Salon Lays Off 20% of Editorial Staff

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 18, 2009 - 11:47am.

San Francisco - Online magazine Salon.com has laid off six of its editorial staff -- or about 20% of its total team -- including three editors, a writer, photo editor and producer, Gawker.com reported. "We are moving away from a very traditional magazine production model and becoming more of a true Web publication, with a more direct publishing system" that will launch in the fall, Salon CEO Richard Gingras told Gawker. "We think this direction makes us a stronger company, and puts us in a good position to not just weather the economic storm but emerge much stronger than ever."

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