Tim Heidecker on His Plans for Infowars, and What He’s Going To Do With Alex Jones’ Stuff
The Onion has announced plans to take over Infowars as part of Alex Jones's bankruptcy case following a lawsuit from Sandy Hook victims' families. Tim Heidecker will serve as the creative director, aiming to transform the site into a parody of its former self. The deal includes licensing Infowars' intellectual property for $81,000 a month, with profits intended to support the victims' families.
- ▪The Onion is taking over Infowars as part of Alex Jones's bankruptcy proceedings.
- ▪Tim Heidecker will be the creative director, focusing on satire and parody.
- ▪The deal involves licensing Infowars' intellectual property for $81,000 a month.
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The Onion announced a deal last week to take over the conspiracy-fueled website Infowars as part of founder Alex Jones’s long-running bankruptcy case, the result of a lawsuit filed by the families of Sandy Hook victims. The families of the victims of the 2012 elementary school massacre successfully sued Jones for damages exceeding $1.3 billion for spreading lies about the deadly incident, which prompted years of harassment from his followers. After a judge blocked its first attempt to buy Infowars at a bankruptcy auction in 2024, The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, announced its latest bid last week, adding that Tim Heidecker, a veteran of Adult Swim and the absurdist duo Tim and Eric, would take over as the site’s creative director.
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