c/theonion · by restingboredface@sh.itjust.works · 2y

Democrats Panic After Kamala Harris Ages 40 Years In Single Night

https://www.theonion.com/democrats-panic-after-kamala-harris-ages-40-years-in-si-1851601473

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22 Comments

mozz@mbin.grits.dev · 132 pts · 2y (12 replies)

Dude I feel like The Onion is coming back into its own again

Tedrow@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 2y (9 replies)

It's the new ownership.

IMALlama@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 2y (6 replies)

TIL. From Wikipedia:

On April 8, 2019, private equity firm Great Hill Partners acquired Gizmodo Media Group—including The Onion, The A.V. Club, and Clickhole—from Univision for an undisclosed amount.[148] The properties were formed into a new company named G/O Media Inc.[149][150] In March 2024, G/O sold The A.V. Club to Paste Magazine and was reported to be seeking buyers for The Onion.[151]

On April 25, 2024, CEO Jim Spanfeller told employees that G/O had sold The Onion to Chicago firm Global Tetrahedron, which is owned by Twilio founder Jeff Lawson, with former NBC reporter Ben Collins serving as CEO.[152] As a condition of the deal, the new owners will retain the website's staff and keep it based in Chicago.[153] The name "Global Tetrahedron" is taken from a "fictional evil megacorporation" that has been the subject of a running gag in The Onion articles.[154]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion

Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca · 47 pts · 2y (2 replies)

“My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO,” Collins posted on X. “We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and shar[ing] the wealth with staff. Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.”

Neat.

Tedrow@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The new owner used to be in charge of the misinformation best at his old news room. Now he makes fake news.

joelfromaus@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y

The best outcome. Honestly, if we could convince other misinformation reporters to turn to comedy the world would be a better place.

sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 2y

Wow, they were owned by Gizmodo for that time period?

Fucking no wonder the quality went down.

aaro@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Private equity

Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 2y

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NemoWuMing@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Really puts the previous ownership to shame. Who were these people??

picnicolas@slrpnk.net · 30 pts · 2y

Typical private equity vampires

Kalkaline@leminal.space · 10 pts · 2y

They had by far the best debate coverage

ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

They are slapping really hard this year and I love it. They had to though, reality has officially become stranger than fiction.

dephyre@lemmy.world · 101 pts · 2y (6 replies)

At press time, sources confirmed prominent members of the party had been instructed to quickly shift their support to a spry, cogent 31-year-old Joe Biden, who had somehow de-aged 50 years overnight.

Look here, Jack!