Have a Laugh or Three: The Onion Digitizes Its Print Archive and Makes It Available Online, Rollout Begins Today
From an AP Story by Jack Coyle:
The satirical paper of record is dipping into its archives.
The Onion will announce Monday that it is publishing digitized versions of all its old print editions [1988 – 1996]. Beginning Monday, TheOnion.com will begin posting a handful of old issues every week for the coming months.
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The Onion was founded in 1988 in Madison, Wis., by two students from the University of Wisconsin. Though it began as a local college newspaper, it became a national comedy institution and went online in 1996.
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But the archives, which have previously been published in book collections, show the Onion’s humble, black-and-white origins. The early issues show the paper finding its footing and honing its dry comedic voice, a parody of USA Today style.
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