News

Modest do-gooders finding a place on the Net
Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 2014

The pioneering online community The WELL buys itself
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, September 22, 2012

The WELL stares into the abyss as Salon says it will pull the plug
Wendy M Grossman, theguardian.com, July 3, 2012

Proto Social Network — The Well Runneth Over
Long before Myspace and Facebook …
Erik Malinowski, Wired Magazine, December 20, 2007

The Well put on the market
Salon Media to sell pioneering online meeting place
Dan Fost, San Francisco Chronicle, August 18, 2005.

You own your own 20th anniversary
Wendy M. Grossman, The Inquirer, April 8, 2005.

Hippies, freethinkers and geeks mark two decades of dipping into the Well
Marianne Costantinou, San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2005.

West Coast online community The WELL marks 20 years with 4,000 subscribers
Carrie Kirby, SFGate, April 2, 2005.

The Well celebrates 20th birthday
Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, April 1, 2005.

The WELL Turns 20
Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing, March 30, 2005.

Account of online community is an Internet success story
Review of Katie Hafner’s book about The WELL
Dan Fost, San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 2001.

Salon buys The WELL
Wired News, April 7, 1999.

The Navigator Interview with Gail Williams of The WELL
Linton Weeks, The Washington Post, March 1999.

Study Is a Bummer
Steve Silberman, Wired News, September 1998.

The Epic Saga of The WELL
Katie Hafner, cover story, WIRED Magazine, May 1997.

Growing A Community
Steve Silberman, Packet, March 1997.

Spreading The WELL
Louis Trager, San Francisco Examiner, November 1996.