Overview
- Salon posted an unsigned farewell note saying it would stop publishing after 31 years, a decision it announced on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
- The company blamed the closure on the changing business realities of independent digital journalism and said its publishing model was no longer sustainable.
- The announcement did not specify what will happen to employees, and some staff have reportedly already lost their jobs with no public details on severance or rehiring.
- Salon was founded in November 1995 and built a reputation for culture, criticism and politically engaged reporting while helping launch writers such as Jake Tapper and Glenn Greenwald.
- The shutdown highlights wider pressures on independent news outlets, raises questions about preserving Salon’s extensive online archive, and could prompt bids or preservation efforts by libraries or buyers to save its content.