Well in Gavin's defense. Vice seems to be crashing and burning right about now..
"With Vice expecting $50 million in losses this year and a round of layoffs underway that will trim off 10 percent of its workforce, a former Vice staffer told me, “It’s disheartening.” The staffer said that “while Vice burns,” Smith seems to be “fiddling in Vegas.”
Vice has no one to blame but itself. There's no fucking reason to cater to the left. There's a huge potential for politically neutral and or bipartisan content.
Very old news on the value of VICE. Nearly all of the online publishers are cutting staff and trying to consolidate because, as many people said for years, online content farms cannot produce long-term revenue growth. Whenever one starts to take off, two more appear to pull away traffic - that's how you end up with these massive networks like Gizmodo that seem to have a site for every single lifestyle topic. There is almost nothing differentiating many of these sites from those they're competing with. VICE used to have a more of a unique product, but there's only so much exotic shit to exploit and the site has become increasingly political and repetitive.
Also, it doesn't help that the online advertising fad is rapidly stagnating so these companies can't just commoditize eyeballs. They have to start selling subscriptions, and the second you charge someone to read something, the interest drops off incredibly unless you have a reputation like the New York Times. Remember when BuzzFeed was going to revolutionize and democratize journalism?
26 comments
1 johnajapanda 2019-02-14
Nigga fucked up. If only he would have stopped shoving dildos up his ass in public.
1 LarryKleist711 2019-02-14
Nice business savvy, stupid.
1 johnajapanda 2019-02-14
Wasn't he the fashion expert? Faggot from the start.
1 eloncuck 2019-02-14
Fashion in Canada is basically looking like a stern bisexual stepfather.
1 TheMidnight_Rider 2019-02-14
Funny that the guy who worships capitalism is the worst one at it.
1 Abarf 2019-02-14
Well in Gavin's defense. Vice seems to be crashing and burning right about now..
"With Vice expecting $50 million in losses this year and a round of layoffs underway that will trim off 10 percent of its workforce, a former Vice staffer told me, “It’s disheartening.” The staffer said that “while Vice burns,” Smith seems to be “fiddling in Vegas.”
1 VisiblePlan 2019-02-14
Why would he care, hes still rich at the end of the day.
1 TNAMostWanted 2019-02-14
He's rich because he owns so much of Vice. When the value of Vice plummets, so does his networth.
1 iPadsFromPizzaFace 2019-02-14
Its what happens when you lie to promote your SJW faggotry
1 LarryKleist711 2019-02-14
Vice has no one to blame but itself. There's no fucking reason to cater to the left. There's a huge potential for politically neutral and or bipartisan content.
1 David_Quiddich 2019-02-14
Fuck hipster Frontline.
1 praise_st_mel 2019-02-14
How do they call Gavin Scottish-Canadian but the brown guy is just Canadian? Eh?
1 [deleted] 2019-02-14
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1 SirSodomy 2019-02-14
That brown guy was probably born in Canadia
1 praise_st_mel 2019-02-14
Fair enough. Consider my pearls now unclutched.
1 SirSodomy 2019-02-14
Wasn’t expecting this response 👍
1 i69withmarion 2019-02-14
I thought the right was all about economics and the free market, nice moves, stupid .
1 DryTeeth 2019-02-14
While Anthony Cumia holds a net worth of tens of thousands of dollars...
1 TNAMostWanted 2019-02-14
Isn't Vice close to the end, though? That 5.7 billion valuation is going to drop very soon.
1 Every1ShouldBKilled 2019-02-14
Vice is about to shit the bed though.
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1 Dank_Finance 2019-02-14
Very old news on the value of VICE. Nearly all of the online publishers are cutting staff and trying to consolidate because, as many people said for years, online content farms cannot produce long-term revenue growth. Whenever one starts to take off, two more appear to pull away traffic - that's how you end up with these massive networks like Gizmodo that seem to have a site for every single lifestyle topic. There is almost nothing differentiating many of these sites from those they're competing with. VICE used to have a more of a unique product, but there's only so much exotic shit to exploit and the site has become increasingly political and repetitive.
Also, it doesn't help that the online advertising fad is rapidly stagnating so these companies can't just commoditize eyeballs. They have to start selling subscriptions, and the second you charge someone to read something, the interest drops off incredibly unless you have a reputation like the New York Times. Remember when BuzzFeed was going to revolutionize and democratize journalism?
1 Drgnjss24 2019-02-14
Thanks.
1 Peckas1 2019-02-14
Myspace..Vice..Murdoch is on a winning streak.
1 johnfreeman1111111 2019-02-14
Vice is completely overvalued
I would be shocked if Shane Smith had $100 million +
1 Peckas1 2019-02-14
Gen Z doesnt give a shit about Vice.