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By Drew Grant 8/15/12 3:35pm

Abby Elliott Leaves Saturday Night Live

In a surprising off-season announcement, comedy heiress Abby Elliott announced she won’t be returning to Saturday Night Live on September 15th. In 2008, Elliott—whose grandfather is comedy legend Bob Elliott and whose father, Chris Elliott, is an SNL alum—became one of the youngest cast members in the show’s history at age 21. She is the fourth performer to leave after last season’s finale, following Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and possibly Jason Sudeikis. Read More

By Zeke Turner 9/07/10 9:26pm

Launches

Splitsider is Live

Splitsider, the first of two sites to spin-off from The Awl, went live this afternoon.

“Gawker was a great gig, but it feels really good to be doing my own thing now,” wrote Adam Frucci, the site’s editor, in an email to the Media Mob this afternoon. Mr. Frucci left Gizmodo, a Read More

By Zeke Turner 8/24/10 5:29pm

Launches

The Awl Will Launch a Comedy Blog

The Awl is about to expand and will introduce a comedy blog within the next few weeks.

Associate editor Adam Frucci is leaving Gizmodo after four years to lead The Awl’s comedy site, which will be called Splitsider. “I’m very, very excited about it,” Mr. Frucci wrote in a goodbye post yesterday on Gizmodo, the Read More

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