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{{Short description|American progressive news and opinion website}}
{{Other uses|Salon (disambiguation){{!}}Salon}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = ''Salon''
| logo = Salon logo 2021.svg
| screenshot = Salon screenshot - Jan 3, 2023.png
| url = {{url|salon.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Online newspaper|News website]]
| registration = Optional
| language = [[English language|English]]
| owner = {{plainlist| *Find.co<ref name=about>{{cite web|work=Salon|url=http://www.salon.com/about/|title=About Salon}}</ref>}}
| author = {{plainlist| *David Talbot
*Gary Kamiya
*Andrew Ross
*Mignon Khargie
*Scott Rosenberg
*Laura Miller}}
| editor = Joseph Neese ([[Editor in Chief]])
| key_people = Mendel Benoit ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of Find.co) <br /> Amanda Wolfe ([[General Manager]]) <br /> Erin Keane ([[Chief Content Officer]])
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1995|4|18}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/salon.com|title=Salon.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools|work=[[WHOIS]]|access-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref>
| current_status = Online
| footnotes = {{OCLC|43916723}}
}}
'''''Salon''''' is an American [[Progressivism in the United States|politically progressive]] and [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] news and opinion website created in 1995. It publishes articles on [[U.S. politics]], culture, and current events.<ref name="politico20160527">{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/05/the-fall-of-saloncom-004551/ |title=The fall of Salon.com |first1=Kelsey |last1=Sutton |first2=Peter |last2=Sterne |website=[[Politico]] |date=March 27, 2016 |access-date=April 1, 2020 |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521060110/https://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/05/the-fall-of-saloncom-004551 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Kelsey|last=Sutton|url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/08/new-salon-very-different-from-the-old-salon-004705/|title=The new Salon – very different from the old Salon|website=[[Politico]]|date=August 10, 2016|access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Callum|last= Borchers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/20/note-to-liberal-media-outlets-opposition-to-syrian-refugees-is-not-a-fringe-position/|title=Note to liberal media outlets: Opposition to Syrian refugees is not a fringe position|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|publisher=Nash Holdings LLC|___location=Washington DC|date=November 20, 2015|access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Howard|last=Kurtz|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/salons-clickbait-strategy-the-phantom-fight-against-fox-news|title=Salon's clickbait strategy: The phantom fight against Fox News|website=[[Fox News]]|publisher=[[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp.]]|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=March 29, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Content and coverage ==
{{Liberalism US}}
''Salon'' covers a variety of topics, including entertainment and culture, and food, with a particular focus on U.S. politics from a liberal and progressive point of view. Salon's web presence includes a YouTube channel, where it produces the show and podcast Standing Room Only with Amanda Marcotte, among other content. <ref>{{cite web |title=About Salon |url=https://www.salon.com/about |website=Salon.com}}</ref>
According to the senior contributing writer for the ''[[American Journalism Review]]'', Paul Farhi, ''Salon'' offers "provocative (if predictably liberal) political commentary and lots of sex."<ref>{{cite journal |first=Paul|last=Farhi|url=http://ajrarchive.org/article.asp?id=314 |title=Can Salon Make It?|journal=[[American Journalism Review]]|publisher=[[University of Maryland, College Park]]|___location=[[College Park, Maryland]]|date=March 2001 |access-date=May 24, 2015 }}</ref>
In 2008, ''Salon'' launched the interactive initiative ''[[Open Salon]]'', a social content site/blog network for its readers. Originally a curated site with some of its content being featured on ''Salon'', it fell into editorial neglect and was closed in March 2015.<ref name=OS>{{cite web|work=[[Open Salon]]|author=Open Salon Staff|date=March 10, 2015|title=News about Open Salon|url=http://open.salon.com/blog/open_staff/2015/03/09/news_about_open_salon|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312045554/http://open.salon.com/blog/open_staff/2015/03/09/news_about_open_salon|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Responding to the question, "How far do you go with the [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]] sensibility to get readers?," former Salon.com editor-in-chief [[David Talbot]] said:
{{Blockquote|Is ''Salon'' more tabloid-like? Yeah, we've made no secret of that. I've said all along that our formula here is that we're a smart tabloid. If by tabloid what you mean is you're trying to reach a popular audience, trying to write topics that are viscerally important to a readership, whether it's the story about [[Andrea Yates|the mother in Houston who drowned her five children]] or the story on the missing intern in Washington, [[Chandra Levy]].<ref name="journalism jobs" />|}}
== Staff and contributors ==
[[File:Alex Pareene 2012 Shankbone 2.JPG|thumb|[[Alex Pareene]], who wrote about politics for ''Salon'', in New York in 2012]]
''Salon.com'', originally salon1999.com, was founded in 1995 by [[David Talbot]], [[Gary Kamiya]], Andrew Ross, Mignon Khargie, [[Scott Rosenberg (journalist)|Scott Rosenberg]], and [[Laura Miller (writer)|Laura Miller]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kamiya|first=Gary|date=November 15, 2005 |title=Ten years of ''Salon''|url=https://www.salon.com/2005/11/14/salon_history/|access-date=January 15, 2022 |website=Salon}}</ref>
Regular contributors have included the political-opinion writers [[Amanda Marcotte]], Scott Eric Kaufman, [[Digby (blogger)|Heather Digby Parton]] and [[Sean Illing]], critic Andrew O'Hehir and pop-culture columnist [[Mary Elizabeth Williams]].
David Talbot, founder and original editor-in-chief, also served several stints as CEO,<ref name="relaunchhufpo">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/27/salon-ceo-site-relaunch_n_981992.html |title=''Salon'' CEO Calls For 'American Spring' With Site's Relaunch |work=Huffington Post |date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=October 4, 2011 |last=Calderone | first= Michael}}</ref> most recently replacing [[Richard Gingras]], who left to join [[Google]] as head of news products in July 2011.<ref name="ceosec">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774911004646/salon_8k-070711.htm |title= Form 8-K, Salon Media Group, Inc. |date= July 7, 2011 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |access-date=July 26, 2013}}</ref> [[Joan Walsh]] was the second editor-in-chief, serving in that role starting in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/salons-editor-chief-joan-walsh-steps-down-22364/|title=''Salon''{{'}}s Editor-in-Chief Joan Walsh Steps Down|date=November 8, 2010}}</ref> She stepped down as editor-in-chief in November 2010 and was replaced by [[Kerry Lauerman]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Walsh |first=Joan |date=November 8, 2010 |url=http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joan_walsh/politics/2010/11/08/i_am_not_leaving_salon/index.html |work=Salon |title=I'm not leaving ''Salon''! |access-date=December 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217060613/http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joan_walsh/politics/2010/11/08/i_am_not_leaving_salon/index.html |archive-date=December 17, 2010}}</ref> David Daley took over the editor-in-chief position in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2013/06/kerry-lauerman-is-leaving-salon/|title=Kerry Lauerman is Leaving ''Salon'', Dave Daley Named Interim Editor in Chief|first=Kara|last=Bloomgarden-Smoke|date=June 5, 2013|work=[[The New York Observer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=''Salon'' editor David Daley first Willson-Grady Digital Media Fellow|url=http://grady.uga.edu/news/view/salon_editor_david_daley_first_willson_grady_digital_media_fellow#.VHeNGoVKZVY|date=February 19, 2014|first=Dave|last=Marr|publisher=Grady College|archive-date=December 5, 2014|access-date=November 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205034345/http://grady.uga.edu/news/view/salon_editor_david_daley_first_willson_grady_digital_media_fellow#.VHeNGoVKZVY|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Jordan Hoffner took over as CEO in May 2016, also serving as editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/05/incoming-salon-ceo-signals-big-changes-ahead-004557/|publisher=[[Politico]]|title=Incoming ''Salon'' CEO signals big changes ahead|author=Sutton, Kelsey|date=May 31, 2016}}</ref> He resigned in May 2019, and was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Erin Keane.
{{As of|September 2024|post=,}} Amanda Wolfe is General Manager of Salon, Erin Keane is Chief Content Officer, and Joseph Neese is Editor In Chief. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Staff {{!}} ''Salon.com''|url=https://www.salon.com/about/staff|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Salon}}</ref>
== History ==
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''Salon'' was created in the wake of the [[San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994]], by former ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' arts and features editor [[David Talbot]] who wished to explore the potential of [[World Wide Web|Web]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pogash |first=Carol |title=Cyberspace Journalism |journal=American Journalism Review |access-date=July 8, 2011 |date=June 1, 1996 |url=http://www.enews.com/magazines/ajr/archive/960601-001.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961228232313/http://www.enews.com/magazines/ajr/archive/960601-001.html |archive-date=December 28, 1996 }}</ref><ref name=herhold>{{cite web|last=Herhold |first=Scott |title=Net magazine Salon epitomizes fate of mind over matter |work=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=July 7, 2011 |date=December 28, 1997 |url=http://www5.mercurycenter.com/business/center/salon122997.htm# |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990221024841/http://www5.mercurycenter.com/business/center/salon122997.htm%23 |archive-date=February 21, 1999 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It launched as salonmag.com<ref>Vaughn, Seven L. ''Encyclopedia of American Journalism'' (2008). Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-415-96950-5}}.</ref> in November 1995. In its early days, readers noticed a specifically Northern California flavor. In 1996, Talbot agreed: "We swim in the soup of San Francisco. There are a lot of odd fish we've plucked out of the bay here and it gives us some of that Left Coast, Weird Coast style."<ref>Adam Begley, "Reading Bytes", San Francisco magazine [formerly San Francisco Focus], October 1997, p. 128.</ref> ''Time'' magazine named it one of the Best Web Sites of 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,135245,00.html|title=The Best Web Sites of 1996 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |magazine=Time |access-date=July 29, 2015}}</ref>
''Salon'' purchased the [[virtual community]] [[The WELL]] in April 1999 (switching to its current URL, salon.com, at roughly that time), and made its [[initial public offering]] (IPO) of Salon.com on the [[NASDAQ]] stock exchange on June 22 of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=940074|title=SALON INTERNET INC|website=www.nasdaq.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref> Subsequently, for the month of October 1999, [[Nielsen NetRatings|Nielsen/NetRatings]] reported that ''Salon'' had over two million users.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-11-fi-64019-story.html|title=Salon.com Wins Credibility Online With Intelligent and Stylish Content|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 28, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref>
''Salon Premium'', a pay-to-view (online) content subscription was introduced on April 25, 2001. The service signed up 130,000 subscribers and staved off discontinuation of services. However, in November 2002, the company announced it had accumulated cash and non-cash losses of $80 million, and by February 2003 it was having difficulty paying its rent and made an appeal for donations to keep the company running.
[[File:Salon.com screenshot.png|thumb|left|Front-page design in 2006]]
On October 9, 2003, Michael O'Donnell, the [[Chief executive officer|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''<nowiki/>'s chairman and editor-in-chief at the time, became the new chief executive. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hambrecht, then ''Salon''<nowiki/>'s [[chief financial officer]], became the president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Salon-chief-calling-it-quits-after-7-years-2583386.php|title=Salon chief calling it quits after 7 years|work=SFGate|access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
In July 2008, ''Salon'' launched ''Open Salon'', a "social content site" and "curated blog network".<ref name="open salon 1" /> It was nominated for a 2009 National Magazine Award<ref name="open salon 2" /> in the category "best interactive feature." On March 9, 2015, ''Salon'' announced it would be closing ''Open Salon'' after six years of hosting a community of writers and bloggers.<ref name=OS />
''Salon'' closed its online chat board "Table Talk" on June 10, 2011, without stating an official reason for ending that section of the site.<ref>{{cite web| last = Williams| first = Mary Elizabeth| work=Salon|title = Au revoir, Table Talk| date = June 10, 2011|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/06/10/requiem_for_table_talk/}}</ref>
On July 16, 2012, ''Salon'' announced that it would be featuring content from ''[[Mondoweiss]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/topic/mondoweiss/|work=Salon|title=Mondoweiss|access-date=August 1, 2012|archive-date=August 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801155346/http://www.salon.com/topic/mondoweiss/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Salon Media Group sold [[The WELL]] to the group of members in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|website=Well.com|url=http://www.well.com/p-release/pr_20120920.pdf|title=Salon Media Group Sells The WELL to The Well Group|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115163522/http://www.well.com/p-release/pr_20120920.pdf|archive-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref>
=== Business model and operations ===
''Salon'' has been unprofitable through its entire history.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} Since 2007, the company has been dependent upon repeated cash injections from board Chairman [[John Warnock]] and [[William Hambrecht]], father of former ''Salon'' CEO Elizabeth Hambrecht.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wrhambrecht.com/about/|title=About WR Hambrecht + Co|website=wrhambrecht.com|access-date=October 3, 2018|archive-date=October 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220907/https://wrhambrecht.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://insiders.morningstar.com/trading/board-of-directors.action?t=0P000004T4&culture=en-US|title=Salon Media Group Inc Board of Directors|website=insiders.morningstar.com|access-date=October 3, 2018|archive-date=October 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003221007/http://insiders.morningstar.com/trading/board-of-directors.action?t=0P000004T4&culture=en-US|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/about/staff|title=Salon.com – News, Politics, Business, Technology & Culture|website=Salon.com |access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Salon-com-beats-the-odds-S-F-online-magazine-2558829.php|title=Salon.com beats the odds / S.F. online magazine courses into its second decade|date=December 1, 2005|website=sfgate.com|access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref> During the nine months ending on December 31, 2012, these cash contributions amounted to $3.4 million, compared to revenue in the same period of $2.7 million.<ref name="Form 10-Q, Salon Media Group, Inc">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774913001586/smg_10q-123112.htm|title=Form 10-Q, Salon Media Group, Inc.|date=February 14, 2013|publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]|access-date=July 26, 2013}}</ref> In December 2016 and January 2017, the company was evicted from its New York offices at 132 West 31st Street, a block from [[Madison Square Garden]], for non-payment of $90,000 in back rent.<ref name="NYPost-Eviction">{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/08/03/salon-struggling-to-pay-its-rent/|title=Salon struggling to pay its rent|last1=Kelly|first1=Keith J.|date=August 3, 2017|access-date=September 5, 2018|newspaper=New York Post}}</ref><ref name="10-K 2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774917011772/slnm20170331_10k.htm|title=Form 10-Q, Salon Media Group, Inc. |date=June 23, 2017 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref> In February 2017, Spear Point Capital invested $1 million into Salon, taking a 29% equity stake and three seats on the company's board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foliomag.com/spear-point-invests-1-million-salon-media-group/|title=Spear Point Invests $1 Million into Salon Media Group|date=February 2, 2017|website=Folio|language=en-US|access-date=April 9, 2019}}</ref> On August 30, 2019, Salon.com was sold for $5 million by Salon Media Group ({{OTC Expert|SLNM}}) to privately held Salon.com, LLC, which is owned by [[Chris Richmond (entrepreneur)|Chris Richmond]] and Drew Schoentrup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/09/03/techies-wrap-up-5m-acquisition-of-salon-media/|title=Techies wrap up $5M acquisition of Salon Media|last=Kelly|first=Keith J.|date=September 4, 2019|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084332/000143774919017945/slnm20190905_8k.htm|title=slnm20190905_8k.htm|publisher=SEC|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref>
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 percent of new content was made available to subscribers only. Other subscription benefits included free magazines and ad-free viewing. Larger, more conspicuous ad units were introduced for non-subscribers.
* A hybrid subscription model: Readers can now read content by viewing a 15-second full screen advertisement to earn a "day pass" or gain access by subscribing to ''Salon Premium''.
* ''Salon Core'': After ''Salon Premium'' subscriptions declined from about 100,000 to 10,000, it was rebranded in 2011 as ''Salon Core'' subscriptions featuring a different mix of benefits.<ref name="relaunchhufpo" />
* In 2018, ''Salon'' launched a beta program allowing customers to opt out of advertising in exchange for mining [[cryptocurrency]].<ref name="SalonMiningFAQ">{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/about/faq-what-happens-when-i-choose-to-suppress-ads-on-salon/|title=FAQ: What happens when I choose to 'Suppress Ads" on Salon?'}}</ref>
== Controversies ==
=== Retracted article on vaccine conference ===
{{Main|Deadly Immunity}}
An article called "Deadly Immunity" written by [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]] appeared in ''Salon'' and simultaneously in the July 14, 2005 issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.nesl.edu/userfiles/file/lawreview/vol40/2/Moreno.pdf | title=Toxic Torts, Autism, and Bad Science: Why the Courts May Be Our Best Defense Against Scientific Relativism | author=Moreno, Joelle Anne | journal=[[New England Law Review]] | year=2006 | volume=40 | issue=2 | pages=414}}</ref> The article focused on the [[2000 Simpsonwood CDC conference]] and claimed that [[thiomersal controversy|thimerosal-containing vaccines caused autism]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rolling-stone-retracts-autism-article-but-lots-of-junk-journalism-remains/ | title=Rolling Stone Retracts Autism Article, but Lots of Junk Journalism Remains | work=[[CBS News]] | date=22 January 2011 | access-date=22 November 2015 | author=Edwards, Jim}}</ref><ref name=kloor>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/robert-kennedy-jrs-belief-in-autism-vaccine-connection-and-its-political-peril/2014/07/16/f21c01ee-f70b-11e3-a606-946fd632f9f1_story.html | title=Robert Kennedy Jr.'s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril | newspaper=[[Washington Post]] | date=18 July 2014 | access-date=22 November 2015 | author=Kloor, Keith | author-link=Keith Kloor}}</ref> The article was retracted by ''Salon'' on January 16, 2011, in response to criticism.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2011/01/16/salon_mag_pulls_dangerous_and_fallacious_antivax_article.html | title=Salon mag pulls dangerous and fallacious antivax article | work=[[Slate.com]] | date=16 January 2011 | access-date=22 November 2015 | author=Plait, Phil}}</ref>
=== Otto Warmbier ===
In March 2016, while American tourist [[Otto Warmbier]] was imprisoned in [[North Korea]] for allegedly trying to steal a [[Propaganda in North Korea#Posters and slogans|propaganda poster]] there, the site posted an article about him headed: "This might be America's biggest idiot frat boy: Meet the [[University of Virginia|UVa]] student who thought he could pull a prank in North Korea."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gauthier|first1=Brendan|title=This might be America's biggest idiot frat boy: Meet the UVa student who thought he could pull a prank in North Korea|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/03/02/this_might_be_americas_biggest_idiot_frat_boy_meet_the_uva_student_who_thought_he_could_pull_a_prank_in_north_korea/|access-date=June 24, 2017|work=Salon|date=March 2, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160302210633/http://www.salon.com/2016/03/02/this_might_be_americas_biggest_idiot_frat_boy_meet_the_uva_student_who_thought_he_could_pull_a_prank_in_north_korea/|archive-date=March 2, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> After Warmbier's death, the article was removed.<ref name=Larry>{{cite news|last1=Tani|first1=Maxwell|title=Salon removes article calling Otto Warmbier 'America's idiot fratboy'|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/salon-removes-article-calling-otto-warmbier-americas-idiot-fratboy-2017-6|access-date=June 24, 2017|work=Business Insider|date=June 20, 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Alyssa|title=What we can learn from the harshest responses to Otto Warmbier's captivity|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2017/06/21/what-we-can-learn-from-the-harshest-responses-to-otto-warmbiers-captivity/|access-date=June 24, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 21, 2017}}</ref>
=== Todd Nickerson ===
In September 2015, ''Salon'' published an article written by Todd Nickerson, moderator of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]], about his experiences with being a non-offending [[pedophilia|pedophile]], titled: "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster."<ref>{{cite news |last=Nickerson |first=Todd |date=September 21, 2015 |title=I'm a pedophile, but not a monster |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster |url-status=dead |work=Salon |___location=Los Angeles |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160608101347/https://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/ |archive-date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=August 19, 2017 }} (Also available [https://www.alternet.org/2015/09/im-pedophile-not-monster/ here] on [[AlterNet]]. {{Cite web |url=http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/im-pedophile-not-monster |title=I'm a Pedophile, but Not a Monster | Alternet |work=Alternet |access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819231749/http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/im-pedophile-not-monster |url-status=bot: unknown }}.)</ref> This caused controversy at the time, with some commentators accusing it of being "pro-pedophile" ([[Pedophilia#Pedophilia and child molestation|in the sense of being pro-child sexual abuse]]).<ref name="nymag">{{cite news |last=Singal |first=Jesse |date=February 22, 2017 |title=Salon Shouldn't Have Unpublished Its Article by a Pedophile Author |url=http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html |work=New York Magazine |___location=New York |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bolton |first=Doug |date=October 1, 2015 |title=Self-confessed paedophile Todd Nickerson tells critics: 'You're the real monsters' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/self-confessed-paedophile-todd-nickerson-tells-critics-youre-the-real-monsters-a6675946.html |work=The Independent |___location=London |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> This article and a follow-up<ref>{{cite news |last=Nickerson |first=Todd |date=September 30, 2015 |title=I'm a pedophile, you're the monsters: My week inside the vile right-wing hate machine |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/im_a_pedophile_youre_the_monsters_my_week_inside_the_vile_right_wing_hate_machine/ |url-status=dead |work=Salon |___location=Los Angeles |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160608101334/https://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/im_a_pedophile_youre_the_monsters_my_week_inside_the_vile_right_wing_hate_machine/ |archive-date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=August 19, 2017 }}</ref> were deleted in early 2017. Some saw a connection between their removal and the controversy surrounding [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]'s [[Milo_Yiannopoulos#Remarks_on_paedophilia_and_child_sexual_abuse|remarks on child sexual abuse]] that emerged in February 2017,<ref name="nymag" /> although Salon Media Group CEO and ''Salon'' acting editor-in-chief Jordan Hoffner told ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine that they had been removed in January 2017 due to "new editorial policies."<ref name="nymag" /> A third article by sex researcher [[Debra Soh]] defending Nickerson's side is still published as of May 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last=Soh |first=Debra W. |author-link=Debra Soh |date=October 27, 2015 |title=The pedophile I could not help: He was not a monster or a molester. The system destroyed him anyway |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/10/27/the_pedophile_i_could_not_help_he_was_not_a_monster_or_a_molester_the_system_destroyed_him_anyway/ |url-status=live |work=Salon |___location=Los Angeles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324114059/https://www.salon.com/2015/10/27/the_pedophile_i_could_not_help_he_was_not_a_monster_or_a_molester_the_system_destroyed_him_anyway/ |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref>
=== Cryptocurrency mining ===
In February 2018, it was noted that ''Salon'' was preventing readers using [[ad blocker]]s from seeing its content. Such users are offered a choice of disabling their blocker, or allowing ''Salon'' to run an in-browser script, using the user's resources, to mine [[Monero (cryptocurrency)|Monero]], a form of cryptocurrency.<ref name="Browne">{{cite web |last1=Browne |first1=Ryan |title=US news site gives readers a choice: Disable your ad blocker or let us mine cryptocurrency |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/14/salon-disable-ad-blocker-or-let-us-mine-cryptocurrency-monero.html |website=[[CNBC]] |access-date=February 14, 2018 |date=February 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Hatmaker">{{cite web |last1=Hatmaker |first1=Taylor |title=Salon's Monero mining project might be crazy like a fox |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/13/salon-coinhive-cryptocurrency-mining/ |website=[[TechCrunch]] |date=February 13, 2018 |access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>
=== Ron DeSantis headline ===
On June 23, 2021, ''Salon'' published an article with a headline falsely claiming that a bill signed by Florida Governor [[Ron DeSantis]] would force Florida students and professors to register their political views with the state of [[Florida]]. The article went viral on Twitter and its false claim was promoted by various Democratic commentators, including Florida Commissioner of Agriculture [[Nikki Fried]]. In 2022, ''Salon'' executive editor Andrew O'Hehir said that ''Salon'' had recently concluded that the headline "conveyed a misleading impression of what the Florida law actually said, and did not live up to our editorial standards", and the headline was changed. DeSantis spokesperson [[Christina Pushaw]] said that her colleagues had tried unsuccessfully to get ''Salon'' to change the headline in 2021, adding: "It's good to see that ''Salon'' finally changed its false headline after the pushback they received yesterday. It should have happened much sooner. Better yet, the ''Salon'' reporter and editors should have read the legislation before writing an article about it (a good practice for journalism, in general!)."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dale |first=Daniel |date=2022-07-08 |title=Fact check: Liberal website changes headline that falsely said DeSantis signed a bill that forces students to register their political views |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/fact-check-desantis-florida-students-professors-political-views/index.html |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tulp |first=Sophia |date=2022-07-08 |title=Posts mischaracterize Florida law on college campus surveys |url=https://apnews.com/article/Fact-Check-Florida-University-Survey-Law-107829663504 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>
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<ref name="journalism jobs">{{cite web|url=http://www.journalismjobs.com/interview_talbot.cfm |title=Interview with Salon.com's David Talbot |date=June 2001 |publisher=JournalismJobs.com |access-date=April 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804064050/http://www.journalismjobs.com/interview_talbot.cfm |archive-date=August 4, 2009 }}</ref>
<ref name="open salon 1">{{cite web|url=http://open.salon.com/blog/kerry_lauerman/2008/07/24/welcome_to_our_public_beta |title=Welcome to our public beta |last=Lauerman |first=Kerry |date=July 28, 2008 |publisher=Opensalon.com |access-date=April 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428032527/http://open.salon.com/blog/kerry_lauerman/2008/07/24/welcome_to_our_public_beta |archive-date=April 28, 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name="open salon 2">{{cite web|url=http://open.salon.com/blog/kerry_lauerman/2009/03/18/congratulations_youve_just_been_nominated |title=Congratulations! You've just been nominated ...|last=Lauerman |first=Kerry |date=March 18, 2009 |publisher=Opensalon.com |access-date=April 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716114105/http://open.salon.com/blog/kerry_lauerman/2009/03/18/congratulations_youve_just_been_nominated |archive-date=July 16, 2010 }}</ref>
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