Condé Nast has bought Pitchfork Media, with immediate effect.

The Vogue and Vanity Fair is said to have acquired Pitchfork Media, the parent company of independent music website Pitchfork, for an undisclosed sum.

The acquisition was led by Fred Santarpia, Condé Nast's chief digital officer, who said that it gives the publisher a stand-alone music publication with a strong editorial voice and brings a "very passionate audience of millennial males into our roster", according to The New York Times.

Pitchfork was founded ...