Independent News Folds After 31 Years

Salon, an early internet‑native news outlet founded in 1995, announced it will stop publishing after 31 years and that about 19 full‑time staff and several contractors were affected. The announcement blames changing business realities for independent digital journalism and includes on‑the‑record commentary from staff (including claims that AI accelerated job losses). — The closure is a visible indicator that the incumbent models for sustaining independent journalistic institutions are failing, with implications for diversity of voices, archive preservation, and concentration of cultural power.