Vice Media shutters liberal news site, gears up for massive layoffs: ‘This is the best path forward’ [Video]

Vice Media’s progressive news site is the latest one to shutter as media organizations continue to weather a difficult time.

Vice Media CEO Bruce Dixon said in his memo to staff last week that several hundred employees would be laid off and the company would stop publishing content on Vice.com. 

Last year, Vice filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy before being sold for $350 million to a consortium led by the Fortress Investment Group. Now, Dixon has announced that hundreds of impacted staffers will be notified in the coming days that their positions will be eliminated. 

PARAMOUNT GLOBAL LAYING OFF 3% OF WORKFORCE, DESPITE SUPER BOWL RATINGS RECORD

“I know that saying goodbye to our valued colleagues is difficult and feels overwhelming, but this is the best path forward for Vice as we position the company for long-term creative and financial success,” Dixon said in the memo to staffers, according to the Associated Press. 

Dixon added that distributing its digital content was no longer …