Vice Media Files For Bankruptcy

[Mr. X]

Vice, Decayed Digital Colossus, Files for Bankruptcy

 

[Azrael]

Pivoting to Chapter 11.

 

[sgreenwell]

Vice always felt so "all over the place" to me. Like, excellent oral histories or long-form journalism, next to columns from people about scoring coke. (And sometimes, a mixture of both!) Even now, here are the three latest stories they've published:

• The Right Has Raised $2 Million For the Guy Who Choked a Homeless Man To Death
• Drunk People Tell Us the Pettiest Thing They've Ever Done
• In the Philippines, Chinese-Filipino Couples Face a Great Wall

 

[goalmouth]

The only question now is, which right-wing dipship billionaire will buy it to use as his personal megaphone?

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

 

[Woody Long]

The only question now is, which right-wing dipship billionaire will buy it to use as his personal megaphone?

Considering that VICE was co-founded by Proud Boys founder and noted racist ashhole Gavin MacInnes, the odds are pretty good that this comes to pash.

 

[playthrough]

Hadn't seen that original story but "Decayed Digital Colossus" is a heckuva phrase

 

[Small Town Guy]

Wrote a few stories for them so went and saved them now just in case. I liked writing for them, but waiting 11 months to get a check for 750 bucks (which was two stories worth as well)...not quite as fun.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Vice's New Owners Prepare to Slash What's Left of Its Work Force

 

[matt_garth]

The new Vice business model.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Vice as a TV channel seemed a little bit ahead of itself. It came from an alt/skater magazine. It used a lot of free money, but never had a good position in cable tv. The consumers who made the magazine were not all that many and were never going to support the tv brand as they got older.

 

[Azrael]

Vice Media to lay off hundreds of workers and stop publishing on its site