Vulture (website)

Vulture is an American entertainment news website. It is the standalone pop culture section of New York magazine. Its tagline is "Devouring culture".[1]

Vulture
Editorial directorNeil Janowitz (2015–)
CategoriesEntertainment journalism
PublisherVox Media
Founded2007
LanguageEnglish
Websitevulture.com

History

Vulture debuted in April 2007 as an entertainment blog on NYMag.com, the website of New York magazine.[2] Melissa Maerz and Dan Kois were the founding editors.[2][3] The initial focus was television and film news, especially recaps of recent TV episodes.[4][5] Over time, it expanded to publish news and criticism in other areas of high and low culture, such as music, books, comedy, and podcasts.[4]

In the process of spinning off from New York, Vulture's website was redesigned in 2010 from a blog format to look more like a "full-fledged" online magazine.[1][6] Vulture moved to an independent URL/domain, Vulture.com, in February 2012.[7]

The first Vulture Festival, an annual two-day event featuring celebrities from various pop culture fields, took place in New York City in 2014.[8]

Vulture's parent company, New York Media, bought the comedy news site Splitsider from the Awl Network in 2018 and folded some of its coverage and its editor Megh Wright into Vulture.[9]

Vulture became a property of Vox Media when New York Media was acquired by Vox in September 2019.[10]

Editors-in-chief

People who have held the title of editorial director (editor-in-chief)

References
  1. Peters, Jeremy W. (September 19, 2010). "Culture Vulture Stands Alone". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  2. "NYMag.com Launches Culture Vulture, Agenda". mediapost.com. April 24, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013.
  3. Shafrir, Doree (May 29, 2007). "'New York' Culture Blogger Flees To 'Rolling Stone'". Gawker. Archived from the original on July 13, 2007.
  4. "Vulture - About Us". vulture.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023.
  5. Stableford, Dylan (September 20, 2010). "New York Magazine Spinning Off Vulture". TheWrap. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  6. Cohen, David (September 22, 2010). "Vulture Evolves from nymag.com Blog to Full-Fledged Entertainment Site". Adweek. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  7. Pompeo, Joe (March 13, 2012). "Vulture snags Slate's Jessica Grose, 'Time' mag's Gilbert Cruz as editors". Politico. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  8. Zelaya, Ian (May 17, 2017). "How Vulture Festival Is Upending the Magazine Pop-Culture Event Model". bizbash.com. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  9. Wright, Megh (March 22, 2018). "A Note About Splitsider". vulture.com. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  10. Tracy, Marc; Lee, Edmund (September 24, 2019). "Vox Media Acquires New York Magazine, Chronicler of the Highbrow and Lowbrow". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  11. Cohen, David (October 29, 2009). "Josh Wolk Walks to Nymag.com". Adweek. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  12. Kenneally, Tim (March 29, 2014). "Yahoo Taps Vulture Chief Josh Wolk as Executive Editor of Entertainment". TheWrap. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  13. Levy, Nicole (May 28, 2015). "Neil Janowitz joins New York magazine's Vulture.com as editorial director". Politico. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  14. Crugnale, James (May 6, 2014). "NY Mag Promotes Lane Brown, Gilbert Cruz". TheWrap. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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