Salon Charging For More Content
from the probably-not-a-smart-idea dept
Salon has finally gotten around to making a lot more of its content only available to those who pay. They've certainly done an excellent job covering the events of the last three weeks in a way that not many other media outlets have been able to. However, I think they'll find very few people who will be willing to pay them for a subscription. In fact, the chances of them getting enough subscribers to make it worthwhile seems pretty slim.
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