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The Onion

For the building sometimes nicknamed "The Onion", see City Hall, London (Southwark).

The Onion
Cover of the January 18–24, 2001, issue
TypeSatirical newspaper
FormatWebsite
Owner(s)G/O Media
Founder(s)
EditorChad Nackers
FoundedAugust 29, 1988 (1988-08-29)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.[1]
Ceased publication2013 (print)
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Websitewww.theonion.com

The Onion is an American digital media company and newspaper organization that publishes satirical articles on international, national, and local news. The company is based in Chicago but originated as a weekly print publication on August 29, 1988, in Madison, Wisconsin.[1] The Onion began publishing online in early 1996. In 2007, they began publishing satirical news audio and video online as the Onion News Network. In 2013, The Onion ceased publishing its print edition and launched Onion Labs, an advertising agency.[2][3]

The Onion's articles cover current events, both real and fictional, parodying the tone and format of traditional news organizations with stories, editorials, and man-on-the-street interviews using a traditional news website layout and an editorial voice modeled after that of the Associated Press. The publication's humor often depends on presenting mundane, everyday events as newsworthy, surreal, or alarming, such as "Rotation Of Earth Plunges Entire North American Continent Into Darkness".[4] In 1999, comedian Bob Odenkirk praised the publication as "the best comedy writing in the country".[5]

The Onion previously ran The A.V. Club, an entertainment and pop culture publication founded in 1993 that contains interviews and reviews of newly released media and other weekly features, and ClickHole, a satirical website founded in 2014 which parodies clickbait websites. ClickHole was acquired by Cards Against Humanity in February 2020 while The A.V. Club was acquired by Paste Magazine in March 2024.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Marino, Nick (July 22, 2009). "Six Insights From an Editor at The Onion". Paste Magazine. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "Onion Labs". Archived from the original on March 31, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  3. ^ Manjoo, Farhad (September 5, 2013). "A Disturbance in the Force". Slate. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  4. ^ Onion, The. "Rotation Of Earth Plunges Entire North American Continent Into Darkness". The Onion. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. ^ Dionne, Alexandria (January 8, 1999). "The Onion moves to the Internet". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "Cards Against Humanity Bought Clickhole". BuzzFeed News. February 3, 2020. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  7. ^ "Wow. Clickhole". Slate. June 9, 2015. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2019.