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The Onion (Global Tetrahedron)
Satirical publisher, Infowars buyer · Chicago, Chicago
- Founded
- 1988
- Entered
- 2005
- Placed at
- 2005: founded 1988, before the timeline start; shown from 2005
- Status 2026
- Active
- Metro
- Chicago
- Embeddedness
- 1 connections
- Confidence
- partial · strongest source other web
Method
The Onion, owned since 2024 by Global Tetrahedron under CEO Ben Collins, wins the November 2024 bankruptcy auction for Infowars with the backing of Sandy Hook families, survives a February 2025 challenge, and relaunches the Austin site on July 2, 2026 with a pledged $100,000 donation to the families while litigation over the domain continues. Ownership details beyond the fetched articles are from general knowledge.
People: Ben Collins
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- acquiredInfowars (Free Speech Systems)The Onion wins the November 2024 bankruptcy auction for Infowars, is shut out by litigation until 2026, and relaunches the site July 2, 2026 while the domain transfer is remanded to Travis County.2024 to 2026