Wow. Collins was at NBC, not NYT, but really curious how a youngish journalist ended up in that position.
NEWS: My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO.We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and share the wealth with staff. Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.https://t.co/CQtWzFHn4A— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 25, 2024
― jaymc, Friday, 26 April 2024 00:26 (four months ago) link
“Our goal is to be stewards for this thing,” he said. “We’re keeping all the writers, we’re going to work with the union, we’re going to make it so they can hopefully get paid a little bit more money, and we’re going to give them the room to grow.”
thought this was an Onion article at first
― c u (crüt), Friday, 26 April 2024 01:01 (four months ago) link
but really curious how a youngish journalist ended up in that position.
Turns out he skeeted his way into it:https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3kr2kcufdxf2t
― jaymc, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:49 (four months ago) link
i've noticed a lot less bite in their insta posts lately?
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Monday, 29 April 2024 21:53 (four months ago) link
well this acquisition might ruin my online 'handle'. at least they're clearly superfans as global tetrahedron is almost completely a reference in articles from 1999
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:57 (four months ago) link
Lost it at the photo
https://www.theonion.com/annoying-teen-on-train-has-girlfriend-s-whole-face-in-m-1851439456
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 3 May 2024 22:07 (four months ago) link
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-give-this-rich-dude-jeff-lawson-dollar-the-onion/
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 5 May 2024 10:46 (four months ago) link
Things that sound like an Onion article
― pplains, Sunday, 5 May 2024 13:57 (four months ago) link
Returning to print (on a subscription basis):https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/business/media/the-onion-print-paper.htmlhttps://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/08/16/multimedia/16onion-vmzc/16onion-vmzc-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=600
― jaymc, Friday, 16 August 2024 13:03 (one month ago) link
https://web.archive.org/web/20240816131415/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/business/media/the-onion-print-paper.html
― budo jeru, Friday, 16 August 2024 14:45 (one month ago) link
the knives are out today
FACT CHECKTRUMP: “People don’t leave my rallies.”TRUE: They’re carried out in body bags.— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 11, 2024
― frogbs, Wednesday, 11 September 2024 03:43 (one week ago) link