Vice Media Inc. suspended President Andrew Creighton and Chief Digital Officer Mike Germano while it investigates harassment claims against them, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg.Allegations against Germano will be reviewed by an external investigator, Chief Operating Officer Sarah Broderick said in an email to staff. The claim against Creighton was already looked into by an outside firm and was found to lack merit, but board members will examine it as a further step, she said.Vice's co-founders told employees last month the company had "failed" them after the New York Times published a story describing more than a dozen cases of sexual misconduct and legal settlements paid to four women. The article described a $135,000 settlement paid by Creighton to a former employee who said she was fired after rejecting a relationship with him, and had two accounts of women who said Germano made inappropriate overtures to them. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tavis Smiley was to narrate a stage production based on “Death of a King,” his 2014 book written with David Ritz. The touring show was canceled after accusations of sexual misconduct against Mr. Smiley. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the proposed changes, which must be approved at the Book Industry Study Group’s annual meeting on September 25, is reducing the number of board members from 33 to 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mashable is exploring strategic options including the sale of all or part of the online media company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Mashable, founded in 2005, may draw interest from buyers in Europe and the U.S., said one of the people, who asked not to be identified... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite the pending January departures of two top executives at Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch said that Grand Central remains an important HBG division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The recent departure of Arianna Huffington as editor-in-chief at The Huffington Post, the company she co-founded in 2005, left publishing even more bereft of female leaders than before.Then again, The Huffington Post already had a male CEO in place, just like Time Inc., The New York Times Co.,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A look at compensation for top executives at publicly traded publishers and booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation has appointed Cheryl Cohen Effron and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh to its board of directors, which has grown to include 22 members. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Tribune Publishing investor sued the media company's directors and Chairman Michael Ferro for spurning an $864 million buyout offer from Gannett and seeking a cash infusion from a billionaire health-care entrepreneur.Tribune's board members are seeking to unfairly entrench themselves by taking... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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So, digital advertising networks are back in the news, to borrow a common joke template used by late-night comedians.In March, Distractify, one of hundreds of publishers who belong to the Vice Digital Network, was singled out in a Variety story for contributing to a drop in traffic for Vice... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ICM Partners has added nine agents as partners, including literary agent Alexandra Machinist. The agency completed a firm buyout in 2012 that brought control of the company into the hands of its agents and top executives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Video is increasingly becoming part of the stock-in-trade for traditional publishers like The New York Times. Now, pure plays in the new media industry, including BuzzFeed, Vice Media and Huffington Post, are, as The Wall Street Journa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Company reports 6% rise in pre-tax profits as top executives paid more than £5mMarie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosted profits to almost £23m last year while paying out more than £5m to staff and top executives at the magazine company.Time Inc UK reported a 6% rise in pre-tax profits... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A major shakeout is coming to the digital media space as downward pricing pressure squeezes out some players. Shane Smith, chief executive and co-founder of Vice Media, said the problem is so severe that only digital publishers who are able to ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hires this year by MediaMath, one of the few large independent ad tech companies that hasn't gone public or sold, suggest that it's gearing up for change, beit an initial public offering or more aggressive growth as a still-private player.Most recently, Rich Schmaeling joined MediaMath this... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is a consensus in advertising that mobile video is the future, but that future is still hazy. Mobile video can run in apps like Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube or be bought through ad networks that serve the mobile Web. There are six-second, 15-second and 30-second formats, and there are... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Catholic publishers elect new board members; Barbour author honored twice; Lucado’s latest is Family’s Book of the Year; Zondervan author on four-city tour; IVP a Best Workplace for Sixth Year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top executives from the Guardian, Time, USA Today, Atlantic Media's Quartz, the Onion and others took part in panel discussions with Digiday editors on a range of topics, such as applying established journalism techniques to the Web, embracing mobile, the rise of online video, and making... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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21st Century Fox has bought a 5 per cent stake in Vice Media, the digital media company that evolved from Vice magazine, in a deal which values it at $1.4 billion (£895 million). Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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