Vulture (website)

History

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

In the process of spinning off from New York Magazine, Vulture website was redesigned in 2010 from a blog format to look more like a "full-fledged" online magazine. Vulture subsequently moved to an independent URL/domain (Vulture.com) in February 2012.

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

Vulture 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.

In September 2019, Vulture became a property of Vox Media when New York Media was acquired by Vox.

Vulture Stunt Awards

In 2023, citing the lack of recognition for stunt performers, Vulture inaugurated their own Stunt Awards where awards such as "Best Stunt in an Action Film" and "Best Vehicular Stunt" are awarded annually.

Editors-in-chief

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

• Josh Wolk (2009–2014)
• Gilbert Cruz (2014–2015)
• Neil Janowitz (2015–present)

References

References

1. (April 24, 2007). "NYMag.com Launches Culture Vulture, Agenda".
2. Shafrir, Doree. (May 29, 2007). "'New York' Culture Blogger Flees to 'Rolling Stone'".
3. "About Us".
4. Stableford, Dylan. (September 20, 2010). "New York Magazine Spinning Off Vulture".
5. Peters, Jeremy W.. (September 19, 2010). "Culture Vulture Stands Alone".
6. Cohen, David. (September 22, 2010). "Vulture Evolves from nymag.com Blog to Full-Fledged Entertainment Site".
7. Pompeo, Joe. (March 13, 2012). "Vulture snags Slate's Jessica Grose, 'Time' mag's Gilbert Cruz as editors".
8. Zelaya, Ian. (May 17, 2017). "How Vulture Festival is Upending the Magazine Pop-Culture Event Model".
9. Wright, Megh. (March 22, 2018). "A Note About Splitsider".
10. (September 24, 2019). "Vox Media Acquires New York Magazine, Chronicler of the Highbrow and Lowbrow".
11. "The Stunt Awards".
12. Volk, Pete. (March 6, 2023). "The best movie stunts of 2022 are getting their due".
13. (January 18, 2024). "Jawan and Pathaan bag nominations in Vulture's 2023 Stunt Awards".
14. Kim, Noelle. (January 22, 2022). "Guest Column: After 94 Years, It's Time for the Academy to Recognize the Art Form of Stunt Work".
15. Cohen, David. (October 29, 2009). "Josh Wolk Walks to Nymag.com".
16. Kenneally, Tim. (March 29, 2014). "Yahoo Taps Vulture Chief Josh Wolk as Executive Editor of Entertainment".
17. Levy, Nicole. (May 28, 2015). "Neil Janowitz joins New York Magazine's Vulture.com as Editorial Director".
18. Crugnale, James. (May 6, 2014). "NY Mag Promotes Lane Brown, Gilbert Cruz (Exclusive)".