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The Onion Writers Forget They're Writers, Turn Down Jobs - Posted March 22, 2012
The Onion, as we noted back in September, is moving its operations out of our great city and centralizing everything in Chicago. When staffers heard about the move from CEO ... [FishbowlNY]
The Onion Launches 'Magic 8-Ball' Like iPhone App - Posted December 22, 2011
For your FishbowlNY editors, the Magic 8-Ball toy was quite the hit when we were kids. We asked it stupid questions like, "Does my oldest brother poop his pants?" then we'd shake the toy and shout with satisfaction when the plastic die revealed, "Signs point to yes," that our teenage sibl... [FishbowlNY]
The Onion is Leaving New York - Posted September 22, 2011
The Onion is leaving Gotham. According to The Huffington Post, the editorial operations of the paper, which have been here for the past decade, are being moved to Chicago by next summer. The Onion's headquarters are located in ... [FishbowlNY]
Best Of The Onion: Ten Onion Stories That Poke Fun At News Media - Posted September 8, 2011
Over the years, satirical news organization The Onion has not only poked fun at local, national, international, sports and entertainment news, but also at the people who cover that news -- journalists. This is a collection of some of the best articles,... [10,000 Words]
Tom Hanks & Arianna Huffington Threaten Pulitzer Board In Support Of The Onion [Video] - Posted June 21, 2011
Fans of The Onion, including Tom Hanks, Arianna Huffington and Gayle King, have taken things into their own hands to let the Pulitzer board know that it's about time that The Onion was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. These celebrity videos have just hit YouTube as part of a new campaign... [SocialTimes.com]
The Onion Wants a Pulitzer - Posted June 20, 2011
The Onion, the world's best source for sarcastic headlines, is launching a campaign to get itself a Pulitzer Prize. According to ... [FishbowlNY]
SportsNewser Gets Exclusive Look at New Book from The Onion - Posted May 12, 2011
With headlines such as "UFC Fighter Has Idea for T-Shirt With A Bunch Of Shit Written All Over It," The Onion never fails to provide us all with hilar... [FishbowlNY]
The Onion Launches iPad App - Posted April 4, 2011
One of FishbowlNY's favorites - The Onion - has launched its first iPad app. Available for free, the app includes content from the website, as well as video from its shows.
As Baratunde Thurston... [FishbowlNY]
How to Make Your Own Virtual Newspaper with Twitter - Posted February 22, 2011
Who needs a newspaper when you have Twitter?
This post may sound redundant to those in the know; but for those new to Twitter, here are some ways you can use the site as a one stop spot for your news - including links to get you started.... [AllTwitter]
The Onion Names General Manager - Posted January 18, 2011
"The Onion Hires General Manager; Hopes to Have Him Generally Manage." How's that? Oh c'mon it's not that bad. Anyway, fake headline aside, the real news is that Mitch Semel has been hired by The Onion as their new General Manager. He'll oversee all of its editorial content, including the... [FishbowlNY]
The Onion, Comedy Central Hope This SportsDome Doesn't Collapse - Posted December 14, 2010
Satirical "news" site The Onion and Comedy Central teamed up on a relaunch of the SportsDome Web site in advance of the Jan. 11 debut of Onion SportsDome on the cable network.
The SportsDome site features preview clips from th... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
The Onion Now Available Through Kindle - Posted December 9, 2010
Parody newspaper The Onion has teamed up with Amazon to release five eBook... [AppNewser]
Why I Think @TheOnion Has Unfollowed A Record 485,000 People On Twitter - Posted April 21, 2010
A few days ago, I was unfollowed by @TheOnion, the Twitter account of the much-loved satirical news site.
The Onion is one of the most popular feeds on the network, with well over two million followers. Back in the day, the account had a (possibly automated) follow-back policy, and they followed hundreds... [10,000 Words]
Why I Think @TheOnion Has Unfollowed A Record 485,000 People On Twitter - Posted April 21, 2010
A few days ago, I was unfollowed by @TheOnion, the Twitter account of the much-loved satirical news site.
The Onion is one of the most popular feeds on the network, with well over two million followers. Back in the day, the account had a (possibly automated) follow-back policy, and they followed hundreds... [AllTwitter]
Conde Nast's First iPhone App Teams Up with Loreal - Posted February 4, 2010
It took this long for Si Newhouse to come up with an iPhone application for one of his Conde Nast titles? (edit: Conde has 10 other apps out for various other magazines, but this will be the first for Vanity Fair.) Well, no one is going to accuse the media titan... [FishbowlNY]
Dave Eggers' Inflamatory Onion Interview - Posted January 6, 2010
You know that it's a slow news day (except for those at CES liveblogging, of course) when the biggest scandal to hit the Web since Monday is a Dave Eggers... [FishbowlNY]
The Onion's A.V. Club Editors: 'Everything We Do Is Bite-Size' - Posted December 23, 2009
The Onion is one of the funniest, and ubiquitous sources of fake news around today. But there's one part of the 21-year-old paper that's not faux: The A.V. Club, which explores pop cultu... [FishbowlNY]
Former Fox News Anchor Joins The Onion News Network - Posted November 18, 2009
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Mediabistro.com At The Center Of Mistaken Journalist Identity - Posted August 28, 2009
There's a feud going on in Denver between two journalists and a mislabeled photo from a 2005 Mediabistro has helped drag a third journalist into the fray.
It all started last month, when Denver Westword reporter ... [FishbowlNY]
At Gawker, Traffic Graphs Only Tell Part Of The Story - Posted July 28, 2009
Yesterday, Gawker's Nick Denton boasted about the tremendous revenue growth his company had experienced during the first half of the year, despite the recession.
Denton also published ... [FishbowlNY]
Fake News Of The Week - Posted May 8, 2009
Its been a big week in fake news. First, there were rumors that The Onion was planning cut its print edition, which were quickly refuted, although the satiric pub did eventually admit that they were shutting down print operations in ... [FishbowlNY]
