AVN (magazine)

magazine and website covering the American adult entertainment industry

Adult Video News (also called AVN or AVN Magazine) is an American trade magazine that covers the adult video industry. AVN sponsors an annual convention, called the Adult Entertainment Expo or AEE, in Las Vegas, Nevada with the AVN Awards, an award show for the adult industry.[3][4]

Adult Video News
CategoriesTrade magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherTheo Sapoutzis[1]
Total circulation
(2006)
40,000[2]
Year founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
CountryUnited States
Based inChatsworth, California, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0883-7090

AVN rates adult films and tracks news developments in the industry. An AVN issue can feature over 500 movie reviews.[5][6] The magazine is about 80% ads and is targeted at adult-video retailers.

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  1. Nick Wingfield (January 9, 2012). "Silicon and Silicone Split, as C.E.S. and Adult Entertainment Expo Part Ways". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  2. David Foster Wallace (March 12, 2006). "First Chapter – 'Consider the Lobster'". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
  3. Timothy Egan (October 23, 2000). "EROTICA INC.—A special report.; technology sent Wall Street into market for pornography". U.S. The New York Times. Corrected 2000-10-25. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  4. Steve Kroft (September 5, 2004). "Porn In The U.S.A." 60 Minutes. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
  5. Frank Rich (July 27, 2003). "Finally, Porn Does Prime Time". The New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. DPA, Los Angeles (July 17, 2003). "Porn loses seedy image, becomes mainstream in US". Taipei Times. Retrieved January 2, 2008.

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