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Twilio Founder Buys Satire Site 'The Onion'

jeudi 25 avril 2024, 22:50 , par Slashdot
Twilio Founder Buys Satire Site 'The Onion'
Jeff Lawson, the cofounder of cloud computing company Twilio, appears to have purchased the satirical news website The Onion from G/O Media. Business Insider reports: A trust linked to Lawson is behind a San Francisco-based company called Global Tetrahedron, which shares the name of a fictional evil megacorporation in a long-running Onion gag, business records show. G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller confirmed the sale of The Onion to Global Tetrahedron in an email Thursday to staff, first reported by New York Times journalist Katie Robertson.

'This 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.' When asked about the purchase, Lawson replied: 'What's The Onion?' Then, 'What's a Tetrahedron?'

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https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/04/25/2044216/twilio-founder-buys-satire-site-the-onion?...

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