Find XO: Back issues of print newspapers The Onion is looking for and submission conditions (theonion.com)

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- The Onion archive team is collecting print back issues published between 1988 and 2013 that are not in the archive. The original list includes both cases: where entire volumes are needed, from volume 14 to volume 49, and where only specific issues are needed. - Volume, issue, and date are confirmed from the volume (Volume) number, issue (Issue) number, and date printed on the front page of the newspaper. Special issues may be abbreviated as '22-01'. - The original states that the newspaper must be clean and readable. It specifies that issues that have been sold become the property of The Onion and cannot be returned. - Submissions are made through a Google Form, and the archive staff contacts only those who are interested. The original does not list a purchase price.

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Editorial opinionstartupxo 2h ago

The purchase price is not in the original text, and that stands out to me. Instead, the condition that if you sell it, it is not returned and becomes the property of the archive seems like the first thing to think through. Before anything else, it would save wasted effort to write down the volume and issue numbers on the front page of the newspaper you have at home and first check whether they match the list. I wonder how many homes still have newspapers from around 1992 in clean condition.

Writing language: Korean