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The Onion reaches new deal to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars | CNN Business
Satirical news site The Onion said it has reached an agreement to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars company, in a move that could help repay the more than $1 billion he owes the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims. Should The Onion win court approval, it would cap a legal saga lasting more than 18 months over the future of Jones’ website and show. “We’ve wanted this the whole time. We have not backed down at any moment,” The Onion CEO Ben Collins told CNN in an interview. Under the agreement, and with the support of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion will initially pay a monthly licensing fee to the court-appointed receiver overseeing InfoWars. Collins said the company has also signed a deal to purchase the full assets once the current judicial stay expires. Jones was found liable for defamation in 2022 after repeatedly claiming on-air that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, in which six adults and 20 children were killed, was a “hoax.” He has yet to pay a single cent of the more than $1 billion in damages he owes the families. As a result, Jones’ assets went up for sale. In 2024, The Onion won a court-mandated auction for Infowars’ parent company, backed by the Sandy Hook families. But a federal bankruptcy judge halted the sale, citing concerns about the auction process and disputes over the bids. The judge later said the families should pursue what they’re owed in state court rather than at the federal level. In August 2025, the state court ruled that InfoWars’ parent company would be turned over to the court-appointed receiver, who would be responsible for selling the assets and using the proceeds to pay Jones’ debts to the Sandy Hook families. “It’s been eight years and three days since the Sandy Hook families initially filed this lawsuit, and they have not received a f**king penny,” Collins said. “So, we’re excited to get them immediate pennies with some merch sales — but also longer-term pennies once we do wind up eventually straight up buying this thing.” The new InfoWars will operate as a digital platform and comedy network led by “creative director” Tim Heidecker of “Tim & Eric” fame, who will parody Jones himself. The outlet will aim to feature newer, independent comedians who “don’t have a mountain to climb in the comedy world,” Collins said. “We want to give them that mountain.” There will be plenty of The Onion’s signature style of news satire, Collins said, noting that much of the initial content will parody social m...
The Onion Aims to Seize Alex Jones' Infowars in License Deal (1)
Satirical news site The Onion has moved to license the intellectual property of Alex Jones’ Infowars website in its latest attempt to take control of the right-wing conspiracy theorist’s platform.A court-appointed receiver controlling Infowars parent Free Speech Systems LLC filed papers Monday in a Texas state court seeking approval of a licensing agreement for the company’s IP, including the Infowars trademark and associated domains.The effort comes more than three years after Jones filed for bankruptcy owing $1.3 billion in judgments to families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.The proposed deal with War Is Over LLC, an affiliate of The Onion owner Global Tetrahedron LLC, would grant the licensee exclusive use of the IP assets for $81,000 per month over a six-month term. The deal would bring in revenue to cover operational costs and preserve the value of the assets while a broader legal stay prevents a final sale, according to the motion. Under the deal, the receiver would maintain ownership and quality control, while the Onion unit would gain full editorial authority over website content.A post on The Onion’s website said it had been working on the deal for months. Jones has maintained control over the Infowars platform for about 25 years. “You can’t just shut something like this down and pretend it never existed,” Onion CEO Ben Collins said in a statement Monday. “If you want accountability to mean anything, you have to replace it with something better, and that’s what we’re trying to do here.”A Houston bankruptcy judge in December 2024 struck down The Onion’s bid to acquire the Infowars assets. At the time, Judge Christopher M. Lopez said he had concerns that the transparency of the sealed bid auction process didn’t maximize value for all creditors. Sandy Hook families sought relief in state court amid lengthy delays in Jones’ personal bankruptcy case in Houston, which is being administered by a Chapter 7 trustee.Receiver Gregory S. Milligan of HMP Advisory Holdings LLC said in Monday’s motion that when he was appointed last year, he was granted authority over Free Speech’s assets, financial accounts, domain names, and contract rights. He was also given the power to control its websites and take actions necessary to preserve asset value, he said. Judge Maya Guerra Gamble of the Travis County District Court appointed Milligan at the request of families that won a more than $1 billion state court defamation judgment in Connecticut agains...
The Onion announces new deal to acquire Alex Jones' Infowars | Courthouse News Service
... Conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones speaks from his studio in Austin, Texas, on March 22, 2022. (Image via Courthouse News) AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — Satirical news outlet The Onion says it has reached a new deal to buy the assets ...
Parody news site The Onion says it has a new plan to acquire Infowars.com | CBC News
The parody news site The Onion says it has a new plan to acquire the conspiracy website Infowars.com, something it has been trying to do since the site first came up for sale two years ago.
