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Salon in Dire Straits
An anonymous reader submits this well-linked blurb:
"It appears the end may be near for Salon Media Group. Their auditors doubt the company can stay in business for very much longer. Despite recently reaching nearly 40,000 subscribers, they haven't been able to make up for lost ad revenue in a down market. As a result, they've accumulated a deficit of about $75 million. Their best known asset, besides Salon.com, may be The Well, one of the earliest and most influential online communities. I hope that it can survive if Salon does not."
While I'm glad to Salon go (despite some really well written pieces, whoever ran it was simply TOO focused on being Anti-Republican, even to the point of publishing drivel if need be. I, and I'd imagine lots of others, would have subscribed if it hadn't been for that), I'm concerned with what it means for the Industry of online publications, especially Slashdot.
I wonder what we can do as a community to ensure Slashdot's survival? Hopefully everyone has subscribed, especially now that they take credit cards!
(Turns out this was announced during the Blackout, so a lot of folks may have missed it.)
-Bill
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"But seriously... George W. Bush placed all those huge annoying ads in our articles!"
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What do you expect from San Francisco? And by the way, Slashdot seems to be just as anti-Republican as Salon. Most of the comments I see posted are by either by Socialists or Communists. Mod me flamebait if you will, but you must admit that it is a big sin here to admit that you believe in Capitalism and suppor those who try to make a living selling anything that has to do with intellectual property. Oh and God forbid that a company lay off people so they can stay in business. How many times have we seen someone post "Hey, lets open a Pay Pal account to supplement [name of company] so they can continue their [Linux, open source, free stuff] works."
That aside, Salon has some really good articles, especially when it comes to the entertainment industry, copy protection, and fair use. If Salon does go, hopefully those who cover such things might find even more eyes and ears in different outlets, perhaps even more mainstream outlets.
'Same speed C but faster'
Posted by michael on 18:51 Wednesday 26 June 2002
from the partying-like-it's-VALinux1999 dept.
An anonymous reader submits this unlinked blurb: "It appears the end may be near for VA Software. Their auditors doubt the company
can stay in business for very much longer. Despite recently reaching nearly 4 Sores Forge customers , they haven't been able to make
up for lost ad revenue in a down market. As a result, they've accumulated an operational deficit of about $475 million. Their best
known asset, besides 3Dtextmaker.com, may be Rob Malda's Ass, one of the earliest and most profitable commodities on fourth
and Main. I hope that it can survive if Kathleen Fent finds out."
If we don't fight for ourselves no one will.
While I'm glad to Salon go (despite some really well written pieces, whoever ran it was simply TOO focused on being Anti-Republican, even to the point of publishing drivel if need be. I, and I'd imagine lots of others, would have subscribed if it hadn't been for that)...
And I would subscribe to the Christian Coalition newsletter if they weren't so damn conservative.
Come on. They were a quality news site for liberals. If they gave in and moved to the center, they would be just another NY Times. It's hard to find quality news these days - either left- or right-leaning. I'll be sorry to see them go.
Yes, land is cheaper in Montana. A big nasty fire might come and burn your house down because the government decided that downed timber was good for the bunnies. Look at the bunny! No, you already did. You need to live in nice safe city, with lots of people around so that you feel safe... that should work. Travel light and unarmed, and your slashdot karma and your good will toward man will keep you safe. Plus, you can run faster if you don't have a gun banging on your ribs... see, you even get a bonus.
> Mod me flamebait if you will, but you must admit that it is a big sin here to admit that you believe in Capitalism and suppor those who try to make a living selling anything that has to do with intellectual property.
In my experience, the only time I get moderated down to Hell predictably is when I make too vigorous a critique of exactly those things that you think are a "sin" to espouse on Slashdot.
I had a real good example 2-3 weeks ago, but unfortunately it has already scrolled off my posting history
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Interesting. I see a good bit of that, but far more of people saying "so-and-so's business model was faulty", or how the "free market will sort everything out (no need to involve the federal government)". Perhaps we're reading different posts? I browse at 3+ (so obviously I never get to see my own few posts).
Well id hate to sound "elitist" but i dont think you understand the republican party's agenda.
The republican party wants to lower taxes for the rich and make the poorpay for it.
Usually when they lower taxes there is some nominal decrease for the poor, BUT the poor soon pay that back many times over, because usually after taxes are lowered deficits ensue, the government starts borrowing and those loans must be payed back with interest from taxes in the future, which are usually less progressive than before.