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The Onion acquires Alex Jones' Infowars
Satirical news site The Onion has acquired Infowars, Alex Jones' far-right conspiracy media platform, at a court-ordered auction.
Why it matters: The deal marks an unglamorous end for Jones' media empire.
Zoom in: The Onion will relaunch a new version of Infowars with Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that fights gun violence, as its first sponsor.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The deal includes Infowars' website, product inventory, customer lists, social media accounts, and intellectual property.
The Onion was acquired by Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson and former NBC News reporter Ben Collins earlier this year.
Catch up quick: Jones was made to liquidate his assets after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were ordered to pay almost $1.5 billion in damages for falsely claiming the Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax.