Introducing: Salon Premium

Because the kind of original journalism Salon offers is like nothing else available, online or off. Because the in-depth investigations and fearless commentary we provide doesn't come cheap. Because no other media outlet provides the wide-open, uncensored range of information and ideas Salon presents every day. Because, in the end, a truly independent source of news and opinion really is worth your eight cents a day of support.

--David Talbot, Editor

What is Salon?

Founded in November 1995 by David Talbot, Salon.com has been called "intriguing and intelligent" (Washington Post), "truly compelling" (Time) and "smart and provocative" (Forbes). Salon.com has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, "Good Morning America," "Morning Edition," "Talk of the Nation," "Crossfire," the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Time, Newsweek and other major media.

Salon.com (NASDAQ: SALNC) is an Internet media company that produces 10 original content sites as well as two online communities -- Table Talk and The WELL. The content sites, updated daily or more frequently, include News, Politics, Technology & Business, Arts & Entertainment, Books, Sex, Life, People, Comics, and Salon Audio, a digital audio hub which offers downloadable interviews and commentary from today's most compelling writers and performers.

Salon Premium's subscription service entitles you to exclusive benefits, including:

Exclusive Salon Content

• Don't miss the next Salon scoop. Get exclusive access to Salon's news and politics coverage and columnists like Joe Conason.
  
• Keep tabs on Dubya with exclusive access to "Bushed!" and deconstruct the political spinmeisters with "Spinsanity."
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• Get your dose of gossip with a special Friday edition of "Nothing Personal" and access to Premium-only galleries of erotic photography in Salon Sex Get a 6-month subscription to investigative reporting magazine, Mother Jones"

Exercise your right brain with the following Premium downloads:

• Download one of six best-selling audio books, including Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections" and Calvin Trillin's "Tepper Isn't Going Out" ($25 value)
  
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• Download audio plays ($75 value) starting with this month's selection, Sam Shepard's True West". "Zoot Suit" and "Odd Couple" coming soon.
  
• Download the complete collection of Dylan Thomas reading his own writing.

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