
The Onion’s Owner on Satire, Infowars, Defending Democracy & Trump
From On with Kara Swisher
Published 4/7/2025

From On with Kara Swisher
Published 4/7/2025
Last year, after pressure from activist investors, Jeff Lawson stepped down from his perch as CEO from Twilio, the cloud communications company he co-founded. But he didn’t spend any time twiddling his thumbs — that same spring, he bought the satirical news organization The Onion, and by the end of…