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The Onion has been sold, again. G/O Media has the humor brand to four anonymous investors calling themselves “Global Tetrahedron,” name after one of the site’s own gags.
G/O chief Jim Spanfeller confirmed the news to staffers Thursday in a memo.
The acquiring company “is made up of four digital media veterans with a profound love for The Onion and comedy based content,” Spanfeller wrote. “The site’s new owners have agreed to keep The Onion’s entire staff intact and in Chicago, something we insisted be part of the deal.” Read his memo in full below.
The satirical media outlet has changed hands several times over the past decade. G/O bought it in 2019 and recently sold off The A.V. Club, the Onion’s non-satirical arts and culture section that became its own hub in the digital age.
Back in January, The Onion’s unionized workers came close to a walkout. Employees with The Onion Union — which represents the creative staff at The Onion, The A.V. Club, Deadspin and The Takeout — reached a tentative agreement with G/O Media just hours before their contract was set to expire. The Writers Guild of America East announced the new collective bargaining agreement, which followed the guild’s authorization of an unfair labor practice strike.
According to the guild, the negotiating committee “made important gains in wages and workplace protections.”
Here is Spanfeller’s full memo:
As I mentioned to you last month we have been undergoing an extensive review of our portfolio with the intention of coring down to our leading sites in terms of audience and revenues. Today we announced great traffic gains for Quartz but also, as part of efforts to sharpen our focus, we are announcing that G/O Media has sold The Onion to a new Chicago based
Ariana Madix is returning to Broadway!
Lollapalooza documentary that tells the story of the iconic Chicago music festival has been released. Check it out below.Directed by Michael John Warren (Jay-Z’s Fade to Black), Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza is a three-part docu-series that gives insight into the creation of Perry Farrell‘s (Jane’s Addiction) music festival and its 30-year run going from a touring punk event to the annual music bash in Chicago’s Grant Park and beyond.“When I started Lollapalooza, it was a farewell for Jane’s Addiction,” said Farrell in the trailer.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The Onion has a new owner: a company called “Global Tetrahedron,” which is a real thing based on a fake entity invented by the satire site more than two decades ago. G/O Media, a private-equity backed firm that has owned The Onion since 2019, sold the site to a new Chicago-based firm called Global Tetrahedron, which is “made up of four digital media veterans with a profound love for The Onion and comedy-based content,” G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller said in a memo to staff Thursday. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
The Rolling Stones have announced the support acts for their 2024 ‘Hackney Diamonds‘ US tour.The legendary band are set to embark on a massive US tour next week (April 28). The tour will see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood perform in 16 cities across North America and Canada.To kick off the first night of the tour, Gary Clark Jr.
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Jeremy Allen White is enjoying a day out.
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