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Vice to lay off hundreds of staffers, stop publishing content on its website | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

submitted 8 months ago by TheLastOfHisName@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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Sorry! Didn't know where else to post this! Anybody surprised by this one?

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[–] derbis@beehaw.org 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Just a reminder that Vice was founded by Gavin McInnes, who also founded the Proud Boys and explicitly mentioned wanting to use Vice as a hipster-to-chud pipeline.

[–] noctisatrae@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Wanna more about this can you send the thing?

[–] derbis@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sure! This is a very illuminating article about the zeitgeist in the early 00s, including an interview with McInnes with the quote where he notoriously said "I love being white."

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/style/the-edge-of-hip-vice-the-brand.html

[–] noctisatrae@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks!