> Rupert Murdoch does not own The Onion. The satirical publication was acquired in April 2024 by Jeff Lawson, the co-founder of Twilio. The Onion was previously owned by Univision Communications (later Fusion Media Group), not the Murdoch-controlled News Corp or Fox Corporation

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This is simply untrue. Rupert Murdoch has never had an ownership stake in The Onion. It is currently held privately by Twilio cofounder and former CEO Jeff Lawson and former NBC News reporter Ben Collins.

Was this a mistake, something you mis-remembered?

It was sold though it sure as hell wasn't to Rupert Murdoch. In 2016, Univision Communications bought a controlling stake in The Onion (during the election season) and later sold to private equity company Great Hill Partners in 2019.

It’s owned by the guy who was the CEO from twilio now.