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I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else.

~David Talbot

Topics: About Anything Anything Else Doing Else Imagine Launching Life Me No Regrets Regrets Salon

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I have enormous respect for Steve Johnson, and as I've told him, Feed was one of the inspirations for Salon. They were up there before we were. And also for Joey and the Suck people.

~David Talbot

Topics: Also Before Enormous Feed Him Inspirations Johnson People Respect Salon Steve Suck Up Were

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Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products.

~David Talbot

Topics: Exception Kind Living Living Room Magazines Most Move New New York New York Times Products Room Service Sleepy Sunday Times Vehicles Weekend York

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A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of the way things went with the assassinations and the sense that the political establishment was so fixed in its ways you couldn't change anything.

~David Talbot

Topics: Anything Because Change End Establishment Fixed Frustrated Idealism Lot Political Sense Things Way Ways You

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Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

~David Talbot

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I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, I'm thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely.

~David Talbot

Topics: Around Because Between Both Difference Disappear Functions Important Internet Less Lonely Makes More More And More Salon Serve Slate Still Thankful Things Think Websites I Think

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They may be a little more high brow than we are.

~David Talbot

Topics: Brow High Little May More Than

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Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to scrap for a living.

~David Talbot

Topics: Equally Even Important Least Living Maybe More Scrap

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When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.

~David Talbot

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Do I regret taking the company public? Yes and no. Yes, because it put us under enormous pressure for a young company to go public at that point in its history, something you never could have done in the old days.

~David Talbot

Topics: Because Company Could Days Done Enormous Go History Never Old Old Days Point Pressure Public Put Regret Something Taking Us Yes You Young

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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