About this episode

Ben Collins discusses The Onion's acquisition of Infowars and the legal challenges involved.

Ben Collins is CEO of The Onion, the satirical newspaper that bills itself as America's Finest News Source. In 2024, Collins announced that The Onion had acquired Infowars, the longtime flagship brand of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, at bankruptcy auction. However, thanks to a series of higher court stays, the Infowars name remains in legal limbo. This month, The Onion relaunched "Real Infowars" at theonion.info as part of a broader strategy to pressure the courts into unblocking the deal. Josh sat down with Ben Collins to learn about the history of the case, the legal roadblocks that remain in their way, and the longer-term plans to build a comedy network using the brand as a flagship logo.

People in this episode

Host: Josh Boerman

Guest: Ben Collins

Topics covered

• satire
• media acquisition
• legal issues
• comedy network
• conspiracy theories

Keywords

• Ben Collins
• The Onion
• Infowars
• Alex Jones
• comedy network
• legal limbo
• satirical news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Onion, Infowars

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