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Salon.com to shut down after 31 years of digital publishing
Salon.com said Thursday it is closing, citing a publishing model that is no longer sustainable after 31 years, Variety reported.
- New headline Was: “Salon.com Shuts Down Cultural and Political Site After 31 Years”
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Salon.com said Thursday it is shutting down after 31 years online, according to Variety, which cited a company announcement1.
Editors wrote that the site launched in November 1995 as an original digital publication and that independent digital journalism's business realities had changed, making the publishing model no longer sustainable1.
Variety described the San Francisco-based outlet as an early-web destination for cultural commentary, political analysis and lifestyle coverage, and said it had launched numerous writers' careers before social media became dominant1.
The report said Salon joins later digital outlets such as BuzzFeed and Gawker that struggled to monetize general-audience cultural and topical reporting1.
The editorial statement, as quoted by Variety, thanked readers and said the site hoped its digital-journalism legacy would continue to matter after the shutdown1.
