Overview
- Global Tetrahedron, The Onion’s parent, has a deal with the court‑appointed receiver to license Infowars’ name, domains and archives for about $81,000 a month, pending approval in Texas state court.
- Comedian Tim Heidecker is set to serve as creative director, planning an initial parody of Infowars before turning the site into a broader comedy platform while keeping the Infowars name.
- The plan aims to route a cut of merchandise sales and future profits to families who won roughly $1.3 billion in defamation judgments over Alex Jones’s false Sandy Hook claims but have not been paid.
- This licensing push follows a judge blocking a 2024 bankruptcy auction of Infowars, a prolonged legal stay that has stalled a sale, and control of the assets by receiver Gregory Milligan.
- Alex Jones has rejected the move in recent broadcasts, and The Onion says it is focused on the brand and archive rather than Jones’s physical studio, which could help preserve value and begin restitution sooner if the court signs off.