# Online magazine Salon announces it is shutting down

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/online-magazine-salon-announces-it-is-shutting-down/
- Published: 2026-11-06T18:46:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T19:39:03+00:00
- Original publisher: PBS NewsHour (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/online-magazine-salon-announces-it-is-shutting-down
- Topics: Politics

## Key points

- Salon is closing after 31 years online.
- The decision affects 19 full-time staff and several contractors.
- The publication says its archives will remain online for now.

## Summary

Salon, the influential online magazine known for liberal-leaning political and cultural journalism, says it will close after 31 years. It cited profound changes in the economics of independent digital journalism, marking the end of a publication that helped shape early online debate.

The closure affects 19 full-time employees and several contractors, though the announcement did not detail what would happen to all staff. Founded in the mid-1990s, Salon attracted writers including Jake Tapper and Glenn Greenwald, expanded into breaking news and said it has no immediate plans to remove its archives.

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