I’ve been a fan of The Onion since I had the paper version delivered to my home. Seriously. Pre-internet. So I’m excited to see what an eccentric billionaire and former editors of the paper can create.
The Tesla head tweeted, “Thud! That’s the name of my new intergalactic media empire.”
The Daily Beast reported that former editors of the Onion Cole Bolton and Ben Berkley are working with Musk — and poaching other staffers.
“It’s pretty obvious that comedy is the next frontier after electric vehicles, space exploration and brain-computer interfaces,” said Musk, who tried to buy the Onion in 2014. “Don’t know how anyone’s not seeing this.”