> he doesn’t make 100M in his lifetime. Infowars made $165 million in 3 years [1...

alexnewman · on Oct 12, 2022

Revenue or profit? It’s unclear. If it’s revenue, at 10% margin, I’d guess he’s close to broke after expenses.

thwayunion · on Oct 13, 2022

> at 10% margin

Even legacy media manages 20%-40% margins; an outfit like InfoWars can probably get way over 50%. What exactly are their expenses?

derac · on Oct 13, 2022

It's from the infowars store, they produce the products. No clue what the figure actually is, but he does have a ton of money.

alexnewman · on Oct 13, 2022

Didn't he just declare bankcupcy?

alexnewman · on Oct 13, 2022

This is extremely misleading. Legacy media sells ads. Infowars sells products.

thwayunion · on Oct 13, 2022

> This is extremely misleading

LOL what?

> Legacy media sells ads.

Legacy media also typically has broadcasting equipment, large headcount, spectrum allocation, and so on.

> Infowars sells products.

I'm sure those supplements have extensive R&D and product development expenses /s

alexnewman · on Oct 13, 2022

Yes you are implying they have the same margins and business model. They don’t. Surely alex Jones has broadcasting equipment.

I didn’t defend alex Jones and i won’t. He’s a bad guy. But I care about accuracy. The idea that he’s rich is unfounded and silly

thwayunion · on Oct 21, 2022

> Surely alex Jones has broadcasting equipment.

Broadcasting equipment. Think "towers/rented space on towers and dishes and antennas and radio engineers and technicians and insurance policies", not "microphones and a recording studio".

Neither he nor his companies have spectrum allocation or licenses to broadcast.