Onion dips into TV.The Onion, the free weekly news satire This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. publication, last week launched an online video newscast newscast Radio or television broadcast of news events. News gathering and broadcasting by the radio networks began in the mid-1930s and increased significantly during World War II. The television newscast began in 1948 with 15-minute programs that resembled movie newsreels. called Onion News Network, or ONN ONN Ohio News Network ONN Object Navigation Notation ONN Optical Network Node ONN Open Network Nodes , a 24-hour fake news net. It's hard to argue with the tagline for the faux-news network: "Faster, harder, scarier and all-knowing." ONN started releasing segments on Theonion.com and is encouraging fans to post and disseminate dis·sem·i·nate v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates v.tr. 1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed. 2. the ad-supported clips around the Web. The paper launched its L.A. edition on August 10 with a circulation of 50,000. The company distributes the paper at 1,000 locations, including music stores, coffee shops and newsstands. Like the print edition, the Onion's video fodder fodder feed for herbivorous animals, usually used to describe dried leafy material such as hay. See also forage. fodder beet a root crop grown solely as a source of feed for cattle, possibly sheep. will be ad-supported, with the commercial played following the mock newscast, and the ads will be in line with the Onion programming--sarcastic and/or edgy and silly. Parts of the newscast will be posted for free download on iTunes. The new network is reportedly discussing content partnerships with YouTube, Joost, MySpace and TiVo in which they'll split the ad revenue with the distributor. Staff reporter Anne Riley-Katz can be reached at ariley-katz@labusinessjournal.com or at (323) 549-5225, ext. 225. |
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