Salon, one of the early internet’s pioneering publications, is closing after more than three decades, the outlet announced on Thursday. Salon was never just a website,” Salon said in a statement. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable.
We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness,” the statement said. Founded in San Francisco in 1995, Salon said its output “helped pioneer a form of journalism that would come to define an entirely new era of publishing.” Salon, which moved most editorial staff to New York City in the 2000s, was described as the oldest general interest publication on the internet, according to a piece by the Columbia Journalism Review in 2011. The publication won a plethora of awards for its work through the 1990s, including 1996’s website of the year from Time magazine and 1997’s best website from BusinessWeek.
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