Nearly a year and a half after its prior effort to acquire the right wing conspiracy-centric brand Infowars was nixed by a bankruptcy judge, The Onion is moving forward with a new effort to take over the company and secure justice for the families of Sandy Hook victims.
On Monday The Onion and its parent company Global Tetrahedron announced a licensing deal for the company’s brand names and IP, including its website.
“Finally. It took 17 months and hundreds of hours in courtrooms, but America’s Finest News Source has entered into an agreement to operate America’s Source Of Disinformation For Sovereign Citizens Who Reject The Idea Of Child Support,” The Onion wrote in an announcement about the deal.
“This is the culmination of a two-year-long effort to get some justice for the Sandy Hook families,” Onion CEO Ben Collins wrote on LinkedIn. “After a mountain of threats
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