GREAT MOMENTS IN MEDIA CONSOLIDATIONS: Not Satire: The Onion acquires Infowars.

The Onion has successfully acquired Infowars.

The satirical news outlet purchased Alex Jones’ right-wing conspiracy empire at a court-ordered auction, the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting announced Thursday.

“The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for,” said Robbie Parker, whose daughter was killed in the 2012 school shooting.

As part of the deal, The Onion, owned by Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson and led by chief executive Ben Collins, acquired Infowars’ website, product inventory, customers lists, social media accounts, and intellectual property.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. But the Sandy Hook families increased the size of The Onion’s bid by agreeing to forgo a portion of the money Jones owes them.

The Stig certainly got a nice press release out of this story, but I’m not sure how how many Infowars diehards will stick around to read the 2024 version of The Onion, especially when America’s Newspaper of Record is pumping out much better product these days. QED: