Salon Warns It May Not Survive Beyond February
from the too-bad dept
The latest news from Salon doesn't look good. They're saying that they may not be able to survive past this month. This would truly be unfortunate, as they have consistently had excellent online content, even if they were struggling for a business model. Apparently, they haven't paid rent in a couple of months, and if they don't raise more money in the next couple of weeks, they'll be forced to shut down. They've had a couple other "dire" warnings in the past, but always managed to scrape up a little more money. This time, though, it looks like they're cutting it very very close.
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I remember when Salon was the first site I visited when I logged online, haven't read it for weeks, if not months.
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Have to admit the few times I visited after, I also found the ads way, way too intrusive and annoying.
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