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The Onion; Alex Jones. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Connecticut Post/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images Satirical news site The Onion has finally taken over Infowars, the right-wing conspiracy website run by Alex Jones.
Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion announced the news on Monday. “This is the culmination of a two-year-long effort to get some justice for the Sandy Hook families,” he posted on LinkedIn.
The deal was first discussed in September 2024 when The Onion bid $1.75 million for Infowars during a bankruptcy auction after families of Sandy Hook victims won a defamation suit against Jones and Infowars. A judge blocked the sale two months later. It was finally solidified via a deal on Monday with Gregory Milligan, the court-appointed Infowars site manager, but it’s not final until a judge rules.
Per the terms, Global Tetrahedron, parent company of The Onion, will pay $81,000 a month for six months to license Inforwars.com and its associated intellectual property, as The New York Times reports. There is an option to renew for an additional six months. While the licensing deal has been reached between The Onion and the court-appointed manager, it still must be approved by Judge Maya Guerra Gamble in Texas’ Travis County District Court, who is overseeing the disposition of Infowars. Plus, Jones could appeal the decision. Reps for Jones and Infowars did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment.
“A lot of institutions and people gave up on doing the right thing over the last two years. Despite an insane amount of threats and bullshit, we persevered,” Collins said in a statement via Variety. “Eight years, almost to the day, after the Sandy Hook parents first filed suit against Alex Jones, they’ll finally get some justice, and even some money. You will get a new home for funny things on the internet, a tote bag with a good logo on it and a great newspaper made by human beings in your real-life mailbox.”
Pending court approval, The Onion plans to launch a comedy site via Infowars.com parodying Jones’ conspiracies. Collins also announced that the comedian/actor/musician Tim Heidecker will serve as the Infowars’ creative director. “With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars,” Collins wrote on Bluesky.
