The Awl and The Hairpin announced Tuesday that they plan to shut down at the end of the month, the latest niche sites to get squeezed out in an ultra-competitive digital ad market dominated by ...

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The Awl, the hard-to-classify site that published compelling personal essays, media commentary and much more, announced today that it will be shutting down at the end of January, along with its ...

In 2015, the Verge asked this question: “Why are the most important people in media reading The Awl?” The reason is: Because it has always been one of the best blogs on the internet.

Popular internet websites The Awl and The Hairpin will shut down at the end of January, the sister outlets announced Tuesday. In a post bluntly titled “Awl Ends,” the editors explained that ...

The Awl showed many of us that diving into the weird and marginal could be fun and meaningful—and still produce great writing. On January 16, 2018, The Awl announced its plans to cease editorial ...

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The Awl, the irreverent, all-purpose, media/culture/politics/think-piece/bear-video clusterfuck of a Web site edited by Choire Sicha and Alex Balk that’s probably ...

The site that encouraged readers to “be less stupid” is shuttering. In a post titled “Awl Ends” on Tuesday, the blog announced its closure. “All things reach a natural end, and that end ...