Screenshot of Salon.com

Salon.com (often just Salon) is an Internet-based media company founded in 1995 by editor-in-chief David Talbot and several other colleagues from the San Francisco Examiner. The website is presented as an online magazine, with content updated each weekday. Its headquarters are located in downtown San Francisco, California. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (746x637, 153 KB)Screenshot taken of Salon. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (746x637, 153 KB)Screenshot taken of Salon. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Talbot is a pioneer of online journalism. ... The San Francisco Examiner is a daily newspaper in San Francisco, California, where it has been published continuously since 1865, beginning with the name The Daily Examiner. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The City by the Bay; The City That Knows How; Golden Mountain (historic Chinese name) Location Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates , Government City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Geographical characteristics Area     City 600. ...

Content and coverage

Salon's magazine covers a variety of topics. American politics is a major focus. It has reviews and articles about music, books, and films. It also has articles about "modern life", including relationships and sex. It covers technology, with a particular focus on the free software/open source movement. The federal government of the United States was established by the United States Constitution. ... Music is a form of expression in the medium of time using the structures of tones and silence. ... Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Sexual activity in humans is an instinctive form of physical intimacy. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a level of technological mastery sufficient to leave the surface of the planet for the first time and explore space. ... This article is about Free Software as defined by the sociopolitical Free Software movement; for information on software distributed without charge, see freeware. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ...

Salon covers all of these issues from a liberal political viewpoint, although the site has also featured regular columns from such conservatives as David Horowitz and Andrew Sullivan. Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Andrew Sullivan Andrew Sullivan, Ph. ...

It has discussion boards open exclusively to online subscribers, Table Talk and The WELL. For the Scottish football team, see Motherwell F.C. The Whole Earth Lectronic Link (or The WELL) is one of the oldest virtual communities still online. ...

Key people

Regular contributors include political writers Joe Conason and Sidney Blumenthal; aviation columnist Patrick Smith; sports columnist King Kaufman and political cartoonists such as Tom Tomorrow, author of This Modern World; Ruben Bolling, author of Tom the Dancing Bug; and Keith Knight, author of The K Chronicles. Joe Conason is a United States-based journalist and author and is a noted commentator for liberal positions. ... Sidney Blumenthal was born in Chicago in 1948 and educated at Brandeis University(BA in Sociology in 1969). ... Cover of Ask the Pilot Patrick Smith (born 1966) is an airline pilot, air travel columnist and author. ... Dan Perkins (born 1961 in Wichita, Kansas), better known by the pen name Tom Tomorrow, is an editorial cartoonist. ... Several of the main characters in From left to right: Sparky, Biff, and Blinky. ... Ruben Bolling is a pseudonym for Ken Fisher, a cartoonist, the author of Tom the Dancing Bug. ... Tom the Dancing Bug is a weekly comic strip by Ruben Bolling which presents critical commentary on modern life, current events, and conventional wisdom and cliches. ... Keith Knight (born August 24, 1966 in Malden, Massachusetts) is an American cartoonist and musician. ... The K Chronicles is the autobiographical comic strip of independent cartoonist Keith Knight. ...

Elizabeth Hambrecht is the CEO. Joan Walsh is the editor-in-chief. Max Garrone, Michael Mathog, Scott Rosenberg and Kathryn Surso are vice presidents. Walter Shapiro is Salon's Washington bureau chief. A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ...

History

Salon's history is reflective of the difficulties in creating a profitable business selling original, professionally-produced media content over the Internet. On June 22, 1999, Salon.com IPO'd on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Though dot-com speculation had not yet reached its peak by then, the performance of Salon.com's stock offering was mediocre, reflecting investor skepticism about its business model and the dutch auction IPO model it used to go public. June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of a corporations common shares to public investors. ... NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations ) is a U.S. electronic stock exchange. ... The Dot-com bubble (or dot-com speculative bubble) refers to the approximately four years of time (1997–2001) in which stock markets in Western nations had their value increase rapidly and most significantly in the technology and new Internet sector. ... An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ...

Such skepticism would soon be confirmed as Salon announced ever-increasing total losses. On November 13, 2002, the company announced it had accumulated cash and non-cash losses of $80 million. By February 2003 it was having difficulty paying its rent, and made an appeal for donations to keep the company running. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for February, 2003. ...

In April 25, 2001, Salon launched Salon Premium, a pay-to-view (online) content subscription. Salon Premium signed over 130,000 subscribers and staved off discontinuation of services. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

In 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. October 9 is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (283rd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ... The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a company is the corporate officer primarily responsible for managing the financial risks of a business. ...

As of early spring 2005, Salon had made a quarterly profit for the first time in its existence, benefiting from a resurgent online ad market and an established subscription business. However, Salon.com is still in a precarious financial position as its stock has been delisted from the NASDAQ exchange. It currently trades as an over-the-counter penny stock for less than 50¢ per share. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The terms Penny Stocks, Small Caps, Micro Caps and Nano Caps are often interchangeable. ...

Business model and operations

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% 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.
• A hybrid subscription model. Readers can access content by viewing a 15-second full screen advertisement to earn a "day pass" or gain access by subscribing to Salon Premium.

Advertising, generally speaking, is the promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas, usually performed by an identified sponsor. ...

Books published

• Moses, Kate (editor). Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood (2000). ISBN 0671774689
• Miller, Laura (editor). The Salon.Com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors (2000). ISBN 014028088X
• Don George (editor). Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventures and Romance (2001). ISBN 9780375506499

External links

• Salon.com website
• Timeline
• Salon.com stock (SALN.OB) historical performance
• Salon buys The WELL