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Salon, Nearly No Money and Ultramercials

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the coming-soon-to-a-tv-near-you dept.

Adam9 writes "As Salon fights for survival, they have introduced a new advertising program that allows you to receive a free 12 hour pass by clicking through about 10 seconds of advertisements. Currently, the advertisements are from Mercedes-Benz. According to the article, they've lost about $79.7 million from their start in 1995. They also have about 45,000 subscribers right now." Jamie also pointed out this article from the WSJ, as well as the words from Salon themselves about it.

19 of 439 comments (clear)

  1. DMCA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can kiss my pirating ass.

    FP

  2. hello fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp this is.

    w00t

  3. Ah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Any company trying to make money is BAD, right?

  4. YOU FAIL IT! by Failure+Guy · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    fp, it is not.

    FAILED it, you have!

    YOU FAIL IT!

  5. *..BRAVO..* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Clap. Clap. ;)

  6. How long... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    until we wind up with slashdot-is-dead trolls, now?

  7. Re:FP fagg0ts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    so you're like a black widow?

  8. Re:FP fagg0ts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I likes chokomut ice creem!

  9. Re:Well, duh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    These people seem to be making a load of cash.

  10. its not stealing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    do you no the tags

  11. Re:GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THERE!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm just having way too much fun!
    maybe some time later I'll decide to contribute to this board.. but not just yet.

    --
    You've been lied to.

  12. Important trolling lesson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Nice try, but your laziness in deleting the "Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers" paragraph means that the comment makes no sense. You must include the numbers, and the "went out of business ... charnel house" bit as well, for a "dying" troll to work.

    HTH, HAND.

  13. I R #1, 411 0T#3R5 R #2 OR 10W3R! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FIRSTUS POSTUS, BEOOTCHII!
    Bow down and worship my polychromatic refulgence!


    Will you and YOU FAIL IT be my friends?
    pleeeeease?!!!

  14. first post by rocket97 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think I got it this time!

    --
    "The two most abundant elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." -Harlan Ellison
  15. Re:Kind of like Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yee gods!

    How does CmdrTaco sleep at night??!

  16. Re:FP fagg0ts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    with apologies to gg allin.
    ups to asspussy and rude ascii art. (plunder asciiartfarts.com maybe)

  17. Re:Kind of like Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ever since he sold out to VA he's just a hired flunky.

    The CEO and Board of Directors are the ones milking the company for all it's worth.

  18. Easy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    THIS IS MY RIFLE. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My
    rifle is my best friend. It is my life, I must master it as I must
    master my life.

    My rifle, without me is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must
    fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is
    trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will...

    My rifle and myself know that what counts in war is not the rounds we
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    is the hits that count. We will hit...

    My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will
    learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its
    parts, its accessories, its sight and its barrel. I will ever guard it
    against the ravage of weather and damage. I will keep my rifle clean
    and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each
    other. We will...

    Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders
    of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of
    my life.

  19. Re:Most advertisers won't allow this... by p_trinli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...and if i had the money to buy a mercedes then the ad might have effected me.

    Might have affected you.