Goodbye from Salon

	Goodbye from Salon(salon.com)
	640 points by mkeeter 6 days ago \| 259 comments
	tl;dr: Salon is shutting down after 31 years, with its final announcement citing the unsustainability of its independent digital publishing model. Launched in November 1995 as a pioneer of web-native journalism, the site thanked its staff, contributors, and readers for building a publication focused on politics, culture, and criticism.
	HN Discussion: ↑Industry-wide decline in journalism predates and contextualizes Salon's shutdown ↑Nostalgic appreciation for early Salon's quality writing and distinct voice ~Salon had already become irrelevant long before the official shutdown ↑Independent online publishing remains financially unsustainable from personal experience •Acknowledgment of Salon's technical contributions like open-sourcing Bricolage