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  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Due Diligence
    Why Vice’s bankruptcy is a warning on private equity investment Premium content

    Plus, the battle heats up between Icahn and Illumina and Cayman Islands defends itself as a go-to for the super-rich

    The Due Diligence logo
  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    The Big Read
    The fall of Vice: private equity’s ill-fated bet on media’s future

    The evaporation of TPG’s $450mn investment shows what can happen when Wall Street collides with an uncontrollable creative industry

    Shane Smith with the Vice logo and a $100 bill in the background
  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Digital Media
    How ZIRP phenomenon Vice lost its grip

    Many sins, little virtue

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    LexCapital markets
    US bankruptcies: easy capital is a drug that induces myopia Premium content

    In the case of Vice and Envision, running out of cash and bad business models were no bar to raising more money

    The Vice logo on a laptop computer
  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    Vice Media files for bankruptcy protection ahead of sale

    Struggling group agrees to sell to consortium that includes Soros Fund Management and Fortress

    Vice logo
  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Inside BusinessAnna Nicolaou
    Lessons in the price of Vice

    How Shane Smith and the digital media company missed an opportunity by not selling out at the top of the industry’s boom

    Vice founder Shane Smith
  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    Metaverse
    The real metaverse was the fun we had along the way

    “When everything’s Web3, nothing is.”

  • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
    Vice Media joins streaming gold rush in new bid for profitability

    Youth-focused digital publisher launches on Roku TV platform amid Spac deal plan

  • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Colonial pipeline hackers, UK services sector’s struggles

    Pipeline hackers say they did not mean to create problems for society

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
    News in-depthDigital Media
    Carnage for digital publishers in what was meant to be turnround year

    Tougher environment for likes of BuzzFeed and Vice raises prospect of more consolidation

    Vice Media chief Nancy Dubuc: ‘We were in a pretty good place coming into this year’
  • Monday, 6 January, 2020
    Vice Media writes down value of international arm

    Digital publisher’s non-US content unit hit by uncertainty over UK’s EU departure

    The Vice Media Inc. application (app) is demonstrated on an Apple Inc. iPhone 5s for an arranged photograph in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. Vice Media, backed by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, has said that it's poised to double revenue to $1 billion by 2016. Co-founder Shane Smith had said a March interview with Bloomberg Television that Vice Media may pursue an initial public offering. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    Vice buys Refinery29 to create $4bn digital publishing group

    Leading lights of new media generation join forces as sector struggles for ad revenues

    Nancy Dubuc, Vice Media chief, said: 'As other parts of the sector consolidate, I think we have to march in long step'
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2019
    Walt Disney Co
    Disney writes down $353m from Vice stake
  • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
    Tobacco
    Marlboro maker teams up with Vice for vaping push

    Philip Morris strikes £5m sponsored content deal to promote ecigarettes

    A man smokes a Philip Morris International Inc. iQOS electronic cigarette in this arranged photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco Inc. have rolled out products that are heated -- not burned -- in battery-charged devices, seeking to appeal to smokers who want their nicotine fix without the usual smell and smoke. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg
  • Friday, 1 February, 2019
    Media
    Vice Media to cut 250 jobs as digital media gloom deepens

    ‘Strategic restructure’ come days after similar moves at BuzzFeed and Huffington Post

    Nancy Dubuc, president and chief executive officer of A&E Television Networks LLC, speaks at INTX: The Internet & Television Expo in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, May 7, 2015. The event, formerly known as The Cable Show, has been the reimagined for doing business in the digital economy by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA). Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 24 January, 2019
    BuzzFeed Inc
    BuzzFeed to lay off 15 per cent of its workforce

    News and entertainment site’s cuts come amid deteriorating climate for online publishers

  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    Inside BusinessMatthew Garrahan
    BuzzFeed cannot bulk up enough to take on Facebook

    Founder’s idea for digital publishers to merge to gain scale is likely not enough

    Jonah Peretti, Founder and CEO, Buzzfeed, speaks at the Wall Street Journal Digital Conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S. October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
  • Friday, 9 November, 2018
    Walt Disney
    Disney writes down $157m of investment in Vice Media
  • Thursday, 8 November, 2018
    Vice Media imposes hiring freeze as tough conditions bite

    Former high-flyer struggles with uncertain advertising market and competition

    Vice has struggled to establish a sustainable business model and operates in a tough market for once-hot digital media groups
  • Friday, 22 June, 2018
    The Top LineTom Braithwaite
    ‘Fake it till you make it’ — but know when to stop

    An appearance of strength can be as good as the real thing

    Safra Catz, co-chief executive officer of Oracle Corp., smiles during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Oracle OpenWorld 2016 conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. OpenWorld gathers leading members of the industry to provide insight into Oracle Cloud, customer success in the cloud, and the next wave of opportunity in the enterprise. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
  • Monday, 18 June, 2018
    Andrew Hill
    Do not expect the whole truth — entrepreneurs bluff all the time

    Exaggerations, half-truths and white lies are rife — but do start-ups deserve leeway?

    NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: Co-founder and CEO of VICE. Shane Smith speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014 - Day 1 on May 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for TechCrunch)
  • Friday, 16 March, 2018
    News in-depthWeek in Review
    Nancy Dubuc poised to get a grip on Vice

    A+E chief to succeed Shane Smith shows willingness to take risks and shake things up

    Nancy Dubuc repositioned A+E by overhauling its channels and launching popular reality shows such as ‘Ice Road Truckers’
  • Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    Smith cedes CEO role at Vice to television veteran

    Co-founder who said ‘day-to-day management is hard’ will focus on content and deals

    Nancy Dubuc, president and chief executive officer of A&E Television Networks LLC Shane Smith, co-founder and chief executive officer of Vice Media Inc
  • Monday, 12 March, 2018
    Media
    Shane Smith expected to give up Vice CEO role

    Digital media company in talks with A+E Networks head

    Shane Smith, chief executive officer of Vice Media Inc., gestures whilst speaking at the Dmexco digital marketing conference in Cologne, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Dmexco is a two-day global business and digital economy innovation platform, attracting the industry's most important personalities and corporate decision-makers. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2018
    News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
    Vice, BuzzFeed and Vox hit by changes in digital media industry

    New generation of once-hot groups forced to adjust models as rules of business alter

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