Sayonara Salon: CEO Gingras bolts, will run Google’s news products

Only in the age of Google could news aggregation be considered a step up from news publishing. So when word came Wednesday that Salon’s CEO Richard Gingras is abandoning his post at the veteran online-news site to head the news products division of Google, it arrived without shame or snickering.

Gingras’ move will happen in early July, leaving Salon in a state of uncertainty – but then again, Salon has been in a state of … Continue Reading