David Talbot
David Talbot
David Talbotis an American progressive journalist, author and media entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO and editor-in-chief of one of the first web magazines, Salon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
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EFR has incredible leverage to the rising uranium price and its projects have massive potential.
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Journalism is not just a cause, its also a wacky profession.
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Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products.
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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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I knew I wanted to be a journalist ever since I was a teenager. While it is interesting and gratifying to be on the business side and to see how that all works, the main reason I kept a business role here was to protect the editorial integrity of Salon.
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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.
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I actually do think the history is so epic that it actually kind of writes itself.
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I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.
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After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause.
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I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else.
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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.
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In this environment, what I want to do is take my bet away from crude oil and move it downstream. That way you've got your finger in all the pies.