Salon is a progressive online magazine, with content updated each weekday. Part of Salon Media Group (OTCBB: SLNM), it was launched in 1995. It was founded by David Talbot, who first served as CEO of Salon Media Group from 1995 to 1999, and serves as its current CEO.^[1] It focuses on U.S. politics and current affairs, and on reviews and articles about music, books and films.^[2][3][4]

Salon's headquarters is located west of downtown San Francisco, California. As of November 2010, its editor-in-chief is Kerry Lauerman. His predecessor Joan Walsh stepped down from that position in November 2010 but remained as editor at large.^[5]

Content and coverage[link]

Salon magazine covers a variety of topics. It has reviews and articles about music, books, and films. It also has articles about "modern life", including relationships, friendships and human sexual behavior. It covers technology, with a particular focus on the free software/open source movement.

In 2008, Salon launched the interactive initiative Open Salon, a social content site/blog network for its readers.

Responding to the question "how far do you go with the tabloid sensibility to get readers?", former Salon.com editor-in-chief David Talbot said:

Is Salon more tabloid-like? Yeah, we've made no secret of that. I've said all along that our formula here is that we're a smart tabloid. If by tabloid what you mean is you're trying to reach a popular audience, trying to write topics that are viscerally important to a readership, whether it's the story about the mother in Houston who drowned her five children or the story on the missing intern in Washington, Chandra Levy.^[6]

Staff and contributors[link]

Regular contributors include the political opinion writers Glenn Greenwald and Alex Pareene; political analyst Steve Kornacki and David Sirota; critics Laura Miller and Andrew O'Hehir; pop-culture columnist Mary Elizabeth Williams; aviation columnist Patrick Smith; Tracy Clark-Flory writing on feminist and gender topics; advice columnist Cary Tennis; and economics writer Andrew Leonard.

David Talbot is founder and original editor-in-chief. He has served several stints as CEO,^[7] most recently replacing Richard Gingras who left to join Google as head of news products in July 2011.^[8] Kerry Lauerman is the editor-in-chief. Gail Williams manages The WELL. Norman Blashka is the CFO and VP of Operations.

History[link]

Salon was founded by David Talbot^[9] and was first published in 1995. It purchased the virtual community The WELL in April 1999, and made its initial public offering of Salon.com on the NASDAQ stock exchange on June 22 of that year.

Salon Premium, a pay-to-view (online) content subscription was introduced on April 25, 2001. The service signed over 130,000 subscribers and staved off discontinuation of services. However, less than two years later, in November 2002, the company announced it had accumulated cash and non-cash losses of $80 million, and by February 2003 it was having difficulty paying its rent, and made an appeal for donations to keep the company running.

On October 9, 2003, Michael O'Donnell, the chief executive and president of Salon Media Group, said he was leaving the company after seven years because it was "time for a change." When he left, Salon.com had accrued $83.6 million in losses since its inception, and its stock traded for 5¢ on the OTC Bulletin Board. David Talbot, Salon's chairman and editor-in-chief at the time, became the new chief executive. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hambrecht, then Salon's chief financial officer, became the president.

In July 2008, Salon launched Open Salon, a "social content site" and "curated blog network".^[10] It was nominated for a 2009 National Magazine Award.^[11] in the category "best interactive feature."

On June 10, 2011, Salon closed its online chat board Table Talk. While there was heartfelt sentiment from the board's first manager about Table Talk closing, Salon.com has not yet given an official reason why they ended this section of their site.^[12]

Business model and operations[link]

Aspects of the Salon.com site offerings, ordered by advancing date:

• Free content, around 15 new articles posted per-day, revenues wholly derived from in-page advertisements.
  • Per-day new content was reduced for a time.
• Salon Premium subscription. Approximately 20% of new content made available to subscribers only. Other subscription benefits included free magazines and ad-free viewing. Larger, more conspicuous ad units introduced for non-subscribers.
• A hybrid subscription model. Readers now can read content by viewing a 15-second full screen advertisement to earn a "day pass" or gain access by subscribing to Salon Premium.
• After Salon Premium subscriptions declined from about 100,000 to 10,000 it was rebranded in 2011 as Salon Core subscriptions featuring a different mix of benefits.^[7]

References[link]

External links[link]

	San Francisco Bay Area portal
	Companies portal
	Internet portal
	Journalism portal

• Salon website
• Open Salon
• Timeline
• Salon.com stock (SLNM.OB) historical performance
• Salon buys The WELL
• The WELL
• Interview with Salon editor David Talbot at Journalismjobs.com

Look up salon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Salon may refer to:

• Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment
• Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments
• Drawing room, an architectural space in a home
• Salon (Paris), a regular art exhibition
• Champagne Salon, a producer of sparkling wine

in media

• Salon (website), an online magazine
• The Salon, a British reality television show
• The Salon (film), an American dramatic comedy movie

in geography

• Salon, Dordogne, France
• Salon, Aube, France
• Salon, India
• Salon-de-Provence, France
• Salon-la-Tour, France

See also[link]

• Saloon (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Salon"

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Look up com in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Com may refer to:

Academia[link]

• Communication
• Communication studies
• College of the Mainland, a community college in Texas City, Texas
• College of Marin, a community college in Kentfield, California
• COM•DTU, the former name of DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark
• Constitution of Medina, a document drafted by Muhammad to lay the structure of the first Islamic state
• COM, the code suffix used for courses offered by the School of Journalism and Communication, CUHK, Hong Kong

Business, politics and culture[link]

• Commerce
• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Canadian decoration post-nominal letters
• COM, the ISO Alpha-3 country code for Comoros
• Corporal, Captain or Colonel of the United States Marine Corps
• COM (manga magazine)
• collectivité d'outre-mer, a French overseas collectivity

Computing[link]

• COM (hardware interface) (or COM:), a serial port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers
• .com, an Internet top-level domain, originally short for "commercial"
• COM file, or .com file, short for "command", a file extension for an executable file in MS-DOS
• Component Object Model, a Microsoft software interface technology
• Computer
• Computer-on-module, a type of single-board computer
• Computer Output Microfilm

Fiction[link]

• Com, a hacker student at the Axis Institute in the novel Evil Genius
• Children of Men (film)

Music[link]

• I Com, an album by Miss Kittin

Gaming[link]

• COM, a non-player character in video games, short for Computer
• Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, a video game for the Game Boy Advance
• Children of Mana, a video game for the Nintendo DS

Science[link]

• Coenzyme M, an intermediate in methanogenesis
• Coma Berenices (constellation), standard astronomical abbreviation
• Center Of Mass
• Center of Momentum, or COM frame

Transport[link]

• COM, the ICAO airline designator for Comair

People[link]

• One of two figures named Com in the Book of Mormon: an early Jaredite king, son of Coriantum; and a late Jaredite king

See also[link]

• Command (disambiguation)

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Justin Amash
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Vern Ehlers
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 72nd district
In office January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2011
Preceded by	Glenn D. Steil
Succeeded by	Ken Yonker
Personal details
Born	(1980-04-18) April 18, 1980 (age 32) Grand Rapids, Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Kara
Children	3
Residence	Cascade Township
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Profession	Attorney
Religion	Eastern Orthodox Christian
Website	amash.house.gov

Justin Amash ( /əˈmɑːʃ/;^[1] born April 18, 1980) is an American attorney, politician, and Member of Congress. In January 2011 he began serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district, which includes Grand Rapids.

A conservative Republican, Amash was first elected to the House in the 2010 election with the backing of the Tea Party movement.^[2][3] Previously he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives representing the 72nd district, which consisted of the city of Kentwood and the townships of Caledonia, Cascade, and Gaines. At the age of 32, Amash assumed office as the second youngest sitting U.S. Representative, behind 31-year-old Aaron Schock of Illinois. As of March 14, 2012, Amash ranked 12th in the list of youngest-inaugurated sitting U.S. Representatives.^[4]

Early life, education, and pre-political career[link]

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in Kentwood, Michigan, Amash is a second generation Arab-American of Palestinian Christian and Syrian Christian descent.^[2] His father is a Palestinian business owner, whose family immigrated to the United States in 1956 through the sponsorship of a Christian pastor and his family. Amash attended Kelloggsville Christian School and graduated as class valedictorian from Grand Rapids Christian High School. He graduated from the University of Michigan magna cum laude with an A.B. in Economics and earned his J.D. at the University of Michigan Law School in 2005.^[3]

After graduating from college, he became a consultant to his family’s tool business. He also served as a corporate lawyer for a year before being elected to Michigan's state House in 2008.^[5]

Michigan House of Representatives[link]

Election[link]

Amash ran for state representative in 2008 in Michigan's 72nd state House district. During this time, he donated to the campaigns of Congressman Ron Paul and John McCain.^[6] In the Republican primary, he won a five candidate election with 42% of the vote, defeating opponent Ken Yonker by 723 votes (a 6.3% margin). The incumbent, Glenn D. Steil, Jr., was term-limited.^{[citation needed][7]} In the general election, Amash defeated Democrat Albert Abbasse 61%-36%.^[8]

Tenure[link]

During his two-year tenure, Amash sponsored 5 resolutions and 12 bills.^[9] One commentator suggested that Amash was the first legislator in history to use his Facebook Page to explain all of his votes and to interact directly with constituents.^[10] Amash was one of the first state representatives to post all of his office expenses, staff salaries, and legislative benefits online.^{[citation needed]}

During Amash's tenure, he was one of 17 House members (6 Republicans and 11 Democrats) who did not miss a vote in 1315 or more roll calls.^[11]

Committee assignments[link]

• Education
• Judiciary
• Labor
• Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security^[12]

U.S. House of Representatives[link]

Election[link]

On August 3, 2010, Amash won the five-way Republican primary for the seat vacated by retiring Republican Vern Ehlers with over 40% of the vote. Amash was a favorite of the Tea Party movement, having been endorsed by iCaucus.^[13] He was also endorsed by The Club for Growth,^[14] Rep. Ron Paul,^[15] and FreedomWorks PAC^[16] during his primary campaign.

During the general election campaign, Amash ran on a conservative platform.^[3] On November 2, 2010, Amash defeated Democrat Patrick Miles, Jr. by a 59.6%-37.4% margin out of the 224,063 votes cast.^[17].

From 1873 to 1993 the Congressional District based around Grand Rapids was numbered as Michigan's 5th. In 1993, it was renumbered the 3rd. Since 1873, the district has been held by Republicans for 123 years and by Democrats for 13 years.

Tenure[link]

Like his tenure in the state Legislature, Amash has been a leader in the libertarian wing of the Republican party as a Member of Congress. So far in Congress, he has voted with his party 78% of the time, the third lowest behind Ron Paul (74%) and Walter B. Jones, Jr. (70%). He has endorsed Ron Paul for President in 2012. Paul's brother, David, was an assistant pastor in Amash's district and has endorsed Amash saying, "I think [Amash] is doing an extremely good job at what he’s doing, and I know he’s going to do very well.”^[18] He is one of the few Republicans who voted against the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act.^[19] Amash called it “one of the most anti-liberty pieces of legislation of our lifetime.” ^[20]

Amash has never missed a vote in Congress.^[21]

Committee assignments[link]

• Committee on the Budget
• Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy (Vice Chair)
  • Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management
  • Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs

Political positions[link]

Amash opposes central economic planning and believes it contributes to unemployment, inflation, and dangerous business cycles.^[22][23][22] He believes health insurance should not be mandatory, and he supports reforms that include allowing insurance companies to sell products across state lines and increasing access to health savings accounts.^[22][23] He believes that only Congress has the power to declare war.^[22] He supports a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.^[22] He supports the Second Amendment as a safeguard against violations of Americans' liberty.^[22] He believes that schools should be managed locally.^[22] He believes that the federal government should not improperly expand its powers using the General Welfare, Commerce, or Necessary and Proper clauses.^[22]

Amash has endorsed Ron Paul for President of the United States in the 2012 election.^[24]

Recognition[link]

In its October 25, 2010, issue, Amash was named one of Time magazine's "40 under 40 - Rising Stars of U.S. Politics."^[25] At the age of 30, Amash was the youngest federal candidate in the United States on the list of new civic leaders.^[23]

Personal life[link]

He has said his biggest heroes are economists F.A. Hayek and Frédéric Bastiat.^[23] Amash is married and the father of three children. He also belongs to the Antiochian Orthodox Church.^[26]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Justin Amash for Congress, official campaign site
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack
• Congressional profile at OpenCongress
• Issue positions and quotes at On the Issues
• Current Bills Sponsored at StateSurge.com
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Justin Amash at MichiganVotes.org
  • Voting record: 2009-2010
• Campaign contributions and reports from the Michigan Secretary of State

Anjelah Nicole Johnson (born May 14, 1982) is an American actress, comedienne, and former NFL cheerleader. Johnson is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv during its 13th Season. Her characters include a rude fast food employee named Bon Qui Qui and a Vietnamese nail salon employee.

Career[link]

After three years of college, Johnson moved to Los Angeles to pursue an entertainment career. She decided to become a comedian in 2005 and began doing stand-up comedy after a friend suggested that she join a joke writing class.^[2] Prior to that she had been working as an actress in Los Angeles and was taking improv classes in church.^[2][3] She quickly began to headline her own shows after being a featured comedian in just three shows.^[2] As a featured comedian, the comedy clubs that hired her gave her preferential treatment over even the headliners after noticing that her routines were popular with the audiences.^[2] Her stand-up routine comprising her impression of a Vietnamese nail salon employee received much attention on YouTube, and a year after beginning her stand-up career,^[2] in 2007, Johnson joined the cast of sketch comedy show MADtv, as a featured performer. Because of the impending writers strike, Johnson was often given only a few lines in the scripts during her tenure on the show, as the writers had to produce more scripts at a faster pace and thus opted to write more for the already established performers.^[2] However, her character Bon Qui Qui, a fast food employee who treats customers rudely, which she wrote herself was received well.^[2] The clip made its way to YouTube where it gained a large following, quickly outstripping her already popular nail salon routine in views.^[2] In 2008, Johnson was nominated for an ALMA Award for Outstanding Female Performance in a Comedy Television Series for her work on MADtv.^[4]

Johnson was given her own 1 hour Comedy Central special, "Anjelah Johnson: That's How We Do It" in 2009.^[1] She filmed a role in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel in 2009. She also appeared as America Ferrera's sister in the comedy, Our Family Wedding alongside Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia in 2010.^[4] She provided her voice for the live-action adaptation of Marmaduke, which starred Owen Wilson and Emma Stone.^[4] She was also featured on the late night talk show Lopez Tonight, hosted by one of her comedic influences, George Lopez, performing her stand-up routine to the audience. Johnson became the "TC Girl", a spokesperson for Mexican restaurant Taco Cabana in 2011 and appeared in television advertisements for the chain.^[5]

Personal life[link]

Johnson was born and raised in San Jose, California in a devout Christian family.^[3] She is of Mexican-American and Native American descent.^[6] She was a Pop Warner cheerleader from the age of 8 and was active in sports including soccer, softball and track.^[7] She also practiced various dancing style, such as hip hop to break dancing.^[7] She began acting as a senior in high school and was especially interested in affecting different accents.^[7] She later studied speech communications in college.^[7] She subsequently became a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders after being inducted in 2002.^[7] As a member of the Oakland Raiderettes she was named Rookie of the year and performed in Super Bowl XXXVII.

Johnson married Group 1 Crew member Manwell Reyes in 2011.

Filmography[link]

Movie appearances[link]

Television appearances[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Anjelah Johnson at IMDb
• Anjelah Johnson on Myspace
• Anjelah Johnson on Twitter

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