When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.

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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...

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...

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 we're really getting it right the last few months and hopefully we'll get...

I think we're really getting it right the last few months and hopefully we'll get...

On the other hand, we raised $25 million by going public. It's that money that...

On the other hand, we raised $25 million by going public. It's that money that...

Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy,...

Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy,...

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...

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...

I don't think we would still be here if we hadn't gone public.

I don't think we would still be here if we hadn't gone public.

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...

I have enormous respect for Steve Johnson, and as I've told him, Feed was one...

I have enormous respect for Steve Johnson, and as I've told him, Feed was one...

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...

It's like a cast of actors; you're all working together closely under pressure to produce...

It's like a cast of actors; you're all working together closely under pressure to produce...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever...

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever...

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...

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...