
Jeez, the Onion's editorial staff is really leaving New York. Well, uh, five out of the sixteen of them are. This story has the details of who's staying (Joe Randazzo, Joe Garden, Baratunde Thurston) and who's going (Seth Riess, Will Tracy), as well as the story of the holdouts' failed efforts to find a buyer for the paper who would let them stay in New York. The move may eventually end up being a return to the paper's Midwestern roots, and a boost for the Chicago comedy scene, but right now tearing this staff apart seems like it's gotta result in a big loss of quality. [...]
"Sometimes me and another guy or two will be on there for hours, commenting back and forth about what's happening with the show. It's one of my favorite things on the Internet." – The Onion's "Online Recap Of TV Show Attracts 25,000 Readers Who Have Given Up On Life" is short, but it still manages to totally nail the TV recap-lover demo. A little dose of Monday afternoon humility is good for us all, probably.

It's a good thing I enjoy humor because, if I had to estimate, I'd put the number of humor pieces I've read this year somewhere in the low thousands. As a fan — and as someone who's numb to the embarrassment that comes with laughing aloud while riding public transportation — I imagine I'd have read some fraction of these just for fun. But as someone who’s had the privilege of editing Splitsider's Humor Section for the past nine months and compiling the list below (who am I kidding? tl;dr), I’ve been overwhelmed in the best way possible by the volume and quality of the humorists populating the [...]
The Onion shows characteristic directness with its take on the recent sex-abuse-by-coaches epidemic: "Nation's 10-Year-Old Boys: 'If You See Someone Raping Us, Please Call The Police.'" It's very funny and also very sad that such a thing would become funny after so many people did not heed such common sense advice.
There's too soon, and then there is impressively soon; this video is from the ONN episode airing this week. In it, the Onion News Network offers a preview of the new Steve Jobs 2, an updated version of the late great Apple founder that includes voluminous curly hair, sleek white turtleneck, and "increased touch-sensitivity," which seems like both a fitting homage and something every consumer can enjoy.