An asset liquidation firm has listed the television set, content library and brand assets of “InfoWars” up for auction following a bankruptcy court order against the show’s founder Alex Jones last month.
The auction, scheduled for early November, includes the InfoWars trademark, website address, social media accounts, podcast feeds, newsletter subscribers and various production equipment associated with the show, according to a listing reviewed by The Desk. The auction aims to sell the InfoWars assets as a package, the listing says.
Separately, the auction also involves the domain name, trademarks and vendor contacts associated with the InfoWars Store, where Jones sold various items connected to the show.
Over 400 other web addresses purchased by Jones through his company, Free Speech Systems, will also be sold at auction, though it wasn’t clear what those web addresses are or whether they will be listed separately or as a package.
The InfoWars auction will also attempt to sell various equipment associated with the radio and TV program, though the asset firm said it might have to sell those pieces separately if they cannot solicit bids as part of the Infowars intellectual property package.
Bids for the intellectual property must be submitted by November 8, according to court documents reviewed by The Desk. The studio equipment may be sold at an auction in December if no one bids on them as part of the InfoWars intellectual property packages. Prospective bidders are required to sign a nondisclosure agreement and commit to putting a down payment equal to 10 percent of their bid price.
The equipment and InfoWars film library are located in a warehouse near Austin, where Jones produced the show for nearly three decades. Jones declared bankruptcy after losing a civil defamation case brought by relatives of children who were killed in a school shooting in 2012. A jury in that case awarded $1.5 billion to the families of those victims after finding Jones made defamatory remarks about their children and the shooting.
