Salon Fact Sheet
Salon, the award-winning online news and entertainment Web site, combines original investigative stories, breaking news, provocative personal essays and highly respected criticism along with popular staff-written blogs about politics, technology and culture. Salon hosts two online communities, Table Talk and The Well, and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York City and Washington D.C.
Founded in July 1995 by David Talbot, Salon has been called "intriguing and intelligent" (Washington Post), "truly compelling" (Time) and "smart and provocative" (Forbes). Salon.com has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, "Good Morning America," "Morning Edition," "Talk of the Nation," "Crossfire," the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Time, Newsweek and other major media.
Salon has attracted a wide variety of advertisers. Premier advertisers include Visa, American Express, Sony, IBM, HBO and many others.
Executive Staff
- Richard Gingras: Chief Executive Officer
- Joan Walsh: Editor in Chief
- Norman Blashka: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Columnists
Joe Conason, Heather Havrilesky, Gary Kamiya, King Kaufman, Andrew Leonard, Patrick Smith, Cary Tennis
Sites
Arts & Entertainment -- Salon A&E; features provocative reviews, aggressive reporting and thought-provoking essays in the fields of movies, music and television. The section includes comprehensive coverage of major movie releases; reviews of the hottest TV shows and trends; and ongoing coverage of media industries.
Books -- The Books section includes ahead-of-the-curve daily book reviews; essays on the ideas and controversies that have taken the literary world by storm, and interviews with today's most interesting writers.
Comics -- This section features the works of comic luminaries Tom Tomorrow, Ruben Bolling, Carol Lay, Keith Knight and Lynda Barry -- as well as the Flash animations of Mark Fiore.
Life -- Life features thought-provoking writing on family life, motherhood and modern living, and features the popular advice column of Cary Tennis.
News and Politics -- News and Politics features some of the most in-depth and hard-hitting political coverage found anywhere, as well as breaking news, investigative journalism and commentary, and interviews with newsmakers, politicians and pundits. The War Room is updated throughout the day with breaking news. Salon News also includes a column by sports commentator King Kaufman.
Opinion -- Opinion features trenchant ideas and perspectives on the news of the day and fresh issues percolating to the surface, by regular columnists like Joe Conason and Arianna Huffington as well as a constantly changing cast of contributors. Opinion also includes Right Hook, a weekly roundup of conservative commentary and analysis.
Technology & Business -- Smart, opinionated coverage of business, Internet news and digital culture from today's best technology and business writers. Edited by Andrew Leonard, Technology & Business offers daily feature stories; "Ask the Pilot," a popular weekly column by Patrick Smith on commercial flight; and insightful reporting by Katharine Mieskowski, Farhad Manjoo and others.
Community
Table Talk
Table Talk is one of the Internet's premier forums. It is a lively, spirited discussion area in which Salon.com readers are free to speak out on Salon.com articles or whatever is on their minds. Discussions range over more than 3,000 topics at any given time, including books, politics, digital culture, personal life, entertainment and much more. Links to Table Talk from Salon's feature stories stimulate discussion and debate.
The Well
Often described as the world's most influential online community, The WELL was founded in April 1985 and acquired by Salon.com in April 1999. This members-only online community is a unique and world-famous community of writers, technologists, thinkers and quirky pundits who exchange information and opinions on topics ranging from jazz to Java, from gardening to Generation X.
Salon.com Site Information
- 5.8 million monthly unique visitors
- 54% male / 46% female
- 97% 21+ years of age
- 80% live in the United States / 20% live abroad
- Average household income: $88,526
- 75% are have earned a college degree or higher
Awards
Salon has won several major awards including:
2004
- "Outstanding Journalist" (David Talbot) | Carr Van Anda Award
- "Outstanding Digital Journalism Article" | GLAAD
2003
- "Top 100 Classics" (News & Entertainment categories) | PC Magazine
- "Feature Journalism -- Independent" | Online Journalism Awards
2002
- "Best Print and Zine" | Webby Awards
- "Best 50 Web Sites" | Time Magazine
- "Outstanding Digital Journalism Overall Coverage" | GLAAD
2001
- "Best Online Magazine" | Yahoo Internet Life
- "Top 100 Websites" | PC Magazine
- "Outstanding Digital Journalism Article" | GLAAD
- "Best Independent Enterprise Journalism" | Online Journalism Awards
Contact information
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