美国网络杂志先驱Salon宣布停刊：创办31年后称出版模式难以为继
美国网络杂志 Salon 11月5日宣布停刊，为这家创办于加州旧金山、运营31年的数字出版先驱画上句号。
Salon 在题为《告别，Salon》的告别信中表示：「多年来，独立数字新闻业的商业现实已发生深刻变化。经过慎重考虑，我们作出了这个艰难的决定：我们的出版模式已不再可持续。我们知道这个消息会让许多人深感失望，我们同样难过。」告别信称，能服务读者「是莫大的荣幸」，并回顾该刊三十多年来以自己的方式汇聚政治、文化、评论与思想。
Salon 创办于1995年11月20日，由《旧金山观察家报》前编辑戴维·塔尔博特（David Talbot）等人创立。当时互联网刚刚进入主流视野，Salon 以犀利的政治与文化报道成为最早的网络原生杂志之一，帮助确立了互联网作为严肃出版平台的地位。
告别信没有立即说明员工安置与该刊三十年在线档案的去向，部分员工已报告失业。Salon 的停刊，也发生在媒体业因技术变革与广告市场波动而普遍裁员的背景之下。
（来源：美联社）
Salon, a Pioneer Online Magazine, to Cease Publication After 31 Years, Citing an Unsustainable Model
Salon, the online magazine founded in San Francisco, California, announced on November 5 that it will cease publication, ending a 31-year run as one of the pioneers of digital publishing.
In an unsigned farewell note titled "Goodbye from Salon," the outlet said: "The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness." The note called serving its readers "an extraordinary privilege" and recalled how, over three decades, Salon brought together politics, culture, criticism and ideas in a way that was distinctly its own.
Salon was launched on November 20, 1995, by a small group of journalists led by David Talbot, a former editor at the San Francisco Examiner. Barely three years after the internet went mainstream, Salon became one of the earliest web-native magazines, known for sharp political and cultural journalism with a liberal sensibility.
The farewell note did not immediately indicate what would become of its employees or of its immense online archive spanning three decades, though some staff reported they had lost their jobs. The closure comes amid widespread cuts across the media industry driven by technology changes and a volatile advertising market.
(Source: Associated Press)
来源：美联社
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图片来源：图：Salon 1995年创办地旧金山。King of Hearts 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: San Francisco, where Salon was founded in 1995. Photo by King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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