Vice Television is going through a shuffle at the top, with head exec Morgan Hertzan set to exit next week and Pete Gaffney replacing him on an interim basis. The move was just announced internally by Vice Media Group CEO Bruce Dixon in a memo to employees. (Read it in full below, along with…

Vice Media announced a series of leadership changes on Tuesday, a day after its bankruptcy sale was closed. Katie Drummond, senior vice president of global news and entertainment, is stepping down, along with Jason Koebler, the editor in chief of Motherboard, and Emmanuel Maiberg, Motherboard’s…

Trail-blazing youth brand Vice Media has formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move, filed at the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, is part of a plan to engineer a sale to a group of lenders. As expected, the company’s biggest creditor, Fortress…

Vice Media has cut around a dozen editorial and news staff as part of its latest round of layoffs. The youth-focused media company, which is behind series such as Showtime's Vice, has laid off around 2% of its news staff, which incorporates people working in digital news, its brands such as…

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)…