Online magazine Salon announces it is shutting down

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.