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Salon Media Raises $1 Million in Equity Financing - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 12 Apr 2008 11:26 PM PST

Salon Media, the parent of Salon.com, has raised $1 million in equity financing by selling its stock, just in time as its money was running out, again. The note, which…

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Salon Media CEO Elizabeth Hambrecht Resigns; Chris Neimeth New CEO - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 15 Sep 2007 10:41 AM PST

Salon Media Group (OTCBB: SLNM), which operates Salon.com, has seen another CEO come and go: this time, Elizabeth Hambrecht has resigned from her positions of President and CEO, though she…

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Sony II: Grouper Relaunch En Route; Sony-MySpace Minisode Network - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 15 Jun 2007 04:13 PM PST

During the FT interview, chairman and CEO Howard Stringer addressed Sony’s move to create its own short-form video content. Turns out Sony Pictures Television is on the verge of launching…

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Salon To Raise Rates In March; Only Second Price Hike For Salon Premium - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 13 Feb 2007 09:35 AM PST

Salon sent subscribers a notice this morning that prices will be going up as of March 1: ad-free subscriptions will go to $45 from $35 while ad-supported subscriptions will rise…

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The Well’s Book Value: $200K; No Buyer Yet - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 19 Feb 2006 04:03 PM PST

Salon.com-owned The Well, the pioneering online discussion forum, has not yet found a buyer, according to Salon’s latest 10-Q filing. “Salon has not found a suitable buyer for this asset,…

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Salon Turns 10: Backers, Subs, Scaled Down Plans Saved Web Mag From Schadenfreude - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 01 Dec 2005 06:13 AM PST

Salon celebrates 10 years of survival tonight, part of an extended anniversary observance it’s hard to begrudge. The company’s stock price remains perilously low (remind me again why it’s still…

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Earnings: Salon’s Revs Increasing Slightly - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 13 Nov 2005 04:13 PM PST

Salon Media Group‘s Q3 revenues increased slightly, and losses shrunk. It had revenues of $1.7 million, an increase of 32% from $1.3 million a year ago, (and from $1.6 million…

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Two Notable Site Relaunches: Economist.com & Salon.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 13 Oct 2005 09:11 AM PST

Two recent notable site redesign relaunches, and both of them, co-incidentally, are using the day-pass concept: -- Salon.com redesigned after about five years. -- Economist.com has also redesigned, with the…

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Salon Media Puts The Well On The Block - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 16 Aug 2005 06:10 PM PST

One of the most venerated online communities, The Well, has been put up for sale by parent Salon Media, according to its latest 10-Q, picked out by News.com.  “We’re…

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Earnings: Salon.com’s Revenues Decrease; Losses Shrink - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 10 Aug 2005 09:09 AM PST

Salon Media Group‘s Q2 revenues decreased, on account of lower online ad revenues, though its losses shrunk. Total revenues for Q2 were $1.6 million, a decrease of 6% from $1.7…

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Salon’s Hybrid Mix Works - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 26 May 2005 07:05 AM PST

We’ve been following Salon‘s mixed approach with interest. Adam Penenberg does some updating on how the choice between the $35 subscription and watching an ad for access works for the…

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Salon.com’s New TV Ad - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 26 Oct 2004 06:11 PM PST

Sign of the returning times..Salon.com’s now advertising on TV...the ad, being aired on Bravo and Cablevision, is narrated by “West Wing” star Bradley Whitford, a Salon subscriber, highlighting the major…

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Salon in Pro Forma Profits For First Time - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Aug 2004 01:09 PM PST

Salon Media Group, parent of Salon.com, has reported its first ever pro forma profits in Q2. The net loss was on par from last year: it lost $1.2 million versus…

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Salon Opens Washington Bureau; Ties Up With Guardian - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 10 Mar 2004 04:03 AM PST

It ain’t over till its over...Salon Media Group, parent of Salon.com, has announced a series of ambitious editorial initiatives, including the opening of a new Washington D.C. news bureau under…

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Salon’s Earnings - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 09 Feb 2004 02:03 PM PST

Plough through this 10-Q, if you want…

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Rolling Stone Editor and Adobe Executive Put $800,000 Into Salon - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 15 Jan 2004 07:01 AM PST

Well, Salon’s spreading its wings, as far as investment goes: that means raiding more than poor John Warnock’s money...Jann Wenner, the founder and editor of Rolling Stone magazine and chairman…

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Salon.com Dangles Two-In-One Subscriptions - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 22 Dec 2003 04:12 AM PST

Seeking to add to its base of 73,000 premium subscribers, Salon is offering a two-for-one deal: Those who sign up for the $35 offer receive two subscriptions that allow the…

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Salon Turns 8 - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 20 Nov 2003 08:12 AM PST

So much for the death-watch…

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Salon’s Revenues INcrease Slightly; Ad Revs Decrease - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 13 Nov 2003 08:12 PM PST

Salon Media Group’s net revenues increased 6% to $1.1 million for Q3, up from $1.0 million for in the year-ago quarter. Ad revenues decreased to $0.4 million (which is surprising,…

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PWC Resigns As Auditor for Salon - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 08 Nov 2003 05:11 AM PST

Over differences which are too technical for me…

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Amid Gloom, Salon.com Insists It’s Alive and Well - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 30 Oct 2003 03:10 PM PST

Talbot is defiantly optimistic....yeah, show them!

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More on Salon CEO’s Departure - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 10 Oct 2003 09:11 AM PST

Michael O’Donnell, the outgoing CEO of Salon Media Group, has plans to advise tech startups in financing and distribution, according to this story. Also, more details on Salon’s financial position…

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Salon’s CEO To Leave; David Talbot To Take Added Responsibility - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 09 Oct 2003 08:11 AM PST

Salon Media Group‘s long-time CEO and president Michael O’Donnell has decided to leave the company. No reasons were given.David Talbot, Salon’s founder, chairman and editor-in-chief, will assume the CEO duties.…

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An Honest Admission From Salon.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 12 Aug 2003 03:08 PM PST

Salon.com’s been pretty honest in its financial statements, if you ask me, considering the “are-they-dead-yet” predictions all around… Its latest 10-Q, filed yesterday, has this about the decline in its…

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Salon.com Raises Yearly Subs. Prices - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 16 Jul 2003 05:08 AM PST

Salon.com is raising its annual subscription prices starting August: its two annual subscriptions packages of $30 and $18.50 are being raised to $35 and $22.50 respectively. Monthly subscriptions will remain…

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