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Tim Heidecker to Lead Infowars as Comedy Hub If Onion Licensing Deal Cleared

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The Onion has proposed licensing Alex Jones’s Infowars site for $81,000 monthly and installing sketch comedian Tim Heidecker as its creative director, pending approval from a Texas judge. Heidecker, 50, known for his cringe-style work on *Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!* and appearances in *Bridesmaids*, has been tapped to curate a streaming network of ‘weird’ comedy content through the Infowars platform. The Onion aims to transform how people perceive Infowars by framing it as a comedy hub, with Heidecker questioning: ‘Can you change the way people think about a word like Infowars?’