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What will be the operational outcome for Infowars by end of 2025?
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Texas•The Onion•Alex Jones•Infowars•Sandy Hook Elementary shooting•Jones•First United American Companies
Resolution / Starting Odds
Maintains current structure • 25%
Major restructuring • 25%
Rebranded • 25%
Ceased operations • 25%
Official announcements from Infowars or new ownership
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Judge Blocks The Onion's Bid to Buy Infowars, Citing Flawed Auction Process
Dec 11, 2024, 03:20 PM
A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has rejected The Onion's bid to purchase Alex Jones' Infowars, citing a lack of transparency and fairness in the bankruptcy auction process held in mid-November. The judge criticized the bidding for the conspiracy theory platform as flawed and noted that the amount of money families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting stood to receive was insufficient. The Onion, a satirical news outlet, had planned to remove Alex Jones from the platform's studios and relaunch Infowars in January as a parody. The ruling allows Jones to continue operating his far-right media business for now, while the process of selling his assets continues. The other bidder, First United American Companies, had raised concerns about the auction process, alleging illegal collusion.
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Other outcome • 25%
Transferred to creditors • 25%
Remains with Alex Jones • 25%
Sold to new owner • 25%
Rebranding as parody • 25%
Continues as is • 25%
New ownership structure • 25%
Other significant change • 25%
Other outcome • 25%
The Onion wins appeal • 25%
Auction is redone • 25%
Alex Jones retains ownership • 25%
Mainstream news • 25%
Conspiracy theories • 25%
Other • 25%
Parody and satire • 25%
Sale to a new owner • 25%
Other • 25%
Liquidation • 25%
Successful restructuring • 25%
Alex Jones • 25%
The Onion • 25%
Another media company • 25%
Other entity • 25%
Other • 25%
Alex Jones • 25%
The Onion or Global Tetrahedron • 25%
Another media company • 25%
The Onion • 25%
Alex Jones or related entities • 25%
Sandy Hook families or related entities • 25%
Other • 25%
No sale approved • 25%
Sale to another party approved • 25%
New auction ordered • 25%
Sale to The Onion approved • 25%
Judge rules in favor of Jones • 25%
Ongoing litigation • 25%
Judge rules against Jones • 25%
Settled out of court • 25%