Vulture (website)

{{Short description|American pop culture website, founded 2007}} {{Infobox magazine | title = | logo = Vulture wordmark.svg | logo_size =  | image_file =  | image_size =  | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = Neil Janowitz (2015–present) | editor_title = Editorial director | previous_editor =  | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = Entertainment journalism | frequency = | format = | circulation = | publisher = Vox Media<ref name="Vox"/> | founder = | founded = {{Start date and age|2007}}<ref name="MediaPost"/> | company = | country = | based = | language = English | website = {{Official URL}} }}

'''''Vulture''''' is an American entertainment news website. It is the standalone pop culture section of ''New York'' magazine. Its tagline is "Devouring Culture".<ref name="NYT"/>

==History== ''Vulture'' debuted in April 2007 as an entertainment blog on nymag.com, the website of ''New York Magazine''.<ref name="MediaPost">{{cite news |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/59171/nymagcom-launches-culture-vulture-agenda.html |title=NYMag.com Launches Culture Vulture, Agenda |website=MediaPost |date=April 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927154649/https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/59171/nymagcom-launches-culture-vulture-agenda.html |archive-date=September 27, 2013}}</ref> Melissa Maerz and Dan Kois were the founding editors.<ref name="MediaPost"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gawker.com/news/chuck-klosterman-has-a-ladyfriend/new-york-culture-blogger-flees-to-rolling-stone-264243.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713091255/https://www.gawker.com/news/chuck-klosterman-has-a-ladyfriend/new-york-culture-blogger-flees-to-rolling-stone-264243.php |archive-date=July 13, 2007 |title='New York' Culture Blogger Flees to 'Rolling Stone' |last=Shafrir |first=Doree |date=May 29, 2007 |website=Gawker}}</ref> The initial focus was television and film news, especially recaps of recent television episodes.<ref name="About Us">{{cite news |url=https://www.vulture.com/about-us/ |title=About Us |website=Vulture |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201030338/https://www.vulture.com/about-us |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thewrap.com/new-york-mag-spinning-vulture-20993/ |title=New York Magazine Spinning Off Vulture |last=Stableford |first=Dylan |website=TheWrap |date=September 20, 2010 |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209205214/https://www.thewrap.com/new-york-mag-spinning-vulture-20993/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Over time, it expanded to publish news and criticism in other areas of high and low culture, such as music, books, comedy, and podcasts.<ref name="About Us"/>

In the process of spinning off from ''New York Magazine'', ''Vulture''{{'s}} website was redesigned in 2010 from a blog format to look more like a "full-fledged" online magazine.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/culture-vulture-stands-alone/ |title=Culture Vulture Stands Alone |last=Peters |first=Jeremy W. |date=September 19, 2010 |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 9, 2023 |url-access=registration |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209053759/https://archive.nytimes.com/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/culture-vulture-stands-alone/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/vulture-evolves-from-nymag-com-blog-to-full-fledged-entertainment-site/ |title=Vulture Evolves from nymag.com Blog to Full-Fledged Entertainment Site |last=Cohen |first=David |date=September 22, 2010 |website=Adweek |access-date=February 9, 2023 |url-access=registration |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209205217/https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/vulture-evolves-from-nymag-com-blog-to-full-fledged-entertainment-site/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Vulture'' subsequently moved to an independent URL/domain (Vulture.com) in February 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2012/03/vulture-snags-slates-jessica-grose-time-mags-gilbert-cruz-as-editors-000331/ |title=Vulture snags Slate's Jessica Grose, 'Time' mag's Gilbert Cruz as editors |last=Pompeo |first=Joe |date=March 13, 2012 |website=Politico |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209205214/https://www.politico.com/media/story/2012/03/vulture-snags-slates-jessica-grose-time-mags-gilbert-cruz-as-editors-000331/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first Vulture Festival, an annual two-day event featuring celebrities from various pop culture fields, took place in New York City in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bizbash.com/venues-destinations/united-states/new-york/article/13233290/how-vulture-festival-is-upending-the-magazine-popculture-event-model |title=How Vulture Festival is Upending the Magazine Pop-Culture Event Model |last=Zelaya |first=Ian |date=May 17, 2017 |website=BizBash |access-date=February 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120154350/https://www.bizbash.com/venues-destinations/united-states/new-york/article/13233290/how-vulture-festival-is-upending-the-magazine-popculture-event-model |archive-date=January 20, 2024}}</ref>

''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''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/a-note-about-splitsider.html |title=A Note About Splitsider |last=Wright |first=Megh |date=March 22, 2018 |website=Vulture |access-date=February 9, 2023 |url-access=registration |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209205215/https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/a-note-about-splitsider.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2019, ''Vulture'' became a property of Vox Media when New York Media was acquired by ''Vox''.<ref name="Vox">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/business/media/vox-buys-nymag.html |url-access=registration |title=Vox Media Acquires New York Magazine, Chronicler of the Highbrow and Lowbrow |last1=Tracy |first1=Marc |last2=Lee |first2=Edmund |date=September 24, 2019 |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209205214/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/business/media/vox-buys-nymag.html |archive-date=February 9, 2023}}</ref>

==Vulture Stunt Awards == In 2023, citing the lack of recognition for stunt performers,<ref>{{cite news |title=The Stunt Awards |url=https://www.vulture.com/stunt-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117220957/https://www.vulture.com/stunt-awards/ |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |website=Vulture |url-access=registration}}</ref> ''Vulture'' inaugurated their own Stunt Awards where awards such as "Best Stunt in an Action Film" and "Best Vehicular Stunt" are awarded annually.<ref>{{cite news |last=Volk |first=Pete |date=March 6, 2023 |title=The best movie stunts of 2022 are getting their due |url=https://www.polygon.com/23627292/stunt-awards-movie-action-2022-ballot-best |website=Polygon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530182026/https://www.polygon.com/23627292/stunt-awards-movie-action-2022-ballot-best |archive-date=May 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 18, 2024 |title=Jawan and Pathaan bag nominations in Vulture's 2023 Stunt Awards |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/bollywood/jawan-and-pathaan-bag-nominations-in-vultures-2023-stunt-awards-1503261205.html |website=The Statesman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323064803/https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/bollywood/jawan-and-pathaan-bag-nominations-in-vultures-2023-stunt-awards-1503261205.html |archive-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/oscars-stunt-work-recognition-guest-column-1235076387/ |title=Guest Column: After 94 Years, It's Time for the Academy to Recognize the Art Form of Stunt Work |last=Kim |first=Noelle |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512145037/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/oscars-stunt-work-recognition-guest-column-1235076387/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Editors-in-chief== People who have held the title of editorial director (editor-in-chief): * Josh Wolk (2009–2014)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/josh-wolk-walks-to-nymag-com/ |title=Josh Wolk Walks to Nymag.com |last=Cohen |first=David |date=October 29, 2009 |website=Adweek |access-date=February 23, 2023 |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240330180437/https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/josh-wolk-walks-to-nymag-com/ |archive-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thewrap.com/yahoo-taps-josh-wolk-head-entertainment/ |title=Yahoo Taps Vulture Chief Josh Wolk as Executive Editor of Entertainment |last=Kenneally |first=Tim |date=March 29, 2014 |website=TheWrap |access-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223190422/https://www.thewrap.com/yahoo-taps-josh-wolk-head-entertainment/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * Gilbert Cruz (2014–2015)<ref name="Politico">{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2015/05/neil-janowitz-joins-new-york-magazines-vulturecom-as-editorial-director-003812/ |title=Neil Janowitz joins New York Magazine's Vulture.com as Editorial Director |last=Levy |first=Nicole |date=May 28, 2015 |website=Politico |access-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223190420/https://www.politico.com/media/story/2015/05/neil-janowitz-joins-new-york-magazines-vulturecom-as-editorial-director-003812/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thewrap.com/new-york-magazine-promotes-lane-brown-gilbert-cruz/ |title=NY Mag Promotes Lane Brown, Gilbert Cruz (Exclusive) |last=Crugnale |first=James |date=May 6, 2014 |website=TheWrap |access-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223190420/https://www.thewrap.com/new-york-magazine-promotes-lane-brown-gilbert-cruz/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * Neil Janowitz (2015–present)<ref name="Politico"/>

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==External links== * {{Official website}}

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