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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…

The New York Times said this morning that it has suspended a star reporter in its Washington bureau in the wake of published allegations that he had sexually harassed younger female colleagues. The Times also said the reporter, Glenn Thrush, would enter a substance abuse program, with the paper’s support. The moves…

Vox Media fired its editorial director Lockhart Steele last night after a former employee at the site accused Steele of misconduct. In an email to staff last night, CEO Jim Bankoff wrote: Hi team, I am writing to let you know that earlier this evening Lockhart Steele was terminated effective immediately. Lock admitted…

The Emmy-nominated Secret Life Of Muslims will return for a second season thanks to funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Pillars Fund, and Hartley Film Foundation. The digital series, available online at Vox and the USA Today Network, employs humor and empathy to depict the challenges faced by Muslims in…

NBCUniversal just added another data-driven ad sales product to its already dizzying array of alternatives — this time by joining forces with Vox Media (in which NBCU has a $200 million ownership stake) and Conde Nast. The publisher of The New Yorker and Vanity Fair will add its digital audiences and data-driven Spire…