The Onion Signs New Deal to Take Over Infowars

A new deal, which would allow The Onion to use the Infowars name and website address, must be approved by a Texas judge.

By Benjamin Mullin and Elizabeth Williamson

The Onion plans to lease Alex Jones’s Infowars after judge blocks purchase

The satirical website’s parent company will have to pay $81,000 a month to the misinformation platform Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Satirical website the Onion plans to turn rightwing commentator Alex Jones’s misinformation site Infowars into a parody of itself under a leasing agreement provisionally approved by a Texas court. Under a proposed deal with court administrators, Infowars would be leased by Global Tetrahedron, a Chicago-based comp...

By Edward Helmore

The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars

The Onion says it has a new deal to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars media company. If approved, the satirical news website could turn Infowars into a parody of itself.

By Tovia Smith

Parody news site The Onion says it has a new plan to acquire Infowars.com

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.

The Onion launches new bid to take over Alex Jones' Infowars and turn it into a parody platform

The satirical news outlet The Onion has a new plan to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turn them into parodies

By Dave Collins

The Onion Says It Has a Deal to Take Over Alex Jones’ Infowars, Plans to Relaunch It as Parody of Itself

Satire site the Onion says that it has — after 17 months legal wrangling — successfully landed a deal to let it take over Infowars, the right-wing conspiracy-fueled site run by Alex Jones. Ben Collins, CEO of the Onion, confirmed to Variety details of the company’s new plan to assume control of Infowars under a […]

By Todd Spangler

The Onion Cuts a New Deal to Take Over Infowars

The Alex Jones-founded outlet had been in receivership after the families of Sandy Hook victims successfully sued it into bankruptcy. Now it may be reborn, with comedian Tim Heidecker involved.

By Alex Weprin

The Onion Reaches Deal to Relaunch Alex Jones’ Infowars as Parody Site

“This is the culmination of a two-year-long effort to get some justice for the Sandy Hook families,” The Onion CEO Ben Collins says

By Althea Legaspi

The Onion Makes Another Play For Alex Jones’ InfoWars

Satirical news outlet The Onion has inked a another deal for InfoWars, the website founded by right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones who was sued into bankruptcy several years ago by families of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. The Onion wants to convert the site into a parody of itself and has the support of […]

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