The Onion Sold By G/O Media to Mysterious Company Named After Running Gag

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The Onion Sold By G/O Media to Mysterious Company Named After Running Gag

Just a few weeks after selling Deadspin, G/O Media sent a memo to its staff Thursday announcing that the satire site The Onion would also be sold. In the memo obtained by The New York Times reporter Katie Robertson, G/O CEO Jim Spanfeller revealed the site had been sold to a Chicago-based firm called Global Tetrahedron. The site’s staff will remain intact. “This company is made up of four digital media veterans with a profound love for The Onion…