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Time Magazine Names Salon "Best Web Site of 1996" SAN FRANCISCO, CA, DECEMBER 16, 1996 | SALON Internet, Inc. the acclaimed Web-based magazine, has been selected by Time magazine as "THE BEST WEB SITE OF 1996" over all other Web sites in all categories. In its December 23 "The Best of 1996" special issue, Time puts SALON at the "top of the Web's short must-read list," calling the year-old Internet publication a "refuge" in the "wastelands of the Web." Time commented, "While many have tried, few have succeeded in building a truly compelling magazine (or 'zine) on the World Wide Web...(SALON) does almost everything right.. It looks fresh and dramatic. It loads fast, even on pokey dial-up modems. And it features first-rate writers." "We're excited to receive this acknowledgment from Time magazine," said David Talbot, SALON's founder and editor. "We've worked hard over the past year to create a lively and intelligent gathering place on the Web where readers can find great writing and design, as well as stimulating company in our Table Talk reader forum." Time's "Best of the Web" citation caps a week of accolades for SALON, including a New York Times Magazine article which stated that SALON "has evolved an on-screen style that is smart and literate and inflected with sufficient attitude and irreverence so as not to seem a mere print journal recycled onto the screen," a segment on MSNBC's "The Site" which hailed SALON for its "excellent content and great lineup of regular contributors" and a Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition piece that picked SALON as the only "Inspired" Web site on its list of digital culture achievements. In addition, The New Yorker hailed SALON columnist Anne Lamott as a "cause for celebration in (any) medium" and on the Web "nothing short of miraculous." Published daily by a an 18-member staff of newspaper and magazine veterans, the San Francisco-based SALON (www.salonmagazine.com or www.salon1999.com) has attracted many prominent writers, creative artists and newsmakers to its pages, including John le Carré, Joyce Carol Oates, Amy Tan, Anne Rice, James Carville, Camille Paglia and Christopher Hitchens. Table Talk, SALON's interactive reader conferencing area, has become one of the most popular areas on the Web, ranking third in reader activity, according to a survey just released by ForumOne Communications, a company that indexes Internet discussions. SALON's book section, "Sneak Peeks," and its music section, "Sharps & Flats," are sponsored by Borders Books and Music, a national retailer with over 170 locations. Founded in November, 1995, SALON received its initial funding from Adobe, Hambrecht & Quist, and Apple Computer. SALON has received other major awards and accolades, including the "Cool Web Designers of the Year" award by People Magazine and InfiNet and Print magazine's "Digital Art and Design" award. - - - - - - - - - - - -
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