July 26, 1999 | San Francisco, CA -- Salon.com (NASDAQ: SALN; www.salon.com), one of the Internet's leading media sites, announced today that its content is now available to users of Palm Pilots and other handheld devices through AvantGo.com. Using AvantGo.com from AvantGo Inc., (www.avantgo.com), mobile consumers can now access Salon's award-winning content on their handhelds in real-time using a wireless device or via synchronization with a desktop PC.

Under the arrangement, users will be able to download Salon News and Salon Technology onto their handheld devices by going to the AvantGo.com Web site. Content from other sites on the Salon network will be available in the future.

"This helps us move towards one of our key goals -- making Salon content available to users anywhere, any time and any way they choose to read it ," said Michael O'Donnell, CEO and president of Salon.com.

Salon.com, a network of 10 original content sites and two communities, has won numerous awards and its daily coverage of news and technology has garnered critical praise.

"Our goal with AvantGo.com is to make it easier for individuals on the go to access the information they want and need -- any time, anywhere," said Felix Lin, AvantGo's CEO. "We are pleased to be working with Salon.com to deliver its captivating news and technology content to AvantGo.com users, and we look forward to adding additional Salon content soon."

AvantGo.com is the first free interactive service to give mobile consumers connectivity to thousands of popular Web sites via their handheld devices. Today, the service has more than 300,000 subscribers.

Users can sign up for the Salon "channel" at Avantgo's Web site at this address: http://avantgo.com/channels/detail.html?cha_id=1392

About Salon.com:

Salon.com (NASDAQ: SALN; www.salon.com; AOL Keyword: Salon) is an Internet media company that produces a network of 10 original content sites and two communities --Table Talk and The Well. Salon.com was founded by David Talbot, former arts editor of the San Francisco Examiner. Some of Salon.com's premier advertisers and sponsors include Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Visa, eToys, Virgin Records, DrKoop.com, Barnesandnoble.com, Microsoft, IBM, Apple and Intel. Salon.com also has distribution agreements with major online companies, including America Online (NASDAQ: AOL), Go.com, Alta Vista, CNN.com and C/Net. Salon also recently announced an e-commerce ticketing arrangement with CultureFinder.com and a distribution arrangement for its books content via Rocket eBooks. Salon.com's content is also syndicated to U.S. newspapers through United Features. The site averages 1.5 million unique visitors per month.

About AvantGo:

The authority in managing mobile information, AvantGo, Inc. offers solutions for extending Web-enabled, enterprise and consumer applications to handheld computers such as those based on the Palm Computing (NASDAQ: COMS) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows CE platforms. The company recently launched AvantGo.com, a free service for accessing personalized Web content from leading partners. AvantGo also spearheaded the Mobile Application Link initiative, an open, industry standard for connecting mobile devices to server-based applications. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.avantgo.com or call 650-638-3399.

This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, among others, Salon's limited operating history, anticipated losses, the unpredictability of its future revenues, competition, risks associated with system development and operation risks, management of potential growth, and risks of new business areas, business combinations, and strategic alliances. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed. More information about factors that potentially could affect Salon's financial results are included in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to the company on the date hereof, and the company assumes no obligation to update such statements.

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