As part of the deal, The Onion will own Infowars' website, product inventory, customers lists, social media accounts, and intellectual property.
Users are heading to Bluesky in record numbers, opting to ditch X in protest of Elon Musk turning the website into a MAGA bullhorn.
Donald Trump is intertwining MAGA Media with government, elevating figures who have spent years polluting the country's public discourse with disinformation.
With a second Donald Trump presidency on the immediate horizon, Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis will want a top editor in the chair soon.
"Tucker Carlson might lack the institutional home he once had, but his demagogic skills are much like those of Putin's TV mouthpieces."
If leaders of media companies would like to see their deals sail through the approval process under Donald Trump's administration, they may find themselves under pressure to curtail critical news coverage of him.
Over the course of the last 18 months, most of the guardrails that technology and news organizations erected in the aftermath of Trump's 2020 defeat were willfully lowered.
Disinformation and propaganda, the two primary tools that Trump and his allies wield, are potent weapons that can have enormous effect when deployed on a vulnerable populace.
Even before Amazon's Election Night special with Brian Williams kicks off, it has already found itself in hot water with the Trump campaign.
Over the past year, these people have played consequential roles, helping to shape public perception and discourse.
The company's announcement could lead to a major shake up that would impact everything from NBC News and MSNBC to Bravo and the Golf Channel.
Potential suitors for The Washington Post are eagerly positioning themselves, waiting for the day in which Jeff Bezos might choose — or be convinced — to sell the prized outlet.
