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Oct. 8, 2001 | No other news medium has come close to Salon for the quality of its reporting following September 11. As a regular reader of the Times and the Post, I can safely say your daily coverage has been far more insightful than that of either of these two "papers of record." It is with pleasure that I pay the nominal $30 annual subscription. Heck, the Times charges me $20 a month for Saturday and Sunday delivery only!

-- Gustavo Pena

The reality of economics is economics -- especially on the Internet as the last two years have shown. Selfishly, I want Salon to continue to exist so I applaud your efforts to entice people to the Salon premium subscription -- and more great stuff that is part of Salon premium should ideally create more subscribers and therefore more money for Salon, which means more Salon for me. Great! Do let people know that their subscription amounts to something like 8 cents a day, which beats the old Sally Struthers TV pitch cold -- and the daily cost for every sold newspaper that I am aware of.

-- Patricia Gardner

Thanks for putting the news and politics into the premium area! I was hoping you'd do that to make me feel like less of a chump for being an early subscriber to Salon Premium. It's well worth the price for quality, and it's great to see news without the surreal "America's New War" logo slapped on every screen. Kudos and best wishes to Salon to keep it going now and in the future!

-- Martin Focazio

I sent in another $100 over and above my premium subscription. I'll soon send in more. (I'd probably send in even more if David Horowitz were suddenly missing from Salon, relegated to Web sites where intellect is not a requirement!)

Do what you have to do to stay alive! Non-payers are only useful if you have ad revenue and if that is drying up, you need to try something different. This isn't a public service; it's a business!

Try a lot of stuff. Keep what works. Repeat. Best of luck to you.

-- Forrest MacGregor

(Paying for it and loving it!)

I fully support your decision to move your news and politics coverage under the "Premium" umbrella. Whatever you need to do to keep alive, do it. I am already a subscriber, and will encourage my friends to become subscribers as well. We need Salon more than ever now. Journalism is dying, and you guys are the only hope of having any kind of meaningful "mainstream" journalism.

-- Daniel Read

At first, I thought the idea sucked, but after reading David Talbot's editorial, I have to say that I'll pay the small fee to have kick-ass Salon coverage. Keep up the good work!

-- Elizabeth Lyons

Respecting your need for financial support, I purchased a two year subscription. Given the quality of your reporting, I would be happy to provide subscription to friends if it were convenient. I'll bet I'm not alone.

-- Ray Nichols

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