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To: JohnM who wrote (11827)	10/11/2003 10:17:10 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793927

I don't think I believe this man. The ending is too "pat." But it gives you an idea of what is being blogged out there. His site is very well done. s-train.kaphmedia.net

To: JohnM who wrote (11827)	10/11/2003 11:50:23 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793927

I am not surprised to find out that "Salon" is in trouble. I check it all the time, and find very little worth posting. It seems to be written by New York Liberals. They are following the Democrat's new "Three Point Program" for getting a President elected. "Bitch, Bitch, Bitch!" The "Stone" Blog _____________________________________ Let's Buy Salon for Glenn (InstaPundit) With Salon's CEO leaving the company, a wonderful opportunity has resented itself for the blog community to install one of its own. With Salon perpetually near death's open gaping door !!! !!!!, the site is just about to go under. How come on $4 mm in revenues, they are unable to make it? Now, at first glance, it might look like Salon.com would be too much for The Tennessee Typer to run: CHART: cenedella.com But the more relevant detail is reach per million users, a better gauge of traffic. For Salon, their 3-month average is 1,120 users per million on the net, whereas Glenn's is 311 users per million. So Salon's traffic is only 4 times as big. WIth a little help, that should be no problem. Could Glenn really be better at running Salon than the current team? Let's dig in. First, have a gander at Salon's most recent 10-Q Quarterly Report: Look at the their cost of producing the stuff: Production and content expenses were constant at $1.2 million for both three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and June 30, 2002. $1.2 mm??? For typing??? Why, the Prolific Professor puts out as much as all of Salon on a good Saturday. And that only costs a few Starbucks coffees and a biscotti or two. Advantage: Instapundit. Now, let's look at revenues: The Non-stop Knoxviller declaims any formalized attempts to generate dough from his blogging: I'm all for amateurism. Despite numerous suggestions that I institute a pledge week of my own (my favorite involved a thermometer-like graphic with a 350Z at the top), I won't be emulating Andrew. I have a dayjob. It pays pretty well -- by normal standards, not compared to the obscene amounts of money I'd be making now if I had stayed at the bigshot law firm where I used to work. (And I know exactly how obscene because one of my friends there who stayed and made partner helpfully informs me of what I would be making had I done so. Thanks!) I appreciate the donations -- particularly because a nice note with money attached outweighs any number of nasty emails from people who aren't putting their money where their mouths are. (Message to hatemailers -- if you want me to take your hatemail seriously, attach it to a $100 Paypal donation! I promise, I'll read it.) But this is a labor of love. It's free. And it'll stay that way. Whereas Salon might not be rolling in it, but does ring the register: As of June 30, 2003, Salon has approximately 66,200 active subscribers... Net revenues were constant at $1.0 million for both three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and June 30, 2002. Tip o' the scales for Salon! Finally, let's look at sex. Salon's Sex site is rather, um, limp. We know that under a new regime, we could count on Rachel Klein to come out of retirement. Advantage, Game, Set, and Match: Instapundit. So, in short, my friends, fellow bloggers, and blogosppherepeople of all shapes, ages, colors, and creeds, it is time for action. Send your thoughts for raising the dimes and nickels, bits and bytes, necessary to buy Salon.com for Glenn Reynolds to: salonforglenn@cenedella.com .