Yahoo has hired Vulture alum Josh Wolk to head Yahoo Entertainment, replacing the editor in chief role vacated by Scott Robson, two individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.
His official title at Yahoo is the newly-created executive editor, entertainment, in which Wolk will oversee all of Yahoo’s entertainment coverage including movies, television and music. He starts April 7.
A Yahoo spokesperson also confirmed Wolk’s hire to TheWrap.
Wolk, who had served as Vulture’s editorial director the last four years, offered his farewell thoughts in a post on Friday titled, “Farewell From a Vulture.”
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“It is with misty eyes and throbbing, blog-induced-RSI-plagued wrists that I say goodbye today after just over four years here at Vulture,” Wolk noted,” later adding, “I was considering signing off with a list of my favorite posts by all the Vulture writers, but it would be impossible to know where to stop.