====== Thing X ======
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|  <WRAP classicinfobox>**Thing X**</WRAP>  ||
^ Owner | [[adultswim]] |
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**Thing X** was a content aggregate website run by [[adultswim]]. The site featured original videos and articles. It launched October 17, 2012.[(cite:bw>[[https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121017006427/en/Adult-Swim-Launches-ThingX.com-with-Former-Staff-Members-of-The-Onion|Adult Swim Launches ThingX.com with Former Staff Members of The Onion. Business Wire.]])]

After the success of the //[[podcast|On Cinema]]// podcast, Thing X worked with series creator [[tim]] to devise a video version of the podcast, //[[ocatc]]//. The original uploads of the first two seasons were hosted on the Thing X website. They also prominently sponsored the //[[oscar1]]//.

The site was absorbed into Adult Swim's own website June 18, 2013, less than a year later.[(cite:vulture>[[https://www.vulture.com/2013/06/thing-x-is-shutting-down-and-moving-to-adultswim-com.html|Thing X Is Shutting Down and Moving to AdultSwim.com. Vulture.]])] The first two seasons of //On Cinema at the Cinema// were eventually re-hosted on Thing X's YouTube channel, and Adult Swim's website.

===== [META] History =====
**Thing X** was a satirical website from [[adultswim]] and various former staff members of //The Onion//.

Initially after the closure of Thing X, it was business as usual for the site's articles and other video content, though by 2016, //On Cinema at the Cinema// was all that remained from the experiment. Adult Swim would continue to carry //On Cinema// until 2020, when Adult Swim's digital department was gutted. [[heinetwork]] launched in its wake.

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