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Meet the Mollys! Social Network Sweeties Tumbl Upward
Molly Young. What makes a Molly? Three well-known Internet writers--Molly Young, Molly Lambert, and Molly McAleer--share more than a name. The three have long attracted attention for their similar...
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Tavi Launches Magazine with Help from Friends at This American Life and The Awl
Tavi Gevinson's online magazine for teens, Rookie, launched today. Although it publishes daily, Rookie will have monthly themes to create the cohesiveness of a magazine issue, according to managing...
View ArticleAwl My Children: Spawn of Gawker Inspires and Advises Editorial Ideologues
During his first company-wide meeting two weeks ago, Nick Denton declared that Gawker Media is a technology company, not an editorial one, according to a report published on The Awl. The recasting of...
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Ted Hall: The Voice of Occupy Wall Street, or General Crazy Person?
Ted Hall, in different states of OWS fervor. Edward T. Hall III, better known as "Ted" to his friends, has become one of loudest voices on Occupy Wall Street. The lanky redhead with the neon-splotched...
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Memeoirs and Tomeblrs Visually Explained
Last week we wrote about the art of turning faddish blogs into book deals that pay money. Over at The Awl, Jon Methven offers an illustrated explanation of the process, including visual diagrams of...
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Awl City: The Awl Launches Awl Music, Tumblr-Powered Video-Radio Station for...
Longreads-approved website The Awl—run by Radar, Observer, and Gawker expats Alex Balk and Choire Sicha—is coming up on its third anniversary! Since they've launched, they've spun off three blogs from...
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The Awl Is All Grown Up, Looking for an Editor in Chief
Screenshot of The Awl. They grow up so fast. The Awl network, which was founded by Gawker alums Choire Sicha and Alex Balk back in 2009 and now includes five sites on topics ranging from adorkable...
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Book Reviewed: Choire Sicha’s ‘Very Recent History’ and the Rise of Post-Fiction
The first book by Choire Sicha, a former editor at Gawker and The New York Observer, is, according to its subtitle, “an entirely factual account.” The book, titled Very Recent History, follows “John,”...
View ArticleFormer Journalist Decides Teaching Dogs How to Use iPads Is More Stable Work
A couple of weeks ago, in the doldrums of August, the Wall Street Journal revealed that there are people (Manhattanites, obviously) who are actually willing to pay money for their dogs to learn to use...
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The Goldbergs Blitzes Young-People Websites With Sponsored Content
Screenshot of The Onion's sponsored post. You may have read this on a website today: The Goldbergs is a new sitcom about Jews in the 1980s that premieres tonight. The ABC show is making a play for...
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