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Online magazine Salon to shut down after 31 years

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Salon, an influential early internet publication, is shutting down after 31 years, citing changed business realities for independent digital journalism.

Salon, one of the early internet's most influential websites, announced Thursday it would shut down after 31 years of publication. The outlet cited changing business conditions for independent digital journalism. Some employees have already lost their jobs, though the announcement did not immediately indicate what would become of the wider staff.

Salon launched in the mid-1990s, barely three years after the internet went mainstream. It was styled as an online magazine and meeting place where more provocative opinions and stories that might not appear in daily newspapers or then-dominant newsweeklies like Time or Newsweek could surface and generate discussion. It quickly became a destination where writers wanted their work to appear.

In its farewell note, Salon said: 'Over three decades, Salon has brought together politics, culture, criticism and ideas in a way that was distinctly our own. Our journalism examined power and politics, questioned assumptions, surfaced stories that deserved attention and made room for perspectives that were too often overlooked.' The outlet launched a decade before newspaper and print magazine markets imploded and a decade before social media fragmented the journalism world.

Online magazine Salon to shut down after 31 years
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