By OnMilwaukee Staff Writers   Published Nov 08, 2013 at 10:38 AM

The Onion newspaper and the A.V. Club Milwaukee website are going away. This means the final issue of The Onion will hit newsstands on Thursday, Dec. 12 and the local web site will cease to exist the same day.

The Onion and the national A.V. Club site will still be available online.

"This decision has absolutely nothing to do with quality (content and revenue have never been problems), and everything to do with this crazy thing called the Internet," says editor Matt Wild, who will continue to contribute to the national AV Club site.

Read Wild’s full message here