The satirical news company plans to shutter Jones’ Infowars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators, according to a person with knowledge of the sale.

Ben Collins to made a successful bid for Inforwars' assests with the consent of the Sandy Hook families. The site will re-launch in January, to target "weird internet personalities" and mock the conspiracy theory subculture.

The Onion has won the bankruptcy auction for Alex Jones’ Infowars, backed by families of Sandy Hook victims, with plans to relaunch it as a satirical site aimed at conspiracy theories.