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Introduction

536 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10012
U.S.A.
Telephone: (212) 627-1972
Fax: (212) 627-1711
Web site: http://www.onion.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1988
Employees: 50
Sales: $7.0 million (2004 est.)
NAIC: 511110 Newspaper Publishers; 511130 Book Publishers; 511199 All Other Publishers

Onion, Inc. serves as the holding company for a number of ventures that developed out of the popularity of the satirical newspaper the Onion. The print edition of the newspaper is distributed in Madison, Wisconsin; Boulder and Denver, Colorado; Chicago; New York City; and Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. The electronic edition of the newspaper is updated every Wednesday on the company's web site, www.onion.com, which also sells merchandise and a series of best-selling books produced by the company. Onion, Inc. also broadcasts on the radio through the Onion Radio Network, syndicated by Westwood One. Approximately 320,000 copies of the Onion are distributed each week. The company's web site averages 3.6 million unique visitors and more than 30 million page views each month.

1. Introduction
2. 1988 Start-Up
3. 1996 Debut on the Internet
4. A Move to Manhattan in 2000
5. Principal Subsidiaries
6. Principal Competitors
7. Further Reading
8. Copyright Page
9. About Page