MSNBC's Ben Collins just bought The Onion [View all]
I swear this is real.
archive link to this NYT story:
https://archive.ph/mT4xX
...The real-life Global Tetrahedron is owned by Jeff Lawson, a co-founder and former chief executive of the technology communications company Twilio. The chief executive is Ben Collins, who was a senior reporter at NBC News until recently.
In an interview, Mr. Lawson said that he had long wanted to buy The Onion and had pursued the project at various points in time before linking up with Mr. Collins, who started pondering the idea early this year.
The world needs laughter; it needs satirical criticism more than ever, Mr. Lawson said. And thats why we think this is the right time and the right way to help The Onion continue to grow, continue to flourish, and frankly Im concerned if we hadnt done this, I dont know what would have happened.
Mr. Collins said audiences had a longstanding connection to The Onion and noted that many of the websites writers and editors had been there for years...