The Onion Plans Infowars Launch Amid Legal Battle

The Onion plans July launch for Infowars

The Onion is tired of waiting for court approval of its takeover of Alex Jones’ Infowars and plans to move forward with its relaunch next month.

What Infowars will be like with Tim Heidecker at the helm

After satirical paper The Onion bought right-wing conspiracy site Infowars, it faced legal obstacles — but now the people behind it say they're launching a new Infowars and sidestepping the courts.The founder of Infowars, Alex Jones, declared bankruptcy in 2022 following defamation lawsuits from families of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, which Jones claimed was a hoax. He was ordered to pay them $1.3 billion in damages, and The Onion won an aucti…

The Onion isn’t waiting fora judge’s order to launch new InfoWars site

The satirical news outlet has been wrangling over the fate of the site in the courts over the last few months

The Onion is bringing back Infowars — without Alex Jones — amid court fight

The Onion plans new Infowars programming while court fights continue over Alex Jones’ former media platform and its assets.

The Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families - Editor and Publisher

The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.

The Onion’s rebooted InfoWars is coming July 2nd

InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022. | Getty Images The Onion's InfoWars officially has a launch date: On July 2nd, the conspiracy network previously run by Alex Jones will return as a comedy and media platform. The reboot comes more than a year and a half after news broke that the satirical news site was working to acquire the property owned by Jones, a conspir…