Open Salon
 Open Salon is a hybrid blogging platform and social network site started by the Salon Media Group Inc. According to Salon Editor-in-Chief Joan Walsh Open Salon gets rid of traditional gatekeepers and makes our smart creative audience full partners in Salon's publishing future. After registering users can start blogging immediately as well as rating and commenting on other posts. The Open Salon home page functions as a real-time magazine cover and is updated throughout the day.