as the annual Capacity to Combat Corruption Index in partnership with Control Risks.

Product overview

Americas Quarterly (AQ) is a media publication offering a unified portfolio of products centered on coverage of politics, business, and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. The core offering consists of the Americas Quarterly Magazine (print and digital), the AQ Podcast, and the Americas Quarterly Website. Additional products include the Capacity to Combat Corruption Index (annual research report produced with Control Risks) and AQ Events (in-person programs, webcasts, and author talks). The publication reaches over 1 million people per year through its digital platforms and magazine.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Americas Quarterly Magazine Quarterly print and digital publication covering politics, business, and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, reaching over 1 million people per year through digital platforms and magazine distribution.
• AQ Podcast Audio podcast series featuring expert discussions on Latin American politics, business, and current events, distributed via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other platforms.
• Americas Quarterly Website Digital platform providing articles, analysis, elections coverage, country profiles, archived issues, and thematic spotlights on Latin American affairs.
• Capacity to Combat Corruption Index Annual research index measuring countries' capacity to combat corruption, produced in partnership with Control Risks.
• AQ Events In-person events, webcasts, author talks, and book launches hosted by Americas Quarterly, including conversations on Latin American policy and annual launches of special reports.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmericas Quarterly is an editorially independent, not-for-profit publication of Americas Society/Council of the Americas. AS/COA has been dedicated to dialogue in the Western Hemisphere for more than 60 years, providing institutional backing and policy network access for the publication.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• World Politics Review: Subscription-based digital publication providing analysis of global affairs for policy professionals and executives. Comparable subscription model, premium audience, and analysis-driven format, though broader in geography.
• Foreign Affairs: Bimonthly magazine covering global politics and economics, marketed to policymakers, executives, and thought leaders — the closest analog AQ explicitly cites ('combines elements of The Economist and Foreign Affairs'). Same audience and editorial DNA, but with a global rather than LAC-specific lens.
• The Economist: Global news and analysis publication cited by AQ as an editorial benchmark. Comparable multi-format distribution (print, digital, podcasts, events) and subscription-led model, with broad LAC coverage where AQ is specialized.
• NACLA Report on the Americas: Magazine and digital platform dedicated to politics, economics, and culture in Latin America. Most directly comparable publication by geographic focus and editorial scope, with a similar think-tank-adjacent nonprofit model.
• Foreign Policy: Print and digital magazine on global affairs aimed at policymakers and business leaders. Overlaps AQ on politics and U.S. policy analysis, though AQ is more LAC-focused; comparable subscription/event business model.

Others

• Wilson Center's Latin American Program: Think-tank program producing analysis, events, and publications on Latin America. Shares AQ's policy-thought-leader audience and LAC focus, but distributed through a think-tank rather than media-publication model.
• Council of the Americas / Americas Society publications: AQ's parent organization and adjacent policy forum, producing reports, op-eds, and event programming on Western Hemisphere affairs. Functionally related — and partially overlapping editorial voice — though not a directly competing publication.

Broad incumbents

• Reuters Latin America coverage: Global newswire's Americas desk providing wire and analysis on Latin America. Targets overlapping readers (CEOs, policymakers) with news-driven rather than essay-driven format; AQ's editor-in-chief is a former Reuters journalist.
• Bloomberg Latin America: Bloomberg's dedicated Latin America editorial coverage spanning news, markets, and analysis. Targets the same C-suite and policy audience as AQ but with vastly larger editorial resources, competing for the same reader attention.

Emerging players

• LatinFinance: Specialist publication covering Latin American capital markets, banking, and finance. Targets a partially overlapping audience (LAC-focused executives) but with a narrower financial-markets lens compared with AQ's broader politics/business/culture remit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/amerquarterly
• Facebookfacebook.com/americasquarterly
• Instagraminstagram.com/amerquarterly

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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