The Onion Picks Up Alex Jones' Bankrupt Infowars, Reveals Plans to Relaunch Site With New Vision

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Alex Jones‘ Infowars has a new owner – The Onion. On Thursday (November 14), it was reported that the satirical news organization had purchased the media company, which was once a home for far-right conspiracy theories but was driven to bankruptcy after Alex was sued for lies he told about the Sandy Hook school shooting.

There are already plans for the organization to relaunch with a new message in early 2025. Keep reading to find out more… According to reporting by Variety, Infowars will return in January as a parody site that pokes fun at “weird internet personalities.” It was also reported that the Sandy Hook families who sued Alex approved of the sale and took a cut from what they were own to facilitate “enabling its success.” Infowars has officially partnered with the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety, and the company will be its first advertiser.

The goal of the nonprofit is to end gun violence. Ben Collins, the CEO of Global Tetrahedron, The Onion’s parent company, addressed the purchase in a post on Bluesky, saying that the decision was in part supported by others telling them that “it would be funny to buy InfoWars.” “And those people were right.

This is the funniest thing that has ever happened.” The price of the purchase was not revealed, but we’ll update you if we learn more.