David Talbot Quotes

United States, Journalist
September 22, 1951

David Talbot is an American progressive journalist, author and media executive. He is the founder, former CEO and editor-in-chief of an early web magazine, Salon. Talbot founded Salon in 1995. The magazine gained a large following and broke several major national stories. It was described by Entertainment Weekly as one of the Net's "few genuine must-reads".

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

David Talbot
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.

David Talbot

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 days.

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- Done
- History
- Regret
I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.

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- School
- High
It's like a cast of actors; you're all working together closely under pressure to produce something everyday. And when we put up an issue, it's like the curtains opening on a new play. I really like that daily sense of surprise.

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- Up
- Together
- Daily
My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

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- Life
- College
Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends money. For instance, since last year, we've had virtually no marketing budget. It's just word of mouth. And our circulation continues to grow that way by breaking news stories.

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- Money
- Marketing