Cards Against Humanity bought humor site ClickHole and turned over ownership to its employees
BuzzFeed NewsAs part of the all-cash deal, ClickHole's employees will become majority-owners of the site, according to BuzzFeed.ClickHole has had multiple owners since the site was started by The Onion in 2014 — most recently, the same private equity firm that has battled with writers at Deadspin over editorial independence.
"ClickHole's treasure is beautiful and not for sale. It consists of gold, jewels, and other priceless and gorgeous gems and metals. For almost a year, ClickHole's treasure was on vacation, but now it's back," a spokesperson for Cards Against Humanity told Business Insider.
"ClickHole's treasure is beautiful and not for sale. It consists of gold, jewels, and other priceless and gorgeous gems and metals. For almost a year, ClickHole's treasure was on vacation, but now it's back," a spokesperson for Cards Against Humanity told Business Insider.
Under CEO Jim Spanfeller, appointed by Great Hill Partners to lead G/O Media, the company has faced unrest by employees over its perceived lack of commitment to editorial independence, eventually leading to"Our goal is to take some of the pressure off of them so they can shake some of these managerial shakes [sic] ups they've had and just focus on making amazing comedy," Cards Against Humanity cofounder Max Temkin told BuzzFeed.
, before ultimately launching an aborted humor project himself called "Thud!" In 2018, after news of Musk's previous interest in the company was first made public, ClickHole published a satirical story called "
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