Vulture (website)

Vulture
Vulture (website) logo.png
EditorNeil Janowitz (2015–)[1]
CategoriesEntertainment journalism
PublisherVox Media
Founded2007
LanguageEnglish
Websitevulture.com

Vulture is an American entertainment news website. It is the standalone pop culture section of New York magazine. Its tagline is "Devouring culture".[2]

History

Vulture debuted in April 2007 as an entertainment blog on NYMag.com, the website of New York magazine.[3] Melissa Maerz and Dan Kois were the founding editors.[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]

New York began spinning off Vulture in 2010 when it redesigned the site from its blog format to look more like a "full-fledged" online magazine.[2][6] Vulture moved to an independent URL, 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 and folded its coverage into Vulture in 2018.[9] Vulture became part of Vox Media when New York Media was acquired by Vox in September 2019.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Neil Janowitz joins Vulture as editorial director". talkingnewmedia.com. May 28, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Peters, Jeremy W. (September 19, 2010). "Culture Vulture Stands Alone". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "NYMag.com Launches Culture Vulture, Agenda". mediapost.com. April 24, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "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". Ad Week. 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.

External links