“Vice’s position – private or public – in the evolving landscape has yet to be officially defined.”— Ted Johnson, Jill Goldsmith, deadline.com
“In an internal email to staff obtained by Variety, CEO Nancy Dubuc stated that although the digital side of VICE accounts for 50% of headcount costs, it only brings in 21% of their revenue. As a result, the layoffs primarily affect the digital teams, and account for more than 5% of their total staff…”— Dan Gentile, sfgate.com
“Dubuc appears to be moving Vice further away from the notion that it is a “digital” enterprise at all.”— Joe Pompeo, vanityfair.com
“Nothing about Vice's journey makes sense. Nothing about it is a 'playbook' that any other media company could actually follow. It's completely fucking weird and not algorithmic and shouldn't have worked. And that's why, whether it always follows the rules of journalism or not, Vice is a real media c…”— Sarah Lacy, pando.com