The Onion has bought Infowars

[ajprice]

Alex Jones's Infowars assets were sold by a court ordered auction, satirical website The Onion has bought it all

BBC News - The Onion buys Alex Jones's Infowars at auction
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30p1p0j0ddo

[valiant]

That must have been done purely for sts and giggles.

Nice

[ChevronB19]

valiant said:

That must have been done purely for sts and giggles.

Nice

Agree. Well done Onion!

[durbster]

That is one of the funniest things I've seen. The Sandy Hook families helped too.

[hidetheelephants]

I hope it was a firesale price, without his sweaty face spouting utter horsest it's just another website hawking snake oil pills.

[Byker28i]

Not gone through yet and Alex Jones is fighting to block the sale
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/jud...

[Gareth79]

Apparently the administrator was entitled to look at bids as a whole, and not necessarily take the highest immediate cash value. The Onion's bid was lower, but was with the approval of the creditors (the Sandy Hook victims). The victims preferred it partly because it allowed them effectively to redistribute the damages more fairly, and partly because the bid would block Jones from continuing to use the name (I believe the administrator was also entitled to take that last part into account).

[ajprice]

The purchase has been rejected by a bankruptcy judge https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20w1qnewjjo