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The satire publication The Onion has been sold, but will stay based successful Chicago, nan institution announced Thursday. Photo by Brian Kersey/UPI | License Photo
April 25 (UPI) -- The satire publication The Onion has been sold, nan latest successful a drawstring of income for nan quirky and celebrated publication, G/O Media announced Thursday,
Company CEO Jim Spanfeller said The Onion will enactment successful its location metropolis of Chicago because it was sold to different windy metropolis media institution called Global Tetrahdron. It is operated by NBC newsman Ben Collins and owned by tech executive Jeff Lawson, some of whom reportedly emotion The Onion's offbeat and often snarky and ironic humor.
"This institution is made up of 4 integer media veterans pinch a profound emotion for The Onion and comedy-based content," Spanfeller wrote successful an article for The New York Times. "The site's caller owners person agreed to support The Onion's full unit intact and successful Chicago, thing we insisted beryllium portion of nan deal."
The Onion started arsenic a play newspaper successful Wisconsin successful 1988 and became a play satirical online publication, which gained a loyal following.
It has taken a light-hearted and satirical attack to galore superior topics, but has besides not shied distant from weapon unit successful nan United States by publishing nan aforesaid header astir mass shootings 21 times sine 2014.
The Onion published its first book successful 1999, titled Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source. The sanction of nan caller owner, Global Tetrahedron, was nan sanction of a fictional firm that appeared successful nan book.
