The ride has had more dramatic ups and downs than we anticipated. I have a lot of respect to Jon Weber, who wrote this piece, and the magazine he edits. Like Salon , a pure Internet magazine, and some other media startups from the past few years, it's run into economic cycles and other realities that many had dismissed. They're in a rough patch. I know the Standard will survive, and I hope very much that Salon does as well.
Quality deserves to live.
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