I am not surprised. Salon hasn’t been a go-to in a very long time.

What strikes me is how little explanation accompanies such a final announcement. The piece gives considerable space to Salon’s origins in November 1995, its editorial ambitions, and thanks to staff and readers, but the business explanation amounts to that one short paragraph. It provides no financial figures, account of what alternatives were considered, or explanation of why closure became necessary now. It also says nothing about what will happen to the archive.

For a publication noted for its think pieces, this is abrupt.

Just a short good-bye.