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Vice Puts FAST Channel In Gear On Fox's Tubi Vice Media Group's free ad-supported streaming channel Vice FAST is to launch on Fox's streaming platform Tubi. Vice Distribution, the company's licensing arm, struck the deal, which also includes an agreement for 200 hours of programming made available on Tubi for the…

Starzplay Acquires HBO’s Max’s Ken Watanabe Crime Thriller Series ‘Tokyo Vice’ HBO Max's upcoming crime thriller Tokyo Vice is headed to streaming service Starzplay in Europe. The Starz streamer has acquired rights in Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, Ireland and the U.K. and will debut with two episodes…

EXCLUSIVE: Dozens of Vice post-production staff and employees are about to receive a wage increase and a more stable work week. By an overwhelming 97% margin, editors and other members of the Brooklyn-based unconventional outfit voted via videoconference yesterday for a new three-year agreement with the Hollywood…

The WGA East has reached a new contract agreement with Vice Media that the guild calls "landmark,” consolidating the company's four previous guild contracts under one deal. The new three-year collective bargaining agreement was ratified by Vice's 160-member bargaining unit. The guild previously had four contracts at…

ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection company, filed suit against Vice Media, contending that its reporting created a “false narrative” about its AI technology. The company’s lawsuit (read it here), filed in Delaware Superior Court, seeks more than $300 million in damages. The suit was filed in Delaware Superior…

Sam Bergen, whose background includes executive stints at Vice Media and Beats by Dr. Dre, has been named chief marketing officer at Illumination. He will oversee all aspects of the company's creative and business marketing, overseeing print and audio-visual advertising as well as graphic and product design.  Gail…

EXCLUSIVE: Dominique Delport, Vice Media’s president of international and global chief revenue officer, has stepped down after nearly three years. Deadline hears that Delport has not completely left the business and will continue to advise Vice on a part-time basis through his new consultancy company Arduina Partners…

EXCLUSIVE: UK sales firm Independent has sold SXSW-winning documentary The Donut King to key markets with Vice picking the film up for the world excluding North America, UK/Ireland, Japan, Australia/New Zealand and Portugal. New deals on the film also comprise UK and Ireland (Sky), Australia (Madman), Japan (Twin)…

Amy Emmerich, chief content officer for Vice Media’s Refinery29, has exited the digital company, which has been unsettled by an investigation into its workplace culture and treatment of employees of color. In a memo to employees Thursday, Vice CEO Nancy Dubuc confirmed the move but did not allude to any larger…

Vice Media Group Wednesday set the premiere for Vice TV's Disruptors (working title), a new series with sports journalists Jemele Hill and Cari Champion, announced a major global news expansion and an investigative series with iHeart Media. The group is also launching 'The 8:46 Project,' a company-wide commitment to…

EXCLUSIVE: Vice Media has made a number of senior promotions in its global news division – including new roles for Subrata De and Maral Usefi. De becomes EVP and Global Head of Programming and Development for Vice News. She was previously Senior Executive Producer, Long Form, Vice News. De will work alongside Susie…

Vice Media is laying off 55 U.S. staffers and about 100 more internationally as it faces uncertainty due to COVID-19. The moves, which follow a 10% workforce reduction in early 2019, are the result of a need to shore up the company’s digital business, CEO Nancy Dubuc announced Friday in a memo to employees. “The…