Salon Shuts Down After 31 Years, Calling Its Publishing Model Unsustainable
Goodbye from Salon
Salon, the pioneering digital publication founded in November 1995, is ceasing operations after 31 years. Its editors say the business realities of independent digital journalism have shifted so profoundly that the publishing model is no longer sustainable. The farewell credits the founders, writers, editors, and readers who made Salon a community, and frames its legacy as proof of what digital journalism could be.
Salon was never just a website. It was an idea about what journalism could be, born at a moment when the internet was still a largely unexplored frontier.