Vice Media to Stop Publishing on Vice.com, Plans to Cut Hundreds of Jobs

Cuts follow failed effort by owner Fortress to sell embattled digital publisher and its brands

Updated Feb. 22, 2024 5:23 pm ET

‘It is no longer cost-effective for us to distribute our digital content the way we have done previously, ’ Chief Executive Bruce Dixon said in a memo to employees. Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images for VICE Media

Vice Media said it would stop publishing content on its flagship website and plans to cut hundreds of jobs, following a failed effort by owner Fortress Investment Group to sell the embattled digital publisher and its brands.

The moves were laid out in an internal memo from Chief Executive Bruce Dixon, a copy of which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.   

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