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James Murdoch’s venture firm, Lupa Systems, has reportedly bought a small stake in Vice Media. The deal underlines the former Fox executive’s longstanding ties to the brand at an eventful time in its two-decade run. The Financial Times, which reported the investment, cited unidentified sources close to the deal, which…

Vice Media has acquired Refinery29, adding a female-centric component as the company continues to plot a new course under CEO Nancy Dubuc. The official announcement of the deal described it as two digital media brands “joining forces” and didn’t disclose any terms of the transaction. Refinery executives have said the…

Vice Media, whose news unit is becoming a bigger presence at the Viceland cable network, has reportedly laid off about 15 people at Viceland. The workers span the programming, marketing and research departments. The cuts, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, follow the news first reported by Deadline two weeks…

Seeking to diversify its audience, Vice Media is reportedly negotiating to buy Refinery29, a women-focused media company. The Wall St. Journal reported that talks may not result in a deal, but that if one is made, it would unite two of the largest venture-backed media companies in the US. Both media companies…

As HBO announced the end of nightly news show Vice News Tonight Monday, Vice Media confirmed a major change in its management ranks, installing Jesse Angelo as news and entertainment chief and parting ways with Josh Tyrangiel. Angelo, former CEO and publisher of The New York Post, will take the title of President…

Continuing a period of restructuring and resetting of its workplace culture, Vice Media has parted ways with two digital editors but also announced a raft of new hires and promotions. Jonathan Smith, Vice.com editor-in-chief, and Rachel Schallom, managing editor at Vice Media, have left the company. The moves were not…

Disney booked a $353 million writedown on its investment in Vice Media, the formerly high-flying digital brand now run by former A+E Networks boss Nancy Dubuc. Dubuc last week presided over a NewFronts presentation by Vice to digital advertisers, her first since taking the helm of the company last year, succeeding…

Vice Media has raised $250 million in debt from a collection of investors that includes George Soros, Fortress Investment Group, 23 Capital and Monroe Capital, money that will be used to bolster the media company. The <a…

Vice said it is putting content from specialty areas of its broad digital footprint — brands such as Munchies, Noisey, Motherboard and Vice News, long promoted as semi-autonomous units — under the bigger tent of Vice.com. The change, which takes effect May 2, was announced at the company’s NewFronts presentation to…

Vice Media is laying off about 10% of its total workforce, Deadline confirmed Friday. This comes a week after BuzzFeed’s similar staff reduction and is the latest signal of scale-backs in what was maybe a too-fast-growing sector. CEO Nancy Dubuc revealed the move in a memo to staff Friday. It comes after the last…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Vice chief creative officer Eddy Moretti has launched Unbranded Pictures, and the company has gotten off to a rousing start. It is one of the producers on the Scott Z. Burns-directed The Report, which sold this morning at the Sundance Film Festival in a splashy $14 million world rights sale to Amazon…

UPDATED with Vice statement: More than 75 current and former writers for HBO have signed a petition calling on Vice Media “to sign a strong union contract” with the WGA. The list includes several high-profile scribes including John Oliver, David Simon, Warren Leight, Tom Fontana, Eric Overmyer and Jesse…