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Judge rejects sale of Alex Jones' Infowars to The Onion in dispute over bankruptcy auction
US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez’s decision means Alex Jones can stay at Infowars in Austin, Texas.
Alex Jones-affiliated company challenges Onion's Infowars deal: 'Collusive bid rigging'
First American United Companies asked the bankruptcy judge to disqualify the bid by the Onion and name its own $3.5-million bid as the winner.
InfoWars' sale to The Onion held up in court as Alex Jones rants his site's 'been hijacked'
“We’re all going to an evidentiary hearing and I’m going to figure out exactly what happened,” Judge Christopher Lopez said.
No joke! Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones’ Infowars sold to unlikely buyer — with help from the massacre victims’ families
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
Former Deadspin owner G/O Media puts The Onion up for sale: source
G/O Media, the struggling company that recently sold Deadspin, is shopping popular humor site The Onion and continued its fire sale by dumping two other sites Tuesday, The Post has...
The Onion blasted for satirical article claiming Hamas attack 'could not have come at a better time' for Netanyahu
"Someone at the Onion is getting fired," one reader said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Getting arrested for making jokes on Facebook isn't funny
The Supreme Court should make it clear that the First Amendment protects Anthony Novak and Waylon Bailey just as much as it protects the writers at the Bee and The...
The Onion gets real: Satirical site files Supreme Court brief supporting right to parody
The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed a Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was arrested and prosecuted for making...
Grimes admits to faking her viral Karl Marx pics
The images went viral because it was the first time Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher, had been seen since confirming she'd "semi-separated" from Elon Musk.
Cuomo pines for days of COVID nursing home death scandal in Onion parody
Satirical news outlet The Onion roasted embattled Gov. Andrew Cuomo, cracking that he was so eager to change the conversation on his sexual harassment report that he wants attention on...
G/O Media, owner of Deadspin, the Onion, faces new staff woes, discrimination suit
G/O Media, the digital media outfit that saw the entire editorial staff of Deadspin walk out in 2019, continues to grapple with staffing issues, Media Ink has learned.
Head of The Onion, Deadspin sued for sex discrimination
Jim Spanfeller — the beleaguered boss of G/O Media, which owns The Onion and Deadspin — is being sued by two former executives who claim in separate lawsuits that he...
Deadspin's only new hire quits after getting eviscerated on Twitter
Online news site Deadspin could have trouble coming back from the dead. Following a week of turmoil that saw some 25 writers and editors resign this week, Deadspin then lost...
Deadspin staffers revolt against order to cover just sports
An internal revolt is underway at news site Deadspin as staffers refuse to follow orders from their G/O Media bosses to file only sports stories. On Monday, G/O CEO Jim...
Splinter, G/O Media's snarky website, abruptly shuts down
Splinter, a snarky website owned by embattled G/O Media, is shutting down immediately. “As of today, Splinter will cease publication,” the site’s editor Aleksander Chan tweeted at 10:45 a.m. Thursday....
Owner of Deadspin, The Onion says media group is now profitable
The bloodbath is over at G/O Media — and it worked. That’s the tough message from the controversial new owner of satirical website The Onion, as well as snarky news...
Head of Deadspin, The Onion facing heat from own reporters
The head of G/O Media, which owns The Onion, Jezebel and other popular websites, is going on the defensive over a planned expose on his hiring practices — to be...
New CEO of G/O Media ripped for bringing in 'older white guys'
Jim Spanfeller, the new CEO of G/O Media, is getting flak for bringing in “older white guys” from his past to run Gizmodo Media and The Onion after he was...
Univision finally finds a buyer for money-losing Gizmodo Media Group
After nearly a year on the block, the owner of snarky news sites like The Onion, Gizmodo and Deadspin has found a buyer in private equity firm Great Hill Partners....
Univision CEO: Gizmodo sale is to focus on our 'core strength'
Univision brass have a vision for the company and it doesn’t include Gizmodo Media Group or its Onion. Chief Executive Vincent Sadusky told employees that the two digital properties are...