Salon Blogs

TechDirt asks a good question about Salon Blogs: "There's also a question about what happens if Salon goes out of business. Since they're rumored to only have a few months of cash left, will all those blogs disappear?" Personally, I think the gloom and doom around Salon is overblown. However, because Radio Userland weblog data is stored on user computers, if Salon's Radio Community Server ever disappears, users will be able to choose a different community server and publish their entire weblog ... (read more)

2002/07/24

A few months ago, Salon managing editor Scott Rosenberg praised weblogs as part of a "symbiotic ecosystem" with the mainstream media. He meant it -- this evening, Salon and UserLand Software began offering Salon Blogs, a new server that hosts Radio Userland weblogs for $39.95. Rosenberg also is running his own new weblog, where he plans to promote the best of Salon's new symbiotes. I began the Eat the Press weblog there this evening, which I'll be using to experiment with links related to ... (read more)

2002/07/24

It looks like Salon really is the "famous publication" working a deal with UserLand: The weblogger b!X found the site http://blogs.salon.com on Friday. ... (read more)

2002/07/15

Dave Winer wrote Sunday that UserLand is working on a deal with a "famous publication" that entails "hosting thousands of weblogs under a new brand quite soon." I'm guessing Salon. ... (read more)

2002/07/15