The Onion, regarded by many as 'America's finest news source,' is a digital media institution, serving satire by the spoonful for more than three decades, first as a weekly print edition starting in 1988, then as an online outlet from 1996 with the physical publication ceasing in 2013. Its spoof stories have often been conflated with real news, but The Onion has become a staple part of the digital media landscape for its 'alternative' take on some of the world's biggest events ' some real, others completely made up ' spawning memes such as 'Area Man' while aping the reporting style of more traditional news outlets. The Onion has counted several owners through the years (Elon Musk was apparently interested at one point), including Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, which procured a controlling stake in 2016. It then sold it alongside Gizmodo to private equity firm Great Hill Partners in 2019, which created a new media holding company called G/O Media Inc. Now, The Onion has...
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