Vice Media faced turmoil as CEO Bruce Dixon warned against leaks, leading to a leaked meeting where staff expressed discontent with the company's future. The town hall was disrupted by thumbs down emojis, prompting an abrupt end. Vice announced layoffs and the end of its news operations.
Vice execs abruptly lay off workers, end town hall after downpour of thumbs-down emojis (Fortune) In a modern twist on throwing tomatoes at a performer onstage, Vice employees showed up to a town hall and voiced their disapproval of executives with a steady stream of dislike… https://t.co/wALPODCqyK
Vice Media abruptly ended a virtual town hall on Wednesday morning after laid-off staffers flooded the screen with thumbs down emojis, CNN’s Oliver Darcy reported in Wednesday evening’s edition of Reliable Sources. https://t.co/K4gqmvfu8B
I understand and appreciate the anger that comes with layoffs and the shuttering of a publication. But Vice wasn't bled dry by bad management. It never made money. Vice was a ponzi scheme that bled investors dry. Problem is there are no new investors. https://t.co/q4pOSp2zsQ
Vice Shuts Down Virtual Meeting After Staffers Flood Call With Thumbs-Down Emoji: ‘Impossible To Ignore the Emojis’ https://t.co/RdJgJeVpXX
Vice should have pivoted to a "reality show about itself" strategy years ago. https://t.co/npb7Cr3Zns
🎧 Listen: In today's episode of The Journal podcast, @keachhagey and @alexbruell report on Vice Media's announcement that it would stop publishing content on its website and cut hundreds of jobs, and explain what's behind the company's downfall https://t.co/XrcbHdPsHB
Last week: - Vice announces it's shuttering its news operation and website, plans hundreds of layoffs Today: - Vice holds town hall, CEO ends call abruptly when staff bombard the stream with thumbs down emojis What an image (📸 : @Phil_Lewis_) https://t.co/EQZmhTiwzG
👎There were so many thumbs down emojis that the CEO ended the meeting👎 “It’s impossible to ignore the emojis from my side … we’re going to organize [this meeting] in a way where we can actually give the information to people who want to receive it,” he said https://t.co/yaw77kpGIU https://t.co/fTi5hPzs7Q
the former EVP of Vice News doesn't seem to agree with Mr. Dixon re: the future of news and Vice https://t.co/lokDQ9h0SZ https://t.co/c96BTVihxW https://t.co/oygZe4Q5vn
This one is on the company though, since Vice leaked the meeting itself by accidentally inviting laid off staffers to the livestream https://t.co/ZdG7XQJqKO
Tidbit: In remarks that instantly leaked, Vice C.E.O. Bruce Dixon warned staff that "we will not tolerate constant external leaks to the press moments after we communicate." https://t.co/3fOQi908DI
Vice CEO Bruce Dixon threw a fit and ended the town hall streaming earlier because people wouldn’t stop mass sending thumbs down emojis LMFAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOO
From hipster hype to financial flop: Vice Media, RIP https://t.co/S5RcXmcFvN