May 24, 2019

Salon Announces $5 Million Deal to Sell Itself to New Buyer

Digital media company Salon Media Group is for sale, including intellectual property rights and the Salon.com website, according to a May 8 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The sale price is $5 million and Salon.com LLC is named as the buyer. A 10% deposit of $500,000 has already been made. This will be part of the $550,000 due in cash at closing, $100,000 of which will be deposited into escrow. The balance of $3.85 million is due in two installments over the next two years, half due at 12 months and the remainder at 24 months. This balance is secured with a promissory note.

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Five on Friday: Free Trials, Reader Comments and Online Dating

Before we head into the Memorial Day weekend, we want to take a moment to honor the service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to serve their country. Thank you. Now onto subscription topics. In this edition of Five on Friday, we look at some of the pitfalls of using free trials, Washington Posts Arc Publishings new subscription tools, the latest thinking about reader comments, the exploding online dating market and Adobes path from $200 million to $5 billion in recurring revenue.

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