Vice Is Cancelled

Last week, 1,000 “journalists” lost their jobs at Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and Gannett:

“Verizon Media will cut roughly 800 jobs, or 7% of its global workforce across the organization, as well as certain brands and products. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg told Axios earlier this month that each of the company’s three units, including the media business, needed to be able to stand on their own. (A company spokesperson later clarified to Axios that Verizon Media Group will still have access to Verizon customer data when customers opt in to provide such information.)

Buzzfeed will cut roughly 250 jobs, or roughly 15% of its workforce, including jobs within its news division.

Gannett cut over 20 jobs Wednesday, per Poynter, with more expected as the company tries to shed costs amid buyout talks. …”

This Antifa bitch was fired today at VICE:

lol @VICE just laid me off.

— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) February 1, 2019

I am apparently now fully freelance so if any editors out there are looking for a cuddly anarchist with serious writing chops to write about labor, anarchism, antifascism, history, medicine/science, weird history, and/or heavy metal, hit me up: [email protected]

— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) February 1, 2019

Motherfuckers shut off my work email before they even called me so if you were expecting an email back about a story in progress or a pitch, uh……….

— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) February 1, 2019

Vice on HBO is dead and 250 more “journalists” are losing their jobs:

“Vice Media is laying off 10% of its workforce, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Roughly 250 jobs will be cut across all department and job levels. …

The company’s weekly news show on HBO is expected to end after its current season. Vice’s relationship with HBO has largely contributed to its growth up until this point. The company is reportedly prepping a new live news show that will instead air on “Viceland,” a cable channel owned by Vice and operated by A+E Networks, per NBC News. …”

Elle Reeve hasn’t tweeted lately.

I’m not sure what to make of that. Christopher Mathias survived the Journocaust at Huffington Post, but Blake Montgomery got the axe at BuzzFeed. Is The Daily Beast next?