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David Talbot quotes

American Journalist

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While I'm critical to the Bush presidency, it's been enormously beneficial for Salon because we're seen as kind of an aggressive watchdog on the Bush White House. Particularly since Florida, our readership hit a whole new level, and we held onto those readers. David Talbot
I think we've broken story after story that the rest of the media refused to break even when they had the story because they were scared of the story, or they just didn't think it was appropriate. David Talbot
On the other hand, we raised $25 million by going public. It's that money that we used to build this company, to build the circulation, to build a high profile and to hire staff that made Salon what it is today. 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
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. 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. David Talbot
I don't think Fox News or Rush Limbaugh need Clinton it turns out. I think there's a hunger out there for - whether it's on the left or right - a more lively and provocative type of political journalism. I think Salon and Fox on the other side have both benefited from that. David Talbot
The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there wasn't enough critical reporting about it and that's why it's gotten out of hand. David Talbot
The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn't have a journalism program, so I took sociology, which is the closest thing to journalism. David Talbot
David Talbot quote: "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. David Talbot
David Talbot quote: "I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very..."
I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges. David Talbot
David Talbot quote: "Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least,..."
Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to scrap for a living. David Talbot
David Talbot quote: "There are not that many new media brands you can say that..."
There are not that many new media brands you can say that about nowadays. David Talbot
You can crash on one set of rocks or the other set of rocks, and they crashed on the other set of rocks, which was probably being too little to be commercially viable. David Talbot
David Talbot quote: "They may be a little more high brow than we are."
They may be a little more high brow than we are. David Talbot

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