Chris’ Law of Web Advertising states that the more obnoxious web advertising gets, the closer to death the web site dishing out the advertising must be. Salon magazine has gone from standard banner ads, to multiple sizes and placements, to pop-up windows, to a combination of all of the above plus a subscription service, plus annoying “interstitial” ads that you must pass through to get to the content for which you’ve already endured tens or even hundreds of ads to find. Sad. I still think Salon (along with Slate) is one of the best web publications around, in terms of content, but it is quickly going downhill. I fear it will not be here at all in a year.