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{{Short description|American progressive news and opinion website}}
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'''''Salon''''' is an American [[Progressivism in the United States|politically progressive]] and [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] news and opinion website created in 1995. It publishes articles on [[U.S. politics]], culture, and current events.<ref name="politico20160527">{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/05/the-fall-of-saloncom-004551 |title=The fall of Salon.com |first1=Kelsey |last1=Sutton |first2=Peter |last2=Sterne |website=[[Politico]]|date=March 27, 2016 |access-date=April 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Kelsey|last=Sutton|url=http://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/08/new-salon-very-different-from-the-old-salon-004705|title=The new Salon – very different from the old Salon|website=[[Politico]]|date=August 10, 2016|access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Callum|last= Borchers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/20/note-to-liberal-media-outlets-opposition-to-syrian-refugees-is-not-a-fringe-position/|title=Note to liberal media outlets: Opposition to Syrian refugees is not a fringe position|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|publisher=Nash Holdings LLC|location=Washington DC|date=November 20, 2015|access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Howard|last=Kurtz|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/salons-clickbait-strategy-the-phantom-fight-against-fox-news|title=Salon's clickbait strategy: The phantom fight against Fox News|website=[[Fox News]]|publisher=[[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp.]]|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=March 29, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
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}}'''''Salon''''' is a [[News aggregator|news aggregation]] [[website]] created by [[David Talbot]] in 1995 and part of ''Salon Media Group'' ({{OTCQB|SLNM}}). It focuses on far left [[U.S. politics]] and current affairs, and on reviews and articles about music, books and films.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/salon-com-sale-talks-collapse/ |title= Salon.com Merger Talks Collapse| first1=Andrew Ross |last1= Sorkin| first2= Jeremy W. |last2= Peters| newspaper= [[The New York Times]] | date= 28 February 2011| accessdate= 26 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/11/business/fi-64019 | title= Salon.com Wins Credibility Online With Intelligent and Stylish Content| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | first= Charles| last= Piller |date= 11 December 2000 | accessdate= 26 July 2013}}</ref>


== Content and coverage ==
''Salon''{{-'}}s headquarters is located near downtown [[San Francisco]], [[California]].<ref name=about>[http://www.salon.com/about/ About Salon] at Salon</ref> As of June 2013, its interim editor is David Daley, after editor-in-chief Kerry Lauerman stepped down to partner with Larer Ventures on a new startup.<ref>http://observer.com/2013/06/kerry-lauerman-is-leaving-salon/</ref> Lauerman's predecessor [[Joan Walsh]] stepped down from that position in November 2010 but remained as editor at large.<ref>{{cite web| last= Walsh |first= Joan |date= 8 November 2010 | url= http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joan_walsh/politics/2010/11/08/i_am_not_leaving_salon/index.html| title= I'm not leaving Salon! | accessdate= 12 December 2010}}</ref>
''Salon'' covers a variety of topics, including reviews and articles about books, films, and music;<ref name=about>{{cite web|work=Salon|url=http://www.salon.com/about/|title=About Salon}}</ref> articles about "modern life", including friendships, human sexual behavior, and relationships; and reviews and articles about technology, with a particular focus on the [[free and open-source software]] (FOSS) movement.


According to the senior contributing writer for the ''[[American Journalism Review]]'', Paul Farhi, ''Salon'' offers "provocative (if predictably liberal) political commentary and lots of sex."<ref>{{cite journal |first=Paul|last=Farhi|url=http://ajrarchive.org/article.asp?id=314 |title=Can Salon Make It?|journal=[[American Journalism Review]]|publisher=[[University of Maryland, College Park]]|location=[[College Park, Maryland]]|date=March 2001 |access-date=May 24, 2015 }}</ref>
==Content and coverage==
''Salon'' magazine covers a variety of topics. It has reviews and articles about music, books, and films.<ref name=about /> It also has articles about "modern life", including relationships, friendships and human sexual behavior. It covers technology, with a particular focus on the [[free software]]/[[open source]] movement.


In 2008, ''Salon'' launched the interactive initiative ''[[Open Salon]]'', a social content site/blog network for its readers. Originally a curated site with some of its content being featured on ''Salon'', it fell into editorial neglect and was closed in March 2015.<ref name=OS>{{cite web|work=[[Open Salon]]|author=Open Salon Staff|date=March 10, 2015|title=News about Open Salon|url=http://open.salon.com/blog/open_staff/2015/03/09/news_about_open_salon|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312045554/http://open.salon.com/blog/open_staff/2015/03/09/news_about_open_salon|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2008, ''Salon'' launched the interactive initiative [[Open Salon]], a social content site/blog network for its readers.


Responding to the question, "How far do you go with the [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]] sensibility to get readers?", former Salon.com editor-in-chief [[David Talbot]] said:
Responding to the question, "How far do you go with the [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]] sensibility to get readers?," former Salon.com editor-in-chief [[David Talbot]] said:
{{Blockquote|Is ''Salon'' more tabloid-like? Yeah, we've made no secret of that. I've said all along that our formula here is that we're a smart tabloid. If by tabloid what you mean is you're trying to reach a popular audience, trying to write topics that are viscerally important to a readership, whether it's the story about [[Andrea Yates|the mother in Houston who drowned her five children]] or the story on the missing intern in Washington, [[Chandra Levy]].<ref name="journalism jobs" />|}}


== Staff and contributors ==
{{quote|Is Salon more tabloid-like? Yeah, we've made no secret of that. I've said all along that our formula here is that we're a smart tabloid. If by tabloid what you mean is you're trying to reach a popular audience, trying to write topics that are viscerally important to a readership, whether it's the story about the mother in Houston who drowned her five children or the story on the missing intern in Washington, Chandra Levy.<ref name="journalism jobs"/>}}
[[File:Alex Pareene 2012 Shankbone 2.JPG|thumb|[[Alex Pareene]], who wrote about politics for ''Salon'', in New York in 2012]]
''Salon.com'', originally salon1999.com, was founded in 1995 by [[David Talbot]], [[Gary Kamiya]], Andrew Ross, Mignon Khargie, [[Scott Rosenberg (journalist)|Scott Rosenberg]], and [[Laura Miller (writer)|Laura Miller]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kamiya|first=Gary|date=November 15, 2005 |title=Ten years of ''Salon''|url=https://www.salon.com/2005/11/14/salon_history/|access-date=January 15, 2022 |website=Salon}}</ref>


Regular contributors have included the political-opinion writers [[Amanda Marcotte]], Scott Eric Kaufman, [[Digby (blogger)|Heather Digby Parton]] and Sean Illing, critic Andrew O'Hehir and pop-culture columnist [[Mary Elizabeth Williams]].
==Staff and contributors==
[[File:Alex Pareene 2012 Shankbone 2.JPG|thumb|Alex Pareene, who writes about politics for Salon, in New York in 2012]]
Regular contributors include the political opinion writer Alex Pareene; political analyst [[Steve Kornacki]] and [[David Sirota]]; critics Laura Miller and Andrew O'Hehir; pop-culture columnist [[Mary Elizabeth Williams]]; aviation columnist [[Patrick Smith (columnist)|Patrick Smith]]; Tracy Clark-Flory writing on feminist and gender topics; advice columnist [[Cary Tennis]]; and economics writer [[Andrew Leonard]].


[[David Talbot]] is founder and original editor-in-chief. He has served several stints as CEO,<ref name="relaunchhufpo">{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/27/salon-ceo-site-relaunch_n_981992.html | title=Salon CEO Calls For 'American Spring' With Site's Relaunch | work=Huffington Post | date=September 27, 2011 | accessdate=October 4, 2011 | last=Calderone | first=Michael}}</ref> most recently replacing Richard Gingras who left to join Google as head of news products in July 2011.<ref name=ceosec>{{cite web |url=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774911004646/salon_8k-070711.htm |title=Form 8-K, Salon Media Group, Inc. |date=7 July 2011 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> The company's current CEO and CTO is Cynthia Jeffers.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/writer/cindy_jeffers/ Cindy Jeffers] at Salon</ref> Kerry Lauerman is the editor-in-chief, [[Gail Williams]] manages [[WELL (virtual community)|The WELL]], and [[Norman Blashka]] is the CFO and VP of Operations.
David Talbot, founder and original editor-in-chief, also served several stints as CEO,<ref name="relaunchhufpo">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/27/salon-ceo-site-relaunch_n_981992.html |title=''Salon'' CEO Calls For 'American Spring' With Site's Relaunch |work=Huffington Post |date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=October 4, 2011 |last=Calderone | first= Michael}}</ref> most recently replacing [[Richard Gingras]], who left to join [[Google]] as head of news products in July 2011.<ref name="ceosec">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774911004646/salon_8k-070711.htm |title= Form 8-K, Salon Media Group, Inc. |date= July 7, 2011 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |access-date=July 26, 2013}}</ref> [[Joan Walsh]] was the second editor-in-chief, serving in that role starting in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/salons-editor-chief-joan-walsh-steps-down-22364/|title=''Salon''{{'}}s Editor-in-Chief Joan Walsh Steps Down|date=November 8, 2010}}</ref> She stepped down as editor-in-chief in November 2010 and was replaced by [[Kerry Lauerman]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Walsh |first=Joan |date=November 8, 2010 |url=http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joan_walsh/politics/2010/11/08/i_am_not_leaving_salon/index.html |work=Salon |title=I'm not leaving ''Salon''! |access-date=December 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217060613/http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joan_walsh/politics/2010/11/08/i_am_not_leaving_salon/index.html |archive-date=December 17, 2010}}</ref> David Daley took over the editor-in-chief position in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2013/06/kerry-lauerman-is-leaving-salon/|title=Kerry Lauerman is Leaving ''Salon'', Dave Daley Named Interim Editor in Chief|first=Kara|last=Bloomgarden-Smoke|date=June 5, 2013|work=[[The New York Observer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=''Salon'' editor David Daley first Willson-Grady Digital Media Fellow|url=http://grady.uga.edu/news/view/salon_editor_david_daley_first_willson_grady_digital_media_fellow#.VHeNGoVKZVY|date=February 19, 2014|first= Dave|last=Marr|publisher=Grady College}}</ref>


Jordan Hoffner took over as CEO in May 2016, also serving as editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/05/incoming-salon-ceo-signals-big-changes-ahead-004557|publisher=[[Politico]]|title=Incoming ''Salon'' CEO signals big changes ahead|author=Sutton, Kelsey|date=May 31, 2016}}</ref> He resigned in May 2019, and was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Erin Keane.
In April 2010 Salon hired [[Alex Pareene]], a writer for [[Gawker Media]], to write about politics.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://observer.com/2010/04/alex-pareene-leaving-gawker-to-join-salon/ |title= Alex Pareene Leaving Gawker to Join Salon |first= John |last= Koblin |newspaper= [[The New York Observer]] |date= 7 April 2010 |accessdate= 7 June 2012}}</ref> Pareene composes the site's ''Hack 30: The Worst Pundits in America'', a list of people described as "the most predictable, banal, intellectually dishonest and all-around hacky newspaper columnists, cable news shouting heads and political opinion-mongers working today."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.mediaite.com/online/meet-salons-hack-30-the-worst-pundits-in-america/ |title= Meet Salon’s "Hack 30″: "The Worst Pundits In America" |first= Hillary |last= Busis |work= Mediaite |date= 22 November 2010 |accessdate= 7 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.salon.com/2010/11/22/war_room_hack_list_intro/ | title= Introducing the Hack 30| first= Alex |last= Pareene |work= Salon |date= 22 November 2010}}</ref>


{{As of|September 2021|post=,}} ''Salon''{{'}}s CEO was [[Chris Richmond (entrepreneur)|Chris Richmond]], and its editor-in-chief was Erin Keane.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Staff {{!}} ''Salon.com''|url=https://www.salon.com/about/staff|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Salon}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Salon.com screenshot.png|thumb|left|Front-page design in 2006]]
Salon was founded by [[David Talbot]]<ref>{{Cite web| last = Herhold| first = Scott| title = Net magazine Salon epitomizes fate of mind over matter| work = San Jose Mercury News| accessdate = 2011-07-07| date = December 28, 1997| url = http://www5.mercurycenter.com/business/center/salon122997.htm#| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/19990221024841/www5.mercurycenter.com/business/center/salon122997.htm#| archivedate = February 21, 1999}}</ref> and was first published in 1995. It purchased the [[virtual community]] [[WELL (virtual community)|The WELL]] in April 1999, and made its [[initial public offering]] of Salon.com on the [[NASDAQ]] stock exchange on June 22 of that year.


== History ==
''Salon Premium'', a pay-to-view (online) content subscription was introduced on April 25, 2001. The service signed over 130,000 subscribers and staved off discontinuation of services. However, less than two years later, in November 2002, the company announced it had accumulated cash and non-cash losses of $80 million, and by February 2003 it was having difficulty paying its rent, and made an appeal for donations to keep the company running.
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''Salon'' was created in the wake of the [[San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994]], by former ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' arts and features editor [[David Talbot]] who wished to explore the potential of [[World Wide Web|Web]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pogash |first=Carol |title=Cyberspace Journalism |journal=American Journalism Review |access-date=July 8, 2011 |date=June 1, 1996 |url=http://www.enews.com/magazines/ajr/archive/960601-001.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961228232313/http://www.enews.com/magazines/ajr/archive/960601-001.html |archive-date=December 28, 1996 }}</ref><ref name=herhold>{{cite web|last=Herhold |first=Scott |title=Net magazine Salon epitomizes fate of mind over matter |work=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=July 7, 2011 |date=December 28, 1997 |url=http://www5.mercurycenter.com/business/center/salon122997.htm# |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990221024841/http://www5.mercurycenter.com/business/center/salon122997.htm%23 |archive-date=February 21, 1999 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It launched as salonmag.com<ref>Vaughn, Seven L. ''Encyclopedia of American Journalism'' (2008). Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-415-96950-5}}.</ref> in November 1995. In its early days, readers noticed a specifically Northern California flavor. In 1996, Talbot agreed: "We swim in the soup of San Francisco. There are a lot of odd fish we've plucked out of the bay here and it gives us some of that Left Coast, Weird Coast style."<ref>Adam Begley, "Reading Bytes", San Francisco magazine [formerly San Francisco Focus], October 1997, p. 128.</ref> ''Time'' magazine named it one of the Best Web Sites of 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,135245,00.html|title=The Best Web Sites of 1996 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |magazine=Time |access-date=July 29, 2015}}</ref>


''Salon'' purchased the [[virtual community]] [[The WELL]] in April 1999 (switching to its current URL, salon.com, at roughly that time), and made its [[initial public offering]] (IPO) of Salon.com on the [[NASDAQ]] stock exchange on June 22 of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=940074|title=SALON INTERNET INC|website=www.nasdaq.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> Subsequently, for the month of October 1999, [[Nielsen NetRatings|Nielsen/NetRatings]] reported that ''Salon'' had over two million users.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-11-fi-64019-story.html|title=Salon.com Wins Credibility Online With Intelligent and Stylish Content|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 28, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref>
On October 9, 2003, Michael O'Donnell, the [[Chief executive officer|chief executive]] and president of Salon Media Group, said he was leaving the company after seven years because it was "time for a change." When he left, Salon.com had accrued $83.6 million in losses since its inception, and its stock traded for 5¢ on the [[OTC Bulletin Board]]. David Talbot, Salon's chairman and editor-in-chief at the time, became the new chief executive. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hambrecht, then Salon's [[Chief Financial Officer|chief financial officer]], became the president.


''Salon Premium'', a pay-to-view (online) content subscription was introduced on April 25, 2001. The service signed up 130,000 subscribers and staved off discontinuation of services. However, in November 2002, the company announced it had accumulated cash and non-cash losses of $80 million, and by February 2003 it was having difficulty paying its rent and made an appeal for donations to keep the company running.
In July 2008, Salon launched Open Salon, a "social content site" and "curated blog network".<ref name="open salon 1"/> It was nominated for a 2009 National Magazine Award.<ref name="open salon 2"/> in the category "best interactive feature."
[[File:Salon.com screenshot.png|thumb|left|Front-page design in 2006]]
On October 9, 2003, Michael O'Donnell, the [[Chief executive officer|chief executive]] and president of Salon Media Group, said he was leaving the company after seven years because it was "time for a change." When he left, Salon.com had accrued $83.6 million in losses since its inception, and its stock traded for 5¢ on the [[OTC Bulletin Board]]. David Talbot, ''Salon''<nowiki/>'s chairman and editor-in-chief at the time, became the new chief executive. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hambrecht, then ''Salon''<nowiki/>'s [[chief financial officer]], became the president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Salon-chief-calling-it-quits-after-7-years-2583386.php|title=Salon chief calling it quits after 7 years|work=SFGate|access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref>


In July 2008, ''Salon'' launched ''Open Salon'', a "social content site" and "curated blog network".<ref name="open salon 1" /> It was nominated for a 2009 National Magazine Award<ref name="open salon 2" /> in the category "best interactive feature." On March 9, 2015, ''Salon'' announced it would be closing ''Open Salon'' after six years of hosting a community of writers and bloggers.<ref name=OS />
On June 10, 2011, ''Salon'' closed its online chat board Table Talk. Salon.com has not given an official reason for ending that section of its site.<ref>Salon.com June 10, 2011 [http://www.salon.com/about/inside_salon/2011/06/10/requiem_for_table_talk "Requiem for Table Talk"]</ref>


''Salon'' closed its online chat board "Table Talk" on June 10, 2011, without stating an official reason for ending that section of the site.<ref>{{cite web| last = Williams| first = Mary Elizabeth| work=Salon|title = Au revoir, Table Talk| date = June 10, 2011|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/06/10/requiem_for_table_talk/}}</ref>
On July 16, 2012, ''Salon'' announced that it will be featuring content from ''[[Mondoweiss]].''<ref>[http://www.salon.com/topic/mondoweiss/ Salon:Mondoweiss]</ref>


On July 16, 2012, ''Salon'' announced that it would be featuring content from ''[[Mondoweiss]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/topic/mondoweiss/|work=Salon|title=Mondoweiss|access-date=August 1, 2012|archive-date=August 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801155346/http://www.salon.com/topic/mondoweiss/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In September 2012, Salon Media Group sold [[The WELL]] to the group of members.<ref>[http://www.well.com/p-release/pr_20120920.pdf Salon Media Group Sells The WELL to The Well Group]</ref>

Salon Media Group sold [[The WELL]] to the group of members in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|website=Well.com|url=http://www.well.com/p-release/pr_20120920.pdf|title=Salon Media Group Sells The WELL to The Well Group|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115163522/http://www.well.com/p-release/pr_20120920.pdf|archive-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref>


=== Business model and operations ===
=== Business model and operations ===
''Salon'' has been unprofitable through its entire history.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} Since 2007, the company has been dependent upon repeated cash injections from board Chairman [[John Warnock]] and [[William Hambrecht]], father of former ''Salon'' CEO Elizabeth Hambrecht.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wrhambrecht.com/about/|title=About WR Hambrecht + Co|website=wrhambrecht.com|access-date=October 3, 2018|archive-date=October 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220907/https://wrhambrecht.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://insiders.morningstar.com/trading/board-of-directors.action?t=0P000004T4&culture=en-US|title=Salon Media Group Inc Board of Directors|website=insiders.morningstar.com|access-date=October 3, 2018|archive-date=October 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003221007/http://insiders.morningstar.com/trading/board-of-directors.action?t=0P000004T4&culture=en-US|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/about/staff|title=Salon.com – News, Politics, Business, Technology & Culture|website=Salon.com |access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Salon-com-beats-the-odds-S-F-online-magazine-2558829.php|title=Salon.com beats the odds / S.F. online magazine courses into its second decade|date=December 1, 2005|website=sfgate.com|access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref> During the nine months ending on December 31, 2012, these cash contributions amounted to $3.4 million, compared to revenue in the same period of $2.7 million.<ref name="Form 10-Q, Salon Media Group, Inc">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774913001586/smg_10q-123112.htm|title=Form 10-Q, Salon Media Group, Inc.|date=February 14, 2013|publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]|access-date=July 26, 2013}}</ref> In December 2016 and January 2017, the company was evicted from its New York offices at 132 West 31st Street, a block from [[Madison Square Garden]], for non-payment of $90,000 in back rent.<ref name="NYPost-Eviction">{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/08/03/salon-struggling-to-pay-its-rent/|title=Salon struggling to pay its rent|last1=Kelly|first1=Keith J.|date=August 3, 2017|access-date=September 5, 2018|newspaper=New York Post}}</ref><ref name="10-K 2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774917011772/slnm20170331_10k.htm|title=Form 10-Q, Salon Media Group, Inc. |date=June 23, 2017 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref> In February 2017, Spear Point Capital invested $1 million into Salon, taking a 29% equity stake and three seats on the company's board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foliomag.com/spear-point-invests-1-million-salon-media-group/|title=Spear Point Invests $1 Million into Salon Media Group|date=February 2, 2017|website=Folio|language=en-US|access-date=April 9, 2019}}</ref> On August 30, 2019, Salon.com was sold for $5 million by Salon Media Group ({{OTC Expert|SLNM}}) to privately held Salon.com, LLC, which is owned by [[Chris Richmond (entrepreneur)|Chris Richmond]] and Drew Schoentrup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/09/03/techies-wrap-up-5m-acquisition-of-salon-media/|title=Techies wrap up $5M acquisition of Salon Media|last=Kelly|first=Keith J.|date=September 4, 2019|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774919017945/slnm20190905_8k.htm|title=slnm20190905_8k.htm|publisher=SEC|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref>

Salon has been unprofitable through its entire history. Since 2007, the company has been dependent on ongoing cash injections from board Chairman [[John Warnock]] and [[William Hambrecht]], father of former Salon CEO Elizabeth Hambrecht. During the nine months ended December 31, 2012, these cash contributions amounted to $3.4 million, compared to revenue in the same period of $2.7 million.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://edgar.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774913001586/smg_10q-123112.htm |title=Form 10-Q, Salon Media Group, Inc. |date=14 February 2013 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref>


Aspects of the Salon.com site offerings, ordered by advancing date:
Aspects of the Salon.com site offerings, ordered by advancing date:


* Free content, around 15 new articles posted per-day, revenues wholly derived from in-page advertisements.
* Free content: around 15 new articles posted per-day, revenues wholly derived from in-page advertisements.
** Per-day new content was reduced for a time.
** Per-day new content was reduced for a time.
* Salon Premium subscription. Approximately 20 percent of new content made available to subscribers only. Other subscription benefits included free magazines and ad-free viewing. Larger, more conspicuous ad units introduced for non-subscribers.
* ''Salon Premium'' subscription: Approximately 20 percent of new content was made available to subscribers only. Other subscription benefits included free magazines and ad-free viewing. Larger, more conspicuous ad units were introduced for non-subscribers.
* A hybrid subscription model. Readers now can read content by viewing a 15-second full screen advertisement to earn a "day pass" or gain access by subscribing to Salon Premium.
* A hybrid subscription model: Readers can now read content by viewing a 15-second full screen advertisement to earn a "day pass" or gain access by subscribing to ''Salon Premium''.
* After Salon Premium subscriptions declined from about 100,000 to 10,000, it was rebranded in 2011 as Salon Core subscriptions featuring a different mix of benefits.<ref name="relaunchhufpo"/>
* ''Salon Core'': After ''Salon Premium'' subscriptions declined from about 100,000 to 10,000, it was rebranded in 2011 as ''Salon Core'' subscriptions featuring a different mix of benefits.<ref name="relaunchhufpo" />
* In 2018, ''Salon'' launched a beta program allowing customers to opt out of advertising in exchange for mining [[cryptocurrency]].<ref name="SalonMiningFAQ">{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/about/faq-what-happens-when-i-choose-to-suppress-ads-on-salon/|title=FAQ: What happens when I choose to 'Suppress Ads" on Salon?'}}</ref>


== Controversies ==
=={{anchor|Salon Book Awards}}{{anchor|What To Read Awards}}Salon Book Awards and What To Read Awards==
=== Retracted article on vaccine conference ===
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{{Main|Deadly Immunity}}
From 1996 to 2011, the '''Salon Book Awards''' were an annual [[literary award]] given by the editors of Salon.com to fiction and nonfiction books published the previous year. The editors' criteria for winning books are:
An article called "Deadly Immunity" written by [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]] appeared on the ''Salon'' and simultaneously in the July 14, 2005 issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.nesl.edu/userfiles/file/lawreview/vol40/2/Moreno.pdf | title=Toxic Torts, Autism, and Bad Science: Why the Courts May Be Our Best Defense Against Scientific Relativism | author=Moreno, Joelle Anne | journal=[[New England Law Review]] | year=2006 | volume=40 | issue=2 | pages=414}}</ref> The article focused on the [[2000 Simpsonwood CDC conference]] and claimed that [[thiomersal controversy|thimerosal-containing vaccines caused autism]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rolling-stone-retracts-autism-article-but-lots-of-junk-journalism-remains/ | title=Rolling Stone Retracts Autism Article, but Lots of Junk Journalism Remains | work=[[CBS News]] | date=22 January 2011 | access-date=22 November 2015 | author=Edwards, Jim}}</ref> as well as the [[conspiracy theory]] that government health agencies have "colluded with [[Big Pharma conspiracy theory|Big Pharma]] to hide the risks of thimerosal from the public."<ref name=kloor>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/robert-kennedy-jrs-belief-in-autism-vaccine-connection-and-its-political-peril/2014/07/16/f21c01ee-f70b-11e3-a606-946fd632f9f1_story.html | title=Robert Kennedy Jr.'s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril | newspaper=[[Washington Post]] | date=18 July 2014 | access-date=22 November 2015 | author=Kloor, Keith | author-link=Keith Kloor}}</ref> The article was retracted by ''Salon'' on January 16, 2011, in response to criticisms of the article as inaccurate.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2011/01/16/salon_mag_pulls_dangerous_and_fallacious_antivax_article.html | title=Salon mag pulls dangerous and fallacious antivax article | work=[[Slate.com]] | date=16 January 2011 | access-date=22 November 2015 | author=Plait, Phil}}</ref>


=== Otto Warmbier ===
<blockquote>the books we'd wholeheartedly recommend to our friends, books we'd clear our social calendar to finish, books we returned to eagerly even when we could barely focus our eyes on a page. They remind us of why we fell in love with reading and why we keep at it in a world that's simultaneously cluttered with mediocre books and increasingly indifferent to the written word.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/dec96/awards961209.html Salon Book Awards], December 1996, inaugural year.</ref></blockquote>
In March 2016, while American tourist [[Otto Warmbier]] was imprisoned in [[North Korea]] for allegedly trying to steal a [[Propaganda in North Korea#Posters and slogans|propaganda poster]] there, the site posted an article about him headed: "This might be America's biggest idiot frat boy: Meet the [[University of Virginia|UVa]] student who thought he could pull a prank in North Korea."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gauthier|first1=Brendan|title=This might be America's biggest idiot frat boy: Meet the UVa student who thought he could pull a prank in North Korea|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/03/02/this_might_be_americas_biggest_idiot_frat_boy_meet_the_uva_student_who_thought_he_could_pull_a_prank_in_north_korea/|access-date=June 24, 2017|work=Salon|date=March 2, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160302210633/http://www.salon.com/2016/03/02/this_might_be_americas_biggest_idiot_frat_boy_meet_the_uva_student_who_thought_he_could_pull_a_prank_in_north_korea/|archive-date=March 2, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> After Warmbier's death, the article was removed.<ref name=Larry /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Alyssa|title=What we can learn from the harshest responses to Otto Warmbier's captivity|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2017/06/21/what-we-can-learn-from-the-harshest-responses-to-otto-warmbiers-captivity/|access-date=June 24, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 21, 2017}}</ref> Andrew O'Hehir, the executive editor of ''Salon'', said the article was a summary of the opinions of television comedian [[Larry Wilmore#The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore|Larry Wilmore]].<ref name=Larry>{{cite news|last1=Tani|first1=Maxwell|title=Salon removes article calling Otto Warmbier 'America's idiot fratboy'|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/salon-removes-article-calling-otto-warmbier-americas-idiot-fratboy-2017-6|access-date=June 24, 2017|work=Business Insider|date=June 20, 2017|language=en}}</ref>


=== Todd Nickerson ===
In 2012, a new award was established called '''What To Read Awards''' after the Salon column "What to Read", although [[Laura Miller (writer)|Laura Miller]] continued to maintain a separate Best Books of the Year top-10 list. The What to Read Awards were chosen as follows:
In September 2015, ''Salon'' published an article written by Todd Nickerson, moderator of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]], about his experiences with being a non-offending [[pedophilia|pedophile]], titled: "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster."<ref>{{cite news |last=Nickerson |first=Todd |date=September 21, 2015 |title=I'm a pedophile, but not a monster |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster |url-status=dead |work=Salon |location=Los Angeles |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160608101347/https://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ |archive-date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=August 19, 2017 }} (Also available [https://www.alternet.org/2015/09/im-pedophile-not-monster/ here] on [[AlterNet]]. {{Cite web |url=http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/im-pedophile-not-monster |title=I'm a Pedophile, but Not a Monster &#124; Alternet |access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819231749/http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/im-pedophile-not-monster |url-status=bot: unknown }}.)</ref> This caused controversy at the time, with some commentators accusing it of being "pro-pedophile" ([[Pedophilia#Pedophilia and child molestation|in the sense of being pro-child sexual abuse]]) and Nickerson himself subject to a "backlash."<ref name="nymag">{{cite news |last=Singal |first=Jesse |date=February 22, 2017 |title=Salon Shouldn't Have Unpublished Its Article by a Pedophile Author |url=http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html |work=New York Magazine |location=New York |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bolton |first=Doug |date=October 1, 2015 |title=Self-confessed paedophile Todd Nickerson tells critics: 'You're the real monsters' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/self-confessed-paedophile-todd-nickerson-tells-critics-youre-the-real-monsters-a6675946.html |work=The Independent |location=London |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> This article, along with an accompanying video<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Todd Nickerson |date=September 21, 2015 |title="I'm A Pedophile, Not A Monster" |medium=YouTube |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCW5-VBdSi4 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120162819/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCW5-VBdSi4| archive-date=2016-11-20 | url-status=dead|access-date=August 19, 2017 |format=Video |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Salon }}</ref> and a follow-up article,<ref>{{cite news |last=Nickerson |first=Todd |date=September 30, 2015 |title=I'm a pedophile, you're the monsters: My week inside the vile right-wing hate machine |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/im_a_pedophile_youre_the_monsters_my_week_inside_the_vile_right_wing_hate_machine/ |url-status=dead |work=Salon |location=Los Angeles |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160608101334/https://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/im_a_pedophile_youre_the_monsters_my_week_inside_the_vile_right_wing_hate_machine/ |archive-date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=August 19, 2017 }}</ref> was deleted in early 2017. Some saw a connection between the removal of the articles and the controversy surrounding [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]'s [[Milo_Yiannopoulos#Remarks_on_paedophilia_and_child_sexual_abuse|remarks on child sexual abuse]] that emerged in February 2017,<ref name="nymag" /> although Salon Media Group CEO and ''Salon'' acting editor-in-chief Jordan Hoffner told ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine that they had been removed in January 2017 due to unspecified "new editorial policies."<ref name="nymag" /> A third article by sex researcher [[Debra Soh]] defending Nickerson's side is still published as of April 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Soh |first=Debra W. |author-link=Debra Soh |date=October 27, 2015 |title=The pedophile I could not help: He was not a monster or a molester. The system destroyed him anyway |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/10/27/the_pedophile_i_could_not_help_he_was_not_a_monster_or_a_molester_the_system_destroyed_him_anyway/ |url-status=live |work=Salon |location=Los Angeles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324114059/https://www.salon.com/2015/10/27/the_pedophile_i_could_not_help_he_was_not_a_monster_or_a_molester_the_system_destroyed_him_anyway/ |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref>


=== Cryptocurrency mining ===
<blockquote>we surveyed our favorite book critics, both print and online, from high-profile publications to the hottest literary blogs. We asked for their top-10 books of 2012, and then tabulated the winners by assigning 10 points for a No. 1 selection, 9 for No. 2, all the way to 1 point for No. 10.<ref name=daley2012/></blockquote>


In February 2018, it was noted that ''Salon'' was preventing readers using [[ad blocker]]s from seeing its content. Such users are offered a choice of disabling their blocker, or allowing ''Salon'' to run an in-browser script, using the user's resources, to mine [[Monero (cryptocurrency)|Monero]], a form of cryptocurrency.<ref name="Browne">{{cite web |last1=Browne |first1=Ryan |title=US news site gives readers a choice: Disable your ad blocker or let us mine cryptocurrency |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/14/salon-disable-ad-blocker-or-let-us-mine-cryptocurrency-monero.html |website=[[CNBC]] |access-date=February 14, 2018 |date=February 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Hatmaker">{{cite web |last1=Hatmaker |first1=Taylor |title=Salon's Monero mining project might be crazy like a&nbsp;fox |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/13/salon-coinhive-cryptocurrency-mining/ |website=[[TechCrunch]] |date=February 13, 2018 |access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>
===What To Read Awards winners===
'''2012'''


=== Ron DeSantis headline ===
New award established as "What To Read Awards" with books chosen by a system of points from an array of other journalists top-10 lists.<ref name=daley2012>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2012/12/23/the_what_to_read_awards_top_10_books_of_2012/ |title=The What To Read Awards: Top 10 Books of 2012 |work=Salon |first= David |last= Daley |date=December 23, 2012 |accessdate=December 24, 2012}}</ref> See also Laura Miller's top-10 picks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2012/12/22/laura_millers_best_books_of_2012/ |title=Laura Miller’s best books of 2012 |work=Salon |first= Laura |last= Miller |date=December 22, 2012 |accessdate=December 24, 2012}}</ref>
On June 23, 2021, ''Salon'' published an article with a headline falsely claiming that a bill signed by Florida Governor [[Ron DeSantis]] would force Florida students and professors to register their political views with the state of [[Florida]]. The article went viral on Twitter and its false claim was promoted by various Democratic commentators, by Florida Commissioner of Agriculture [[Nikki Fried]] (who later deleted her tweet linking to the ''Salon'' article), and by novelist [[Stephen King]] (who later expressed regret for posting the headline). In 2022, ''Salon'' executive editor Andrew O'Hehir said that ''Salon'' had recently concluded that the headline "conveyed a misleading impression of what the Florida law actually said, and did not live up to our editorial standards", and the headline was changed. Another ''Salon'' editor had initially defended the headline in 2021. DeSantis spokesperson [[Christina Pushaw]] said that her colleagues had tried unsuccessfully to get ''Salon'' to change the headline in 2021, adding: "It's good to see that ''Salon'' finally changed its false headline after the pushback they received yesterday. It should have happened much sooner. Better yet, the ''Salon'' reporter and editors should have read the legislation before writing an article about it (a good practice for journalism, in general!)."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dale |first=Daniel |date=2022-07-08 |title=Fact check: Liberal website changes headline that falsely said DeSantis signed a bill that forces students to register their political views |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/fact-check-desantis-florida-students-professors-political-views/index.html |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tulp |first=Sophia |date=2022-07-08 |title=Posts mischaracterize Florida law on college campus surveys |url=https://apnews.com/article/Fact-Check-Florida-University-Survey-Law-107829663504 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>

#[[Katherine Boo]], ''[[Behind the Beautiful Forevers]]''
#[[Hilary Mantel]], ''[[Bring Up the Bodies]]''
#[[Ben Fountain]], ''Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk''
#[[Zadie Smith]], ''NW'', and [[Andrew Solomon]], ''Far From the Tree'' (co-winners)
#[[Sheila Heti]], ''How Should a Person Be''
#[[Gillian Flynn]], ''Gone Girl''
#[[Lauren Groff]], ''Arcadia''
#[[Jess Walter]], ''Beautiful Ruins''
#[[Sarah Manguso]], ''The Guardians''

===Salon Book Awards winners===
'''1996'''

*''[[Angela's Ashes]]'' by [[Frank McCourt]]
*''[[The Family Markowitz]]'' by [[Allegra Goodman]]
*''The Giant's House: A Romance'' by [[Elizabeth McCracken]]
*''[[Infinite Jest]]'' by [[David Foster Wallace]]
*''The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War'' by [[Paul Hendrickson]]
*''[[The Moor's Last Sigh]]'' by [[Salman Rushdie]]
*''[[My Dark Places (book)|My Dark Places]]'' by [[James Ellroy]]
*''Reader's Block'' by [[David Markson]]
*''The Shadow Man'' by [[Mary Gordon (writer)|Mary Gordon]]
*''The Temple Bombing'' by [[Melissa Fay Greene]]

'''1997'''

*''[[Alias Grace]]'' by [[Margaret Atwood]]
*''Because They Wanted to: Stories'' by [[Mary Gaitskill]]
*''Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents'' by [[Ellen Ullman]]
*''[[Cold Mountain (novel)|Cold Mountain]]'' by [[Charles Frazier]]
*''Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village'' by [[Serge Schmemann]]
*''How Proust Can Change Your Life'' by [[Alain de Botton]]
*''[[Into Thin Air|Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster]]'' by [[Jon Krakauer]]
*''[[Mason & Dixon]]'' by [[Thomas Pynchon]]
*''[[The Reader]]'' by [[Bernhard Schlink]]
*''[[The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down]]'' by [[Anne Fadiman]]

'''1998'''

*''At Home with the Marquis de Sade: A Life'' by [[Francine du Plessix Gray]]
*''[[A Beautiful Mind (book)|A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash]]'' by [[Sylvia Nasar]]
*''[[Birds of America (stories)|Birds of America]]'' by [[Lorrie Moore]]
*''[[Blindness (novel)|Blindness]]'' by [[José Saramago]]
*''A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage'' by [[Beth Kephart]]
*''[[Starting Out in the Evening]]'' by [[Brian Morton (American author)|Brian Morton]]
*''[[The Surgeon of Crowthorne]]'' by [[Simon Winchester]]
*''Thirst'' by [[Ken Kalfus]]
*''The Voyage of the Narwhal'' by [[Andrea Barrett]]
*''[[We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families|We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda]]'' by [[Philip Gourevitch]]

'''1999'''

*''[[Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War]]'' by [[Mark Bowden]]
*''Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley'' by [[Peter Guralnick]]
*''[[Cryptonomicon]]'' by [[Neal Stephenson]]
*''Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World'' by [[Mark Fritz]]
*''[[Motherless Brooklyn]]'' by [[Jonathan Lethem]]
*''Original Bliss'' by [[A. L. Kennedy]]
*''[[Plainsong (novel)|Plainsong]]'' by [[Kent Haruf]]
*''[[A Prayer for the Dying]]'' by [[Stewart O'Nan]]
*''Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette (Ballantine Reader's Circle)'' by [[Judith Thurman]]
*''Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption'' by [[Lisa Belkin]]

'''2000'''

*''[[Richard_Slotkin#Abe:_A_Novel_of_the_Young_Lincoln|Abe: A Novel of the Young Lincoln]]'' by [[Richard Slotkin]]
*''An American Story'' by [[Debra Dickerson]]
*''[[Being Dead]]'' by [[Jim Crace]]
*''The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams'' by [[Nasdijj]]
*''Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900'' by [[Diana Preston]]
*''Lying Awake'' by [[Mark Salzman]]
*''The Name of the World: A Novel'' by [[Denis Johnson]]
*''Pontius Pilate : The Biography of an Invented Man'' by [[Ann Wroe]]
*''The Social Lives of Dogs'' by [[Elizabeth Marshall Thomas]]
*''[[White Teeth]]'' by [[Zadie Smith]]

'''2001'''

*''[[Austerlitz (novel)|Austerlitz]]'' by [[W. G. Sebald]]
*''[[Bel Canto (novel)|Bel Canto]]'' by [[Ann Patchett]]
*''Borrowed Finery: A Memoir'' by [[Paula Fox]]
*''[[The Corrections]]'' by [[Jonathan Franzen]]
*''[[John Adams (book)|John Adams]]'' by [[David McCullough]]
*''[[John Henry Days]]'' by [[Colson Whitehead]]
*''[[Seabiscuit: An American Legend]]'' by [[Laura Hillenbrand]]
*''Stranger Things Happen: Stories'' by [[Kelly Link]]
*''Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America'' by [[Lily Burana]]
*''[[Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers]]'' by [[David Edmonds (philosopher)|David Edmonds]]

'''2002'''

No awards were given for the year of 2002.

'''2003'''

*''American Woman: A Novel'' by [[Susan Choi]]
*''[[Any Human Heart]]'' by [[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]]
*''Brick Lane'' by [[Monica Ali]]
*''The Bug'' by [[Ellen Ullman]]
*''[[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]'' by [[Mark Haddon]]
*''[[Drop City]]'' by [[T. C. Boyle]]
*''[[The Fortress of Solitude]]'' by [[Jonathan Lethem]]
*''I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark'' by [[Brian Hall (author)|Brian Hall]]
*''[[Old School (novel)|Old School]]'' by [[Tobias Wolff]]
*''[[Property (novel)|Property]]'' by [[Valerie Martin]]

'''2004'''

*''American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies'' by [[Michael W. Kauffman]]
*''Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age'' by [[Kevin Boyle (historian)|Kevin Boyle]]
*''[[Case Histories]]'' by [[Kate Atkinson]]
*''[[Happy Baby]]'' by [[Stephen Elliott (author)|Stephen Elliott]]
*''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' by [[Susanna Clarke]]
*''[[The Line of Beauty]]'' by [[Alan Hollinghurst]]
*''Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale'' by [[Gillian Gill]]
*''Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival'' by [[Dean King]]
*''[[Snow (Pamuk novel)|Snow]]'' by [[Orhan Pamuk]]
*''The Working Poor: Invisible in America'' by [[David K. Shipler]]

'''2005'''

*''[[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus]]'' by [[Charles C. Mann]]
*''The Assassins' Gate'' by [[George Packer]]
*''Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke'' by [[Peter Guralnick]]
*''[[Kafka on the Shore]]'' by [[Haruki Murakami]]
*''[[Magic for Beginners]]'' by [[Kelly Link]]
*''[[Never Let Me Go (novel)|Never Let Me Go]]'' by [[Kazuo Ishiguro]]
*''[[On Beauty]]'' by [[Zadie Smith]]
*''Them: A Memoir of Parents'' by [[Francine du Plessix Gray]]
*''[[Times Like These (novel)|Times Like These]]'' by [[Rachel Ingalls]]
*''Tulia'' by [[Nate Blakeslee]]
*''Veronica'' by [[Mary Gaitskill]]

'''2006'''

*''[[The Amalgamation Polka]]'' by [[Stephen Wright (writer)|Stephen Wright]]
*''A Disorder Peculiar to the Country: A Novel'' by [[Ken Kalfus]]
*''The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery'' by [[D.T. Max]]
*''[[Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic]]'' by [[Alison Bechdel]]
*''James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon'' by [[Julie Phillips]]
*''[[The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million]]'' by [[Daniel Mendelsohn]]
*''[[The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals]]'' by [[Michael Pollan]]
*''[[Special Topics in Calamity Physics]]'' by [[Marisha Pessl]]
*''Sweet and Low: A Family Story'' by [[Rich Cohen (author)|Rich Cohen]]
*''[[Twilight of the Superheroes]]'' by [[Deborah Eisenberg]]
*''[[What Is the What]]'' by [[Dave Eggers]]
*''[[Wizard of the Crow]]'' by [[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o]]

'''2007'''

*''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]'' by [[Junot Díaz]]
*''The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam'' by [[Tom Bissell]]
*''Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations'' by [[Georgina Howell]]
*''[[Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA]]'' by [[Tim Weiner]]
*''The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved'' by [[Judith Freeman (author)|Judith Freeman]]
*''[[Sacred Games (novel)|Sacred Games]]'' by [[Vikram Chandra]]
*''[[Then We Came to the End]]'' by [[Joshua Ferris]]
*''[[Tree of Smoke]]'' by [[Denis Johnson]]
*''[[The World Without Us]]'' by [[Alan Weisman]]
*''[[The Yiddish Policemen's Union]]'' by [[Michael Chabon]]

'''2008'''

*''[[2666 (novel)|2666]]'' by [[Roberto Bolaño]]
*''Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel'' by [[Rivka Galchen]]
*''Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are'' by [[Rob Walker (journalist)|Rob Walker]]
*''The Likeness'' by [[Tana French]]
*''The Northern Clemency'' by [[Philip Hensher]]
*''A Person of Interest: A Novel'' by [[Susan Choi]]
*''Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood'' by [[Mark Harris (American author)|Mark Harris]]
*''The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order'' by [[Joan Wickersham]]
*''The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective'' by [[Kate Summerscale]]

'''2009'''

*''[[The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science]]'' by [[Richard Holmes (biographer)|Richard Holmes]]
*''Await Your Reply'' by [[Dan Chaon]]
*''[[The Children's Book]]'' by [[A. S. Byatt]]
*''[[Chronic City]]'' by [[Jonathan Lethem]]
*''[[Columbine (book)|Columbine]]'' by [[Dave Cullen]]
*''[[The Little Stranger]]'' by [[Sarah Waters]]
*''Love in Infant Monkeys: Stories'' by [[Lydia Millet]]
*''A New Literary History of America (Harvard University Press Reference Library)'' by [[Greil Marcus]]
*''Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir'' by [[Diana Athill]]
*''Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee'' by [[Chloe Hooper]]

'''2010'''<ref>{{cite web| first= Laura |last= Miller |url= http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/12/07/best_books_nonfiction |title= The best nonfiction books of 2010| work=Salon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| first= Laura |last= Miller |url= http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/12/06/best_books_fiction |title= The best fiction of 2010| work=Salon}}</ref>
*''The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them'' by [[Elif Batuman]]
*''[[The Big Short]]'' by [[Michael Lewis (author)|Michael Lewis]] (tied with [[John Lanchester]])
*''I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay'' by John Lanchester (tied with Michael Lewis)
*''Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran – a Journey Behind the Headlines'' by [[Scott Peterson (writer)|Scott Peterson]]
*''[[The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks]]'' by [[Rebecca Skloot]]
*''[[The Warmth of Other Suns]]'' by [[Isabel Wilkerson]]
*''[[Room (novel)|Room]]'' by [[Emma Donoghue]]
*''[[A Visit From the Goon Squad]]'' by [[Jennifer Egan]]
*''[[Freedom (Jonathan Franzen novel)|Freedom]]'' by [[Jonathan Franzen]]
*''[[Faithful Place]]'' by [[Tana French]]
*''[[Super Sad True Love Story]]'' by [[Gary Shteyngart]]

'''2011'''<ref>{{cite web| first= Laura |last= Miller |url= http://entertainment.salon.com/2011/12/07/the_best_fiction_of_2011/ |title= The best fiction of 2011| work=Salon |date= 7 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| first= Laura |last= Miller |url= http://www.salon.com/2011/12/08/the_best_nonfiction_of_2011/ |title= The best nonfiction of 2011| work=Salon |date= 8 December 2011}}</ref>
*''[[The Marriage Plot]]'' by [[Jeffrey Eugenides]]
*''[[Pym (novel)|Pym]]'' by [[Mat Johnson]]
*''[[State of Wonder]]'' by [[Ann Patchett]]
*''[[The Tragedy of Arthur]]'' by [[Arthur Phillips]]
*''[[The Pale King]]'' by [[David Foster Wallace]]
*''Townie: A Memoir'' by [[Andre Dubus III]]
*''Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution'' by [[Mary Gabriel (author)|Mary Gabriel]]
*''[[The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood]]'' by [[James Gleick]]
*''Catherine the Great: The Portrait of a Woman'' by [[Robert K. Massie]]
*''[[Lost in Shangri-La]]'' by [[Mitchell Zuckoff]]

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Latest revision as of 03:47, 10 November 2024

For other uses, see Salon.

Salon
Type of site
News website
Available inEnglish
Owner
Created by
  • David Talbot
  • Gary Kamiya
  • Andrew Ross
  • Mignon Khargie
  • Scott Rosenberg
  • Laura Miller
EditorErin Keane (Editor in Chief)
Key peopleDrew Schoentrup (CEO)
URLsalon.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedApril 18, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-04-18)[2]
Current statusOnline
OCLC 43916723

Salon is an American politically progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995. It publishes articles on U.S. politics, culture, and current events.[3][4][5][6]

Content and coverage

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Salon covers a variety of topics, including reviews and articles about books, films, and music;[1] articles about "modern life", including friendships, human sexual behavior, and relationships; and reviews and articles about technology, with a particular focus on the free and open-source software (FOSS) movement.

According to the senior contributing writer for the American Journalism Review, Paul Farhi, Salon offers "provocative (if predictably liberal) political commentary and lots of sex."[7]

In 2008, Salon launched the interactive initiative Open Salon, a social content site/blog network for its readers. Originally a curated site with some of its content being featured on Salon, it fell into editorial neglect and was closed in March 2015.[8]

Responding to the question, "How far do you go with the tabloid sensibility to get readers?," former Salon.com editor-in-chief David Talbot said:

Is Salon more tabloid-like? Yeah, we've made no secret of that. I've said all along that our formula here is that we're a smart tabloid. If by tabloid what you mean is you're trying to reach a popular audience, trying to write topics that are viscerally important to a readership, whether it's the story about the mother in Houston who drowned her five children or the story on the missing intern in Washington, Chandra Levy.[9]

Staff and contributors

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Alex Pareene, who wrote about politics for Salon, in New York in 2012

Salon.com, originally salon1999.com, was founded in 1995 by David Talbot, Gary Kamiya, Andrew Ross, Mignon Khargie, Scott Rosenberg, and Laura Miller.[10]

Regular contributors have included the political-opinion writers Amanda Marcotte, Scott Eric Kaufman, Heather Digby Parton and Sean Illing, critic Andrew O'Hehir and pop-culture columnist Mary Elizabeth Williams.

David Talbot, founder and original editor-in-chief, also served several stints as CEO,[11] most recently replacing Richard Gingras, who left to join Google as head of news products in July 2011.[12] Joan Walsh was the second editor-in-chief, serving in that role starting in 2005.[13] She stepped down as editor-in-chief in November 2010 and was replaced by Kerry Lauerman.[14] David Daley took over the editor-in-chief position in June 2013.[15][16]

Jordan Hoffner took over as CEO in May 2016, also serving as editor-in-chief.[17] He resigned in May 2019, and was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Erin Keane.

As of September 2021, Salon's CEO was Chris Richmond, and its editor-in-chief was Erin Keane.[18]

History

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2009-2012
2012-2017
2017-2019
Former logos of Salon

Salon was created in the wake of the San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994, by former San Francisco Examiner arts and features editor David Talbot who wished to explore the potential of Web.[19][20] It launched as salonmag.com[21] in November 1995. In its early days, readers noticed a specifically Northern California flavor. In 1996, Talbot agreed: "We swim in the soup of San Francisco. There are a lot of odd fish we've plucked out of the bay here and it gives us some of that Left Coast, Weird Coast style."[22] Time magazine named it one of the Best Web Sites of 1996.[23]

Salon purchased the virtual community The WELL in April 1999 (switching to its current URL, salon.com, at roughly that time), and made its initial public offering (IPO) of Salon.com on the NASDAQ stock exchange on June 22 of that year.[24] Subsequently, for the month of October 1999, Nielsen/NetRatings reported that Salon had over two million users.[25]

Salon Premium, a pay-to-view (online) content subscription was introduced on April 25, 2001. The service signed up 130,000 subscribers and staved off discontinuation of services. However, in November 2002, the company announced it had accumulated cash and non-cash losses of $80 million, and by February 2003 it was having difficulty paying its rent and made an appeal for donations to keep the company running.

Front-page design in 2006

On October 9, 2003, Michael O'Donnell, the chief executive and president of Salon Media Group, said he was leaving the company after seven years because it was "time for a change." When he left, Salon.com had accrued $83.6 million in losses since its inception, and its stock traded for 5¢ on the OTC Bulletin Board. David Talbot, Salon's chairman and editor-in-chief at the time, became the new chief executive. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hambrecht, then Salon's chief financial officer, became the president.[26]

In July 2008, Salon launched Open Salon, a "social content site" and "curated blog network".[27] It was nominated for a 2009 National Magazine Award[28] in the category "best interactive feature." On March 9, 2015, Salon announced it would be closing Open Salon after six years of hosting a community of writers and bloggers.[8]

Salon closed its online chat board "Table Talk" on June 10, 2011, without stating an official reason for ending that section of the site.[29]

On July 16, 2012, Salon announced that it would be featuring content from Mondoweiss.[30]

Salon Media Group sold The WELL to the group of members in September 2012.[31]

Business model and operations

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Salon has been unprofitable through its entire history.[citation needed] Since 2007, the company has been dependent upon repeated cash injections from board Chairman John Warnock and William Hambrecht, father of former Salon CEO Elizabeth Hambrecht.[32][33][34][35] During the nine months ending on December 31, 2012, these cash contributions amounted to $3.4 million, compared to revenue in the same period of $2.7 million.[36] In December 2016 and January 2017, the company was evicted from its New York offices at 132 West 31st Street, a block from Madison Square Garden, for non-payment of $90,000 in back rent.[37][38] In February 2017, Spear Point Capital invested $1 million into Salon, taking a 29% equity stake and three seats on the company's board.[39] On August 30, 2019, Salon.com was sold for $5 million by Salon Media Group (Expert Market: SLNM) to privately held Salon.com, LLC, which is owned by Chris Richmond and Drew Schoentrup.[40][41]

Aspects of the Salon.com site offerings, ordered by advancing date:

  • Free content: around 15 new articles posted per-day, revenues wholly derived from in-page advertisements.
    • Per-day new content was reduced for a time.
  • Salon Premium subscription: Approximately 20 percent of new content was made available to subscribers only. Other subscription benefits included free magazines and ad-free viewing. Larger, more conspicuous ad units were introduced for non-subscribers.
  • A hybrid subscription model: Readers can now read content by viewing a 15-second full screen advertisement to earn a "day pass" or gain access by subscribing to Salon Premium.
  • Salon Core: After Salon Premium subscriptions declined from about 100,000 to 10,000, it was rebranded in 2011 as Salon Core subscriptions featuring a different mix of benefits.[11]
  • In 2018, Salon launched a beta program allowing customers to opt out of advertising in exchange for mining cryptocurrency.[42]

Controversies

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Retracted article on vaccine conference

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Main article: Deadly Immunity

An article called "Deadly Immunity" written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on the Salon and simultaneously in the July 14, 2005 issue of Rolling Stone.[43] The article focused on the 2000 Simpsonwood CDC conference and claimed that thimerosal-containing vaccines caused autism,[44] as well as the conspiracy theory that government health agencies have "colluded with Big Pharma to hide the risks of thimerosal from the public."[45] The article was retracted by Salon on January 16, 2011, in response to criticisms of the article as inaccurate.[46]

Otto Warmbier

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In March 2016, while American tourist Otto Warmbier was imprisoned in North Korea for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda poster there, the site posted an article about him headed: "This might be America's biggest idiot frat boy: Meet the UVa student who thought he could pull a prank in North Korea."[47] After Warmbier's death, the article was removed.[48][49] Andrew O'Hehir, the executive editor of Salon, said the article was a summary of the opinions of television comedian Larry Wilmore.[48]

Todd Nickerson

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In September 2015, Salon published an article written by Todd Nickerson, moderator of Virtuous Pedophiles, about his experiences with being a non-offending pedophile, titled: "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster."[50] This caused controversy at the time, with some commentators accusing it of being "pro-pedophile" (in the sense of being pro-child sexual abuse) and Nickerson himself subject to a "backlash."[51][52] This article, along with an accompanying video[53] and a follow-up article,[54] was deleted in early 2017. Some saw a connection between the removal of the articles and the controversy surrounding Milo Yiannopoulos's remarks on child sexual abuse that emerged in February 2017,[51] although Salon Media Group CEO and Salon acting editor-in-chief Jordan Hoffner told New York magazine that they had been removed in January 2017 due to unspecified "new editorial policies."[51] A third article by sex researcher Debra Soh defending Nickerson's side is still published as of April 2022.[55]

Cryptocurrency mining

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In February 2018, it was noted that Salon was preventing readers using ad blockers from seeing its content. Such users are offered a choice of disabling their blocker, or allowing Salon to run an in-browser script, using the user's resources, to mine Monero, a form of cryptocurrency.[56][57]

Ron DeSantis headline

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On June 23, 2021, Salon published an article with a headline falsely claiming that a bill signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would force Florida students and professors to register their political views with the state of Florida. The article went viral on Twitter and its false claim was promoted by various Democratic commentators, by Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried (who later deleted her tweet linking to the Salon article), and by novelist Stephen King (who later expressed regret for posting the headline). In 2022, Salon executive editor Andrew O'Hehir said that Salon had recently concluded that the headline "conveyed a misleading impression of what the Florida law actually said, and did not live up to our editorial standards", and the headline was changed. Another Salon editor had initially defended the headline in 2021. DeSantis spokesperson Christina Pushaw said that her colleagues had tried unsuccessfully to get Salon to change the headline in 2021, adding: "It's good to see that Salon finally changed its false headline after the pushback they received yesterday. It should have happened much sooner. Better yet, the Salon reporter and editors should have read the legislation before writing an article about it (a good practice for journalism, in general!)."[58][59]

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