The New Yorker is still quite thriving, and is publishing stories that would also work for the Times (cf Ronan Farrow’s #metoo scoops). The Atlantic has massively improved and now close to their level (cf Graeme Woods), albeit with less of a focus on literature.

It feels like these publishers are somewhat converging, doing a rather good job connecting (paying) excellent writers with the high end of readership, with not too much deference to the material being a perfect fit for their respective wheelhouses.