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Area Satirical Publication The Onion Sold To Univision (Seriously)
npr.org ^ | 1/19/16 | David Folkenflik

Posted on 01/19/2016 1:57:55 PM PST by SoFloFreeper

Univision Communications Inc., the parent company to the nation's leading Spanish-language broadcast channel, has acquired a controlling stake in the satirical news site The Onion, NPR has learned.

The agreement between two seemingly disparate media outfits was described to NPR by a person with direct involvement in the negotiations. A second person who was briefed on the deal by Univision executives also confirmed its broad strokes. The amount of money involved in the deal was not disclosed. NPR has also obtained a memo from the CEO of The Onion announcing the deal to staffers.

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Uh oh. Does this mean the pretty much "make fun of everybody" humor at The Onion is going to go away now?
1 posted on 01/19/2016 1:57:55 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Press 2 for English derision.


2 posted on 01/19/2016 1:58:59 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

[ Uh oh. Does this mean the pretty much “make fun of everybody” humor at The Onion is going to go away now? ]

Well Half of it will surely go away....

Two guesses as to which half...


3 posted on 01/19/2016 1:59:02 PM PST by GraceG (The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Que lastima!


4 posted on 01/19/2016 1:59:41 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Politics: from the greek "poly" [many] and the english "ticks" [blood sucking parasites])
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To: SoFloFreeper

La Cebolla


5 posted on 01/19/2016 2:00:22 PM PST by GregoTX (Autonomous terrorism calls for autonomous defense)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The Onion lost its edge when the real news became indistinguishable from satire.


6 posted on 01/19/2016 2:01:13 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: SoFloFreeper

All sources not named NPR say Univision got a minority stake.


7 posted on 01/19/2016 2:02:00 PM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The Onion leans very left, to the point where it is no longer funny.

To be funny, humor must rely on a shared worldview, and I do not share a similar worldview with those people.


8 posted on 01/19/2016 2:02:09 PM PST by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Stories this morning said it was just a minority stake, now it’s a controlling interest all of a sudden???

NPR might want to check its facts.


9 posted on 01/19/2016 2:05:16 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: SoFloFreeper; John Semmens

OMG!

Does John Semmens speak Espanol?


10 posted on 01/19/2016 2:11:18 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: SpaceBar

Try “lark”


11 posted on 01/19/2016 2:11:42 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It will now be known as The Jalapeño. (On a stick.)


12 posted on 01/19/2016 2:28:18 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: T-Bone Texan

After hurricane Katrina, they had a story about how Dick Cheney called the black people looking for food
“looters”, while white people were simply “foraging” for food. It was funny.


13 posted on 01/19/2016 2:29:16 PM PST by petercooper (Coexist my ass!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

You would think that SOMEBODY at Univision was fluent enough in English to understand about The Onion.


14 posted on 01/19/2016 2:45:36 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: T-Bone Texan
The Onion leans very left, to the point where it is no longer funny.

The Onion has always leaned left. It's just that many of their apolitical pieces were so funny, many conservatives missed the anti-conservative stuff. Virtually every piece they did about politics involved making fun of conservatives.

During King Barack's reign, there have been few pieces making digs at the King. When Bush II was president, there were numerous hatchet pieces done on him...likewise other conservatives.

15 posted on 01/19/2016 3:53:33 PM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: SoFloFreeper; John Semmens

Sounds like bad news.


16 posted on 01/19/2016 4:33:07 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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