Salon.com is an Internet
media company that produces 10 original content sites as well
as two online communities - Table Talk and The WELL.
The content
sites, updated daily or more frequently, include News, Politics,
Technology & Business, Arts & Entertainment, Books,
Sex, Life, People, Comics, and Salon Audio, a digital audio
hub which offers downloadable interviews and commentary from
today's most compelling writers and performers.
Founded in
November 1995 by David Talbot, Salon.com has been called "intriguing
and intelligent" (Washington Post), "truly compelling" (Time)
and "smart and provocative" (Forbes). Salon.com has
been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, "Good
Morning America," "Morning Edition," "Talk
of the Nation," "Crossfire," the Wall Street
Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles
Times, Boston Globe, Time, Newsweek and other major media.
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Salon.com has attracted more than 530 advertisers
and sponsors. Premier advertisers include IBM, Lexus, EDS,
Hewlett Packard, Mastercard, Gateway, Kimberly-Clark, AskJeeves,
Acura and Microsoft. Strategic distribution partners include
CNN.com, Cnet, TheStreet.com, as well as wireless innovator
AvantGo.
Salon.com was named Web Site of the Year in 1996 by
Time magazine and has won most major Web awards, including
Best Online Magazine from Yahoo Internet Life; Online Journalism
Awards for General Excellence in Online
Journalism Original
to the Web and Enterprise Journalism Original to the Web;
Best Technology Site and Best Parenting Site from Forbes
magazine; and several Webby Awards for Best Online Magazine.
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