The Awl network did enjoy that freedom, Killingsworth emphasized to me. But Medium at the time seemed poised on the brink of discovering some way to return to a Xanadu of indie web financing.

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 launched in 2009 as a rudimentary Wordpress blog. Founders Alex Balk and Choire Sicha, along with publisher David Cho, were veterans of places like Gawker and Radar Online.

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 ...

The Awl is what first piqued my interest in writing. I remember I once, as a college senior, wrote a rambling message to the then-editors, kind of asking for a job, kind of asking for advice.

The Awl launched in April of 2009 out of Choire Sicha’s East Village apartment. The publishing industry, weakened by the internet, was crumbling as the recession worsened.