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G/O Media has sold The Onion, but something's afoot

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DrFunk

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G_Shumi

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Better the Global Tetrahedron than the Bermuda Tetrahedron.

But seriously, that's great that everyone on staff will be kept on. :)
 
NihonTiger

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DrFunk said:

View: https://twitter.com/katie_robertson/status/1783555272780272099?t=4qMw-RVZV4RnjGasChfkcQ&s=19

View: https://twitter.com/katie_robertson/status/1783557935433437441?t=SBSdyPI_sS2yCcNCJZY8hw&s=19

However....


View: https://twitter.com/lincodega/status/1783562160527790183?t=ho15cOhqMNBBCqByQPcAWQ&s=19


View: https://twitter.com/michaelgreshko/status/1783567279357141079?t=w_bgLPnwGSN2AoT444QAWg&s=19

Weird. That being said, every writer is being kept. So that's good at least.
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The post chain seems to indicate that it's an inside joke and Jeff Lawson, a co-founder of Twilio, is the buyer.
 
Amnixia

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I expected Musk to be the buyer, mostly to fuck with the staff and make then quit by themselves.

Glad to see my paranoia was unfounded for once.
 
B-Dubs

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The onion hasn't been funny for a minute, so here's hoping this goes well
 
Theodran

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Looks like they bought themselves. I'm stoked to hear about the revival of the Onion News Network, that was one of my favorite parts of the site.
 
TeenageFBI

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Wait, is the Onion News Network the Youtube stuff? I somehow only found out about it recently and I've been watching it. Shit's amazing.
 
psionotic

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The Onion is a national treasure, so if it's free of its Private Equity overlords this is an enormous win for the world.
 
Senjuro

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Their video content was incredible back in the day. It'll be great if they can recapture some of that magic.
 
Iced_Eagle

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Vash said:
His followup post is great too :D

Also, how do you add Bsky posts like that? Insert Media does not work.
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Ben Collins (@bencollins.bsky.social)

Figured it out thanks [contains quote post or other embedded content]
bsky.app bsky.app

I don't think there's bsky embeds currently.
 
Fat4all

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how many times can the onion make a joke that everyone takes seriously
 
BabyDontHurtMe

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So basically the Onion bought their independence with the help of Jeff Lawson. Great to see the writing staff break out of G/O Media, especially when they were on the chopping block iirc.
 
poptire

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I gave a dollar. It's the least I could do after so many years of entertainment.
 
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