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Vice is basically dead — Thousands of stories written over the past two decades could soon be deleted without any warning (nymag.com)

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Vice is basically dead — Thousands of stories written over the past two decades could soon be deleted without any warning::CEO Bruce Dixon told staffers that Vice Media will lay off hundreds of employees and stop publishing stories on the site.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But Dixon wrote, rather cryptically, that remaining employees will put “more emphasis on our social channels as we accelerate our discussion with partners to take our content to where it will be viewed most broadly.”

In other words, the in depth reporting and niche shows aren't making enough money, so we're going to dump all that shit and jump on the reality TV bandwagon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

they'll just fire everyone and licence their stuff for AI training