Today is Gawker.com's final day online. Its editorial staff has elected not to go into the great beyond with grace, but with the kicking and screaming of a petulant child. These "articles", posted today, is what Gawker sheds its mortal coil with.
"How Things Work", by Nick Denton
http://archive.is/zHVu1
"Fuck It", by Hudson Hongo
http://archive.is/svhVa
"Mission Demolished", by Choire Sicha
http://archive.is/qeiHO
"How Guilty Should I Feel?", by Kelly Stout
http://archive.is/sBEHQ
"Gawker Was Murdered By Gaslight", by Tom Scocca
http://archive.is/yhV6o
"What Was Gawker?", by Hamilton Nolan
http://archive.is/KRpaU
"There's Someone Else I've Gotta Be", by Rich Juzwiak
http://archive.is/bqGgq
"Letters From Our Exes", by "The Ghosts of Gawker Past"
http://archive.is/SjVYD
Goodbye, Gawker, and good riddance.