Erick cashed out back in 2015; has a nice job hosting the PM news on WSB-AM in Atlanta, a 50,000 watt blowtorch that is perennially #1 in the ratings.
Probably saw the handwriting on the wall and sold the site. Since he founded it on a shoestring, the return on original investment was probably six or seven figures. Meanwhile, a lot of the fellow, Never Trumpers he hired are now out of work. Can’t imagine Salem was making any real money from the site, so they decided to pull the plug. It will probably be back, but with a much more conservative editorial slant.
His "show" is 3 minutes of narcassitic bloviating interrupted every 6 minutes by 3-4 minutes of news/traffic/weather. It part of the con that his "radio show" is used as a justification for his "influcence" when in fact he is just 28 minutes of filler between the traffic reports