Reputation Matters Posted by Harvey on 4 December 2014, 4:00 pm Satirical newspaper “The Onion” is hiring a financial adviser to help find a buyer for the company. I heard they turned down an offer from the New York Times because the Onion feared losing credibility.
Guess everything gets sold eventually, but: (a) hope they get well paid for it and (b) hope the new owners don’t change it much. National Lampoon, Inc., was never as funny as National Lampoon. Reply to this comment
They’re a company? I thought they were just a bunch of gag writers with a website. Wait. Reply to this comment
Did the NYT find some money in the cushions of the staff lounge to even make an offer? Reply to this comment
Speaking of publishing (off topic), I noticed this on Drudge: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/12/03/ayn-rands-early-novel-ideal-to-be-published-after-80-years/ Reply to this comment
Harvey, that’s cold, man; really cold; and all too true.
Guess everything gets sold eventually, but: (a) hope they get well paid for it and (b) hope the new owners don’t change it much.
National Lampoon, Inc., was never as funny as National Lampoon.
They’re a company? I thought they were just a bunch of gag writers with a website.
Wait.
Did the NYT find some money in the cushions of the staff lounge to even make an offer?
Speaking of publishing (off topic), I noticed this on Drudge:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/12/03/ayn-rands-early-novel-ideal-to-be-published-after-80-years/