The Onion To Launch 24-Hour Newscast

As reported by Variety, The Onion will soon launch a 24-hour, ad-supported, fake-news videocast called Onion News Network, or ONN.

Unlike obvious competitors “The Colbert Report” and “The Daily Show,” whose owner Viacom recently demanded that all clips from the shows be expunged from YouTube, ONN will encourage fans to post clips from its newscasts anywhere and everywhere online.

Content will also be available for download as free podcasts via iTunes. For the full story, click here.

Related links:
The Onion’s homepage
Variety.com

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