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Introducing the "L3C" - a new legal category for &quot. Can Salon's Revamp Help it Stop Bleeding Money. Salon.com was a pioneering website launched in 1995 by former editors of the San Francisco Examiner, mixing opinion and investigative reporting with a sharply progressive slant.

Can Salon's Revamp Help it Stop Bleeding Money

Although the company went public at the height of the dot-com boom in 1999, it had lost more than $80 million by 2003, and lost $4.6 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009. Its stock trades at just 12 cents a share on the over-the-counter stock market. (Note: Some commenters point out below that Salon started with a more centrist take on news, but has moved toward a left/progressive slant more recently.) This year, Salon hired a new CEO, Richard Gingras, who previously worked as a media advisor to Google and at startups such as @Home. Gingras had his work cut out for him. Chris Anderson on the Economics of 'Free': 'Maybe. SPIEGEL: Mr.

Chris Anderson on the Economics of 'Free': 'Maybe

Anderson, let's talk about the future of journalism. Anderson: This is going to be a very annoying interview. I don't use the word journalism. Robin Writes A Book: Everything Old Is New Again « Eoin Purcell&