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UPDATED with deal official: Vox Media has inked a deal to acquire Group Nine, a leading collection of multi-platform media brands including The Dodo, NowThis, PopSugar, Thrillist, and Seeker. The portfolio will join Vox Media brands including SB Nation, New York Magazine, The Verge, Vox, Eater, The Cut, Vulture…

EXCLUSIVE: Criminal Productions, the rising podcast studio founded by Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer, has been acquired by Vox Media. It is the latest major acquisition in the audio space and follows Amazon's purchase of Wondery, a slew of deals for Spotify and The New York Times Company's acquisition of Serial…

Vox Media looks to bolster its podcasting arm with the acquisition of Cafe Studios, a podcast company co-founded by Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. However, Bharara and executive producer and head of content Tamara…

Quibi will debut Vox Media’s new daily COVID-19 explainer series Answered starting today. The new series premieres on the mobile streaming platform as part of Quibi’s Daily Essentials. Vox’s Answered is hosted by Cleo Abram, who is no stranger to explainer series. She also hosted YouTube’s Glad You Asked and…

The editorial staffs of Vox Media's seven digital news outlets have voted unanimously to ratify their first-ever contract with the WGA East. The new three-year agreement covers some 350 writers and producers employed at Vox.com, Curbed, Eater, Polygon, Recode, SB Nation, and The Verge. Negotiations for the new pact…

More than 300 members of Vox Media's editorial staffs employed at seven websites walked off the job today in New York on the last day of the WGA East's attempts to negotiate a new contract for them. "Today's our last scheduled day of bargaining," the Vox Media bargaining committee wrote on Twitter. "Vox Media is still…

The technology news site Recode, which prides itself as offering a skeptical insider’s view of Silicon Valley, will relaunch next year as part of its sister site Vox.com. Recode Co-Founder Kara Swisher and Vox Media Publisher Melissa Bell positioned the change as a response to technology’s growing influence over all…

Turner Ad Sales has followed up on a sneak peek at last spring’s upfront presentation to advertisers by officially launching a new brand studio linked to Adult Swim, TBS, TNT and truTV. Turner Ignite Studios, according to the formal announcement, “brings together entertainment creators to align with advertising…

Vox Media senior correspondent Liz Plank will host a new Facebook Watch show that tackles the issues polarizing America. The new series, Consider It, will feature guests from across the ideological spectrum discussing social, cultural, and political issues with Plank and political consultant Shermichael Singleton…

In the latest significant turn for Funny Or Die, the digital comedy brand has set a partnership with Vox Media that will bring it to Vox's premium advertising, technology and audience platform. Funny Or Die will remain its own company, the companies said, editorially independent and maintaining an independent sales…

Digital media company Vox Media said it would lay off about 50 employees at three of its publications and in its video team, citing “industry changes.” Chief Executive Jim Bankoff announced the job cuts, which amount to 5% of the company’s workforce, in a memo to staff today. The job losses hit its Racked, Curbed and…

Branded content and product integration are commonplace in the TV business, but a partnership between NBC and State Farm is taking such collaborations into new creative territory. A multi-platform campaign will revolve around three State Farm ads that the companies say will be “filmed in the style of” the NBC…