Talk:Vice Media

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"Vice Dos & Don'ts: 10 Years of Vice Magazine's Street Fashion Critiques summary". Atomic Books. Archived from the original on 2008-05-23. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
A Guerrilla Video Site Meets MTV New York Times. 19 November 2007

Duplication eliminated[edit]

I've eliminated duplication in the company description though the system seems to be getting false-positives.

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Who owns it Now?[edit]

Page shows current ownership adding up to 110% – needs correcting.

Lots of ownership history:

"In August 2014, A&E Networks, a television group jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, made a $US250-million investment in Vice Media for an ownership stake of 10%.[32] In November and December 2015, Disney made two additional individual investments of US$200 million totaling $400 million.[33][34]"

So who owns it Now?...should be in the Lede.
--2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:F8A2:C7BE:2556:7899 (talk) 21:59, 15 November 2018 (UTC)Doug Bashford[reply]

snoop lion[edit]

im not sure, but snoop lion is snoop dog now right? didnt fix it due to LOI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanielTheDon (talk • contribs) 20:56, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Digital Media[edit]

The words digital media link to an article on digital storage, rather than internet-based news/blogging/video/entertainment. I think that in this context, "digital media" refers to (and should link to) the latter. Whyme943 (talk) 05:21, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy section[edit]

I boldly deleted the "Controversy" section (added June 6 of this year) which consisted only of the fact that Gavin McInnes founded Proud Boys eight years after leaving Vice. I completely anticipate my removal being reverted, so I figure I may as well start the conversation while it's fresh in my mind.

The fact that McInnes founded Proud Boys is already in the article, in the "History" section. Repeating things in Wikipedia (besides in the lead) is frowned upon on Wikipedia.

That McInnes founded Proud Boys is controversial. That he did it eight years after leaving Vice is not a "controversy" for Vice per se according to any source I've seen. It is completely undue weight to have a heading of its own under "Controversy". The recent addition of how the Proud Boys were involved in the Capitol riots is even further removed from anything related to Vice.

Additionally, there are real controversies involving Vice, which actually involve Vice itself, for example, their photoshopping images with intent to deceive that were simply put under the "History" section.

In sum, a brief mention of McInnes's link to Proud Boys is warranted, and already appears in the "History" section. But a section of it's own? Not at all. SaltySaltyTears (talk) 20:11, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fair point, the only time any political affiliation is mentioned it is with McInnes, while Vice's political affiliation is clearly the opposite. There's a very clear bias in this article and you can either fix that, or remove these gaslit 'controversies'. 2A02:A444:478A:1:2043:FB75:6A65:2631 (talk) 10:22, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV Issues[edit]

The article has numerous NPOV issues, such as poetic wording in Wikipedia's own voice. "[...] has routinely advocated for their "immersionist" brand of journalism in the pursuit of more authentic and interesting stories" and "[...] who bristled in an exchange with [...]" are two such examples in Wikipedia's own voice. I have added a template letting other editors know to look into these issues as well. - 2A02:810A:13BF:9584:A82B:E55B:1AB6:9D03 (talk) 15:11, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Vice Pulled a Documentary Critical of Saudi Arabia after partnership deal[edit]

This info might be put in the article:

Vice Pulled a Documentary Critical of Saudi Arabia. But Here It Is. By Nikita Mazurov. September 9 2023. The Intercept.

"In June, six months after announcing a partnership deal with a Saudi Arabian government-owned media company, Vice uploaded but then quickly removed a documentary critical of the Persian Gulf monarchy’s notorious dictator, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS." --Timeshifter (talk) 17:30, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bruce Dixon, current CEO[edit]

I recently created Draft:Bruce Dixon. Any help would be appreciated! Thriley (talk) 17:39, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]