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Univision Buys Controlling Stake in the Only News Outlet Worth Reading, The Onion
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/19/16 10:02AMDisney in Talks to Sell Stake in Joint Venture Fusion to Partner Univision
Brendan O'Connor · 12/22/15 11:50PMAccording to multiple reports, Walt Disney Co. wants to sell its stake in Fusion, its joint venture with Univision. Fusion originally sought an audience of English-speaking Hispanics before pivoting to “Millennials.” The network, however, has struggled to keep pace with other ambitious editorial startups like BuzzFeed, Vice, and Vox Media.
NYT: Disney Put Fusion "On Notice" Over Coverage of the Sony Hack
Brendan O'Connor · 05/25/15 11:30AMThe Five-Blade Razor: America's Folly
Hamilton Nolan · 10/06/08 08:28AMIt's like the story of rise and fall of American hubris itself: once upon a time, in the heady days of 2005, Procter & Gamble decided that consumers would not be satisfied with a mere four-blade razor. So they launched Fusion, which boasted five blades and an embedded mini-vibrator, so that American men could enjoy the closest shave in the free world and then pleasure their wives, secure in the knowledge that Osama bin Laden is a hairy bastard shivering in a cave with no sex toys or women, so there. But our shaving pride came before the fall! Now that the US economy has collapsed, all these terribly expensive five-bladed razors are, like Hummers and Steve Schwarzman's birthday party, sad symbols of a nation gone astray. But they still need to sell all these god damn $25 packs of Fusion razors! [WSJ]