# Salon Shutting Down! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551 "2026-11-06T15:23:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/1 "2026-11-06T15:23:37Z")
# **[Salon shuttered its doors.](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/11/6/800123579/daily-kos/salon-shuttered-its-doors-daily-kos-isnt-immune/ "It was a gut-punch reading “Goodbye from Salon,” a post announcing that the long-running web pioneer is ceasing publication.")** > It was a gut-punch reading “**[Goodbye from Salon](https://www.salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye-from-salon/)**,” a post announcing that the long-running web pioneer is ceasing publication. > > “The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years,” they wrote. “After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness.” > That’s 31 years of news coverage and history, snuffed out by the cold, hard realities of the media business. > **[Salon shuttered its doors. Daily Kos isn’t immune.](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/11/6/800123579/daily-kos/salon-shuttered-its-doors-daily-kos-isnt-immune/)** > > It was a gut-punch reading “Goodbye from Salon,” a post announcing that the long-running web pioneer is ceasing publication. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/2 "2026-11-06T15:37:04Z")
That’s a tough one. There was a period of time back when the internet and it’s promise was new and shiny that Salon was the first thing I looked at each day at work of course. There was such a variety of content that was completely outside what I got from local and national media. As wistful a mood that this puts me in, I can’t say when was the last time I thought about Salon, much less opened the page. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/3 "2026-11-06T15:43:37Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > As wistful a mood that this puts me in, I can’t say when was the last time I thought about Salon, much less opened the page. My usual thought is “that’ll be paywalled, so no point opening it”. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/4 "2026-11-06T15:50:57Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > My usual thought is “that’ll be paywalled, so no point opening it” And that’s how they got to this point: > [@CalMeacham](#): > > our publishing model is no longer sustainable. Not that this is your fault. Or, really, theirs. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/5 "2026-11-06T15:53:09Z")
Salon: “After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable.” Should I interpret that as meaning that they practiced responsible, truthful news coverage that featured REAL news devoid of sensationalism, exaggeration, and lies designed just to get hits? If so, I mourn their passing. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/6 "2026-11-06T19:05:38Z")
I remember surfing [salon.com](http://salon.com) and [suck.com](http://suck.com) waaaaay back when. I wasn’t 100% sure that Salon was still alive, frankly. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/7 "2026-11-06T21:49:29Z")
I’m another who used to regularly read Salon and then stopped because of its paywall. I just took a look at its front page, and there’s nothing there I couldn’t find on a dozen other sites.Amanda Marcotte and Heather Digby Parton are good writers, but they started elsewhere and will find a new spot soon, unless they go the Substack. Here’s a nice piece about the founding of Salon. It appeared on Slate. The important line is almost hidden. Salon was sold off three years ago to Find Co., a crypto news organization. What a great fit. > **[I Helped Launch Salon.com 31 Years Ago. Now It’s Dead. It’s the End of an Era.](https://slate.com/technology/2026/11/salon-com-magazine-news-website-closing.html)** > > Laura Miller, one of the co-founders of Salon, reflects on the life and death of the pioneering digital publication. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/8 "2026-11-06T22:12:50Z")
i am normally quite “internet savvy” … but I have never heard of them … 🤷 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/9 "2026-11-07T09:59:21Z")
I too remember reading Salon back when it launched, but by the time they went behind the paywall it wasn’t worth it to me. I removed them from my feed a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551/10 "2026-11-07T17:03:32Z")
This is rather disappointing. I got one of the best compliments of my life for a comment I made to one of their columns decades ago.