The Onion to take over Infowars, Tim Heidecker named creative director

The Onion struck a deal to acquire Infowars' website and related assets from Alex Jones and named comedian Tim Heidecker as creative director. The agreement transfers control of Infowars' content archives and web domain into The Onion's ownership. Tim Heidecker will lead creative direction, overseeing new programming and comedic content for the Infowars brand under The Onion's management. The Onion called the takeover a "beautiful joke," signaling a planned shift from Alex Jones' conspiratorial broadcasting toward comedy-driven programming.