Do I regret taking the company public? Yes and no. Yes, because it put us under enormous pressure for a young company to go public at that point in its history, something you never could have done in the old…

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A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of...

A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of...

Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to...

Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to...

Most magazines have become wallpaper, they're all the same, all the same celebrities. It's really...

Most magazines have become wallpaper, they're all the same, all the same celebrities. It's really...

I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve...

I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve...

Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media...

People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media...

I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but...

I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but...

While I'm critical to the Bush presidency, it's been enormously beneficial for Salon because we're...

While I'm critical to the Bush presidency, it's been enormously beneficial for Salon because we're...

The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously...

The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously...

You can crash on one set of rocks or the other set of rocks, and...

You can crash on one set of rocks or the other set of rocks, and...

When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the...

When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the...

Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends...

Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends...

There are not that many new media brands you can say that about nowadays.

There are not that many new media brands you can say that about nowadays.

I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine...

I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine...

I don't think Fox News or Rush Limbaugh need Clinton it turns out. I think...

I don't think Fox News or Rush Limbaugh need Clinton it turns out. I think...

The entire economy, of course, is locked in a down cycle right now. Last time...

The entire economy, of course, is locked in a down cycle right now. Last time...

They may be a little more high brow than we are.

They may be a little more high brow than we are.

After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism...

After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism...

I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested...

I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested...

I think we've broken story after story that the rest of the media refused to...

I think we've broken story after story that the rest of the media refused to...