Ben Collins

We came into it and part of the whole dance here with him was figuring each other out and being like, are you really serious about this? Which is like preserving this thing that we really love from our childhood, you know, or preserving this way of speaking about the world and thinking about the world. We both realized like, yeah, we're both really serious about this thing.

We came into it and part of the whole dance here with him was figuring each other out and being like, are you really serious about this? Which is like preserving this thing that we really love from our childhood, you know, or preserving this way of speaking about the world and thinking about the world. We both realized like, yeah, we're both really serious about this thing.

We came into it and part of the whole dance here with him was figuring each other out and being like, are you really serious about this? Which is like preserving this thing that we really love from our childhood, you know, or preserving this way of speaking about the world and thinking about the world. We both realized like, yeah, we're both really serious about this thing.

We really want this thing to live and be a good, sustainable business that can churn out America's best comedy writers. That's what it's done for 30 plus years. And we're now at this place where we do trust each other. That's what this is about. And it's working. And it's good. By the way, it's good.

We really want this thing to live and be a good, sustainable business that can churn out America's best comedy writers. That's what it's done for 30 plus years. And we're now at this place where we do trust each other. That's what this is about. And it's working. And it's good. By the way, it's good.

We really want this thing to live and be a good, sustainable business that can churn out America's best comedy writers. That's what it's done for 30 plus years. And we're now at this place where we do trust each other. That's what this is about. And it's working. And it's good. By the way, it's good.

Like it's having a good, sustainable business that makes money and is not tied to like is not trying to get like an exit with like the Saudi Arabian wealth fund. Like that's nice. It's a nice life. That is a way of running a business. And that's what we're going to try to do.

Like it's having a good, sustainable business that makes money and is not tied to like is not trying to get like an exit with like the Saudi Arabian wealth fund. Like that's nice. It's a nice life. That is a way of running a business. And that's what we're going to try to do.

Like it's having a good, sustainable business that makes money and is not tied to like is not trying to get like an exit with like the Saudi Arabian wealth fund. Like that's nice. It's a nice life. That is a way of running a business. And that's what we're going to try to do.

No offense to those people, but it's much more fun. The conversations you're having as the owner of The Onion is a lot more fun than the owner of National Geographic or whatever. Like, I don't know. So, like, I understand it from his side. And, like, there's a nice benefit that it's, like, a pretty good business.

No offense to those people, but it's much more fun. The conversations you're having as the owner of The Onion is a lot more fun than the owner of National Geographic or whatever. Like, I don't know. So, like, I understand it from his side. And, like, there's a nice benefit that it's, like, a pretty good business.

No offense to those people, but it's much more fun. The conversations you're having as the owner of The Onion is a lot more fun than the owner of National Geographic or whatever. Like, I don't know. So, like, I understand it from his side. And, like, there's a nice benefit that it's, like, a pretty good business.

I hope to embarrass him with some ridiculous headline that I have to stand up for that I have nothing to do with. That's my goal.

I hope to embarrass him with some ridiculous headline that I have to stand up for that I have nothing to do with. That's my goal.

I hope to embarrass him with some ridiculous headline that I have to stand up for that I have nothing to do with. That's my goal.

Yeah, I was extremely excited, especially with these guys. A lot of what we deal with is people who just bend over backwards to help the onion. Like the MG people, they just wanted to help the onion. It is a special place in people's hearts. And just in the same way that we jumped in trying to save this thing, everybody else does.

Yeah, I was extremely excited, especially with these guys. A lot of what we deal with is people who just bend over backwards to help the onion. Like the MG people, they just wanted to help the onion. It is a special place in people's hearts. And just in the same way that we jumped in trying to save this thing, everybody else does.

Yeah, I was extremely excited, especially with these guys. A lot of what we deal with is people who just bend over backwards to help the onion. Like the MG people, they just wanted to help the onion. It is a special place in people's hearts. And just in the same way that we jumped in trying to save this thing, everybody else does.

Everybody else has their favorite onion headline in their heads, so they really wanted to do it. So there are definitely some skills and stuff that I had to pick up and learn along the way. My reporting was always tech adjacent, so I knew the verbiage. But it's service level always, right? So I know enough to not be completely humiliated 85% of the time.

Everybody else has their favorite onion headline in their heads, so they really wanted to do it. So there are definitely some skills and stuff that I had to pick up and learn along the way. My reporting was always tech adjacent, so I knew the verbiage. But it's service level always, right? So I know enough to not be completely humiliated 85% of the time.