Actually, Condé Nast hasn't owned reddit for a long time.
In effect, Condé Nast does still own Reddit. Advance Publications is the holding company which owns the Conde Nast properties (Conde Nast, Conde Nast International, Conde Nast Entertainment, and Reddit).
When Condé Nast originally bought reddit, there was an outcry about how Condé Nast was going to ruin reddit. People thought Condé Nast was just going to pump their magazine content (GQ, Vogue, New Yorker, Wired, many more...) on reddit.
In order to prove this wasn't going to happen, Conde Nast reincorporated Reddit as its own company and moved it under its parent holding company (Advance Publications).
Advance Publications is to Conde Nast what Alphabet is to Google.
Also one thing to note is that Reddit has employees within Conde Nast's head quarters. Its not like they are trying to hide their ownership. They just changed the structure of the ownership to prove Reddit still controls Reddit.
As of 2017 Advance Publications has been the majority shareholder, which also owns Condé Nast.
Re:The New Yorker has formed a union
by baud147258 on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:04PM
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Who is the owner of reddit?
Re:The New Yorker has formed a union
by baud147258 on Thursday June 07, 2018 @04:22AM
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Thank you.
This is something that reddit users should also probably keep in mind as they use the site, as Condé Nast owns reddit as well.