Wednesday, January 26th 2005
Free!
There’s a new paper coming to town, one you might have heard of before:
Executives from The Onion, the much beloved New York-based weekly humor newspaper, were in San Francisco last week interviewing potential sales managers for the paper’s upcoming Bay Area debut. That’s right, The Onion is coming to town — the print edition, that is…
“We just think it’s a great fit culturally,” company prez Sean Mills told Feeder, adding that the online edition already attracts a “huge readership” from San Francisco. Mills says he hopes the paper will debut here in the spring with a circulation of about 70,000. It will mostly be found in Frisco newsracks, though Mills promises that it also will be available in Oakland and Berkeley. The bay edition will have local event listings and show reviews, but the satirical fake news stories will be the same ones that appear online.
Can’t say no to a free paper. This’ll fill the humor niche currently held by the Squelch and LaRouche newsletters. Look for it at a newsstand near you.
