The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club
TypePopular culture, entertainment, news, reviews, politics, progressive
FormatInternet
Owner(s)Paste Media Group
Editor-in-chiefDanette Chavez[1]
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Websiteavclub.com

The A.V. Club is an online newspaper[2] and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. The A.V. Club was created in 1993 as a supplement to its satirical parent publication, The Onion. While it was a part of The Onion's 1996 website launch, The A.V. Club had minimal presence on the website at that point.

A 2005 website redesign placed The A.V. Club in a more prominent position, allowing its online identity to grow. Unlike The Onion, The A.V. Club is not satirical, though it does use a similarly irreverent style.[3] The publication's name is a reference to audiovisual (AV) clubs typical of American high schools.[4]

  1. ^ "Here's the official song list for A.V. Undercover season 9". The A.V. Club. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ Castillo, Jay (14 December 2017). "This Photo Is The Perfect Example Of What Internet Will Look Like If Net Neutrality Loses". Inquisitr. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. ^ "About Us". The A.V. Club. 1 January 1988. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ "About Us". The A.V. Club. 1 January 1988. Retrieved 12 November 2015.